Martin Glass focuses his practice on elder law, trusts, estate planning, planned giving, long-term care, special needs planning, and asset preservation. His experience includes drafting wills and trusts from the straightforward to the complex, as well as the complicated process of preparing and steering Medicaid applications through the appropriate government and social service agencies. Marty also advises clients on business succession and tax planning issues.
Marty began his professional career as a software engineer after completing his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. After 15 years, while working full-time as an engineer, Marty attended law school. He began his legal career as a patent attorney, but quickly moved to elder law and estate planning, where he has concentrated his practice ever since. Prior to joining CMM, Marty was associated with a prominent elder law and estate planning firm.
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S.E.E.
- Touro Law, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, J.D.
Admissions
- New York
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Boards, Associations and Leadership
- Member, New York State Bar Association, Elder Law and Trusts and Estates Sections
- Member, Suffolk County Bar Association, Elder Law and Surrogate Court Committees
- Co-Chair, Orion Resource Group, Long Island Chapter
- Advisory Board Member, Curriculum and Instruction, Comsewogue School District
- Executive Board of Directors, Senior Umbrella Network of Suffolk County
- Counsel, Comsewogue For Students Foundation, Inc.
- Past Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts
In the News
Articles
- Perils of Joint Bank Accounts in Estate Planning
- Estate Planning and Digital Assets
- Common Fraud Schemes Against the Elderly
- Published in The Suffolk Lawyer: College Kids Are Adults: Take Care of These Documents Before Heading to Campus
- The New Tax Law and Your Estate Planning
- Everyone Needs a Will, But No One Wants to Do It
- Can You Control What Happens to Your Remains After You Die?
- New York’s Family Health Care Decisions Act
- Review and Revise Your Revocable Trusts
- Should You Loan Your Children Money?
- More...
- And the Scams Keep Coming
- Focus on Long-Term Care: Activities of Daily Living
- Secondary Reasons to Protect Your Assets
- Is It Time to Take the Keys?
- Do You Really Need A Revocable Trust?
- Hospital Patients Are Entitled to Admission Status Information
- Estate Planning and Estate Tax Forecast
- Changing a Beneficiary After Death
- When is Dementia Not Dementia?
- What to Do When a Loved One Dies
- Recognizing and Avoiding Elder Scams and Abuse
- I Need an Estate Plan – Part Four
- Talking to Someone with Dementia
- I Need an Estate Plan – Part Three
- I Need an Estate Plan – Part Two
- I Need An Estate Plan – Part One
- Be Careful When Rolling Your IRAs
- Fiduciaries You May Not Want
- Published in null: The Estates of the Rich and Infamous
- Keeping Your Inheritance in a Divorce
- How Portable is the Estate Tax Exemption?
- Joint Accounts May Be a Poor Estate Plan
- Estate Planning for People with Vacation Homes
- Grandchild’s College Expenses
- Communicating with Parents Is Not Easy
- Gifts: Is There a Tax?
- Going Through a Divorce; Update Your Documents
- Do Your Debts Vanish with Your Death?
- Problems with Joint Bank Accounts
- Women Need an Estate Plan
- Protecting Your Assets – Part II
- Protecting Your Assets
- Everyone Needs a Will, But No One Wants to Do It
- Can You Revoke An Irrevocable Trust?
- Protecting Your Retirement Accounts
- A Letter To Your Family
- Now That You Have A Will, Where Should You Put It?
- The Most Important Part of an Estate Plan is the Memories
- Should You Talk to Your Heirs?
- Will Challenges and How to Avoid One
- Cleaning Out Your Parents’ Home
- The Demise of DOMA
- College Kids Are Adults
- I Left a Child Out of My Will. Now What?
- Estate Planning: Does Your 18-Year-Old Need It?
- Planning for One!
- Estate Planning: Do “DIY” Wills Work?
- Looking Over the Cliff
- Choosing a Guardian
- Tips for Trustees
- Designate People You Trust in Your Will
- Planning is Not Just For People
- What is a Trust?
- Your Estate Plan Needs to Be Updated After a Divorce
- This is the Year to Gift
- Medication Wake-Up Call: It May Be More Than an Accident
- The Dangers of Your Digital Death
- Special Care for Special Needs Children
- Tax and Estate Planning for Same-Sex Marriages in New York
- Do I Have to Leave It To The Children?
Lectures & Presentations
Staller Center for the Arts, “Planned Giving”
Orion Resource Group, “Nursing Home Medicaid: Application Requirements & Asset Protection Planning”
Cerini & Associates, “Estate Planning”
Atria Senior Living, “Veterans Benefits and How to Obtain Them”
Smithtown Senior Center, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
St. Joseph’s Village, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
Mather Hospital, “Paying for Care”
Hauppauge Public Library, Senior Resource Fair, “Estate Planning”
April 2017: Port Jefferson Free Library, sponsored by HSBC, “How to Protect Your Assets Against Long Term Care”
St. Joseph’s Village, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
Peconic Bay Medical Center, “Planned Giving”
Family Service League, “Getting Through the Legal and Financial Maze of Caregiving”
Hauppauge Public Library, Senior Resource Fair, “Estate Planning”
St. Joseph’s Village, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
SAGE-LI Community Center, “Asset Protection”
Smithtown Library, Senior Fair Expo, “Estate Planning and Asset Protection”
St. Joseph’s Village, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
Stony Brook University Hospital, Organizational Wellness & Healthier U Initiatives, “Estate Planning”
Family Service League, “Asset Protection/Medicaid Planning”
The Knolls Housing Complex, Melville, “Asset Protection”
St. Joseph’s Village, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
Flanders Senior Nutrition Center, Mitchell Rabbino Decision Making Day
Stony Brook University, “Asset Protection”