Helen L. Tuckman

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Helen Tuckman is an associate in Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP’s Wills, Trusts, and Estates Practice. Her work focuses on Trust and Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, Elder Law, and Special Needs Planning. She is licensed to practice in the states of New York, New Jersey, and Florida.

Before joining VMM, Ms. Tuckman worked as a Law Clerk at a Queens law firm concentrating in Trusts and Estates Law and Elder Law, where she drafted estate planning documents, prepared probate petitions and estate administrations, and assisted in other matters.

While in law school, Ms. Tuckman served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Wyatt Gibbons in the Guardianship Part of the New York State Supreme Court, Queens County. She also served as an intern for Court Attorney Referee Juanita Wing at the New York City Family Court, Queens County.

Prior to law school, Ms. Tuckman also served as a Judicial intern for the Honorable Esther Morgenstern in the Integrated Domestic Violence (IDV) Part of the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Elder Law
• Trust and Estate Administration
• Trust and Estate Planning
• Special Needs Planning
• Wills, Trust, and Estates

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York State, 2024
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2024
• New Jersey, 2024
• Florida, 2024

EDUCATION

• J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 2023
  • Dean’s Award for Excellence in Estate Administration, St. John’s University School of Law, Spring 2023.
  • Executive Managing Editor, New York State Bar Association’sN.Y. Real Property Law Journal, 2022–2023; (Junior Staff Member, 2021–2022)
  • President, St. John’s University School of Law Trusts and Estates Law Society, 2022–2023; (Treasurer, 2021–2022).
  • President, St. John’s University School of Law, Jewish Law Students Association, 2022–2023; (Treasurer, 2021–2022).
  • Director of Online Fundraising, St. John’s University School of Law, Public Interest Center, 2022–2023; (Online Auction Committee Chair, 2021–2022)
  • Budget Committee member, St. John’s University School of Law, Student Bar Association, 2022–2023
• B.A., Psychology, Yeshiva University, 2020, Cum laude.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

• New York State Bar Association; Elder Law, Special Needs, and Trusts & Estates Law sections
• Nassau County Bar Association
• Queens County Bar Association
• Brandeis Association