Protecting Your Assets and Identity

Join Westchester elder law attorney Lauren C. Enea, Esq. as she outlines important steps for safeguarding your assets and identity as you age. Ms. Enea will share proven strategies to protect your wealth from the high costs of long-term care, including drafting a sufficiently broad power of attorney, leveraging a revocable living trust as a powerful estate planning tool, and preparing for the secure transfer of your primary residence. Additionally, she will address the growing threat of financial scams and elder abuse, discussing common schemes that target seniors, identifying warning signs of financial exploitation, and outlining critical estate planning documents to help defend against abuse. Ms. Enea practices exclusively in the fields of elder law & trusts and estates, protecting the rights of seniors, the disabled and their families. She is a partner at Enea, Scanlan and Sirignano, LLP in Somers and White Plains, NY. For more information, visit www.esslawfirm.com.

Lauren C. Enea, Esq. is a partner at Enea, Scanlan & Sirgnano, LLP. She concentrates her practice on Wills, Trusts and Estates, Medicaid Planning, Special Needs Planning and Probate/Estate Administration. She believes that it is never too early or too late to start planning for your future and enjoys working with individuals to ensure that their plan best suits their needs.

An active member of the local bar associations, Ms. Enea was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association (WCBA) Trusts and Estates Section. She is also the co-chair of the WCBA New Lawyers Section, a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Westchester County, and chair of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Elder Law and Special Needs Section Publications Committee and co-editor of the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section Journal. She is a past co-chair of the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section 2020 Fall Meeting and the Elder Law and Special Needs Section 2022 Summer Meeting.

Ms. Enea was awarded the Outstanding New Lawyer Award in 2020 by the Westchester County Bar Association. She was also named to the 2021-2024 Super Lawyers Rising Stars list and the 2023-2025 Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list. Ms. Enea was recognized at Westfair Communications' 2019 Millennial Awards. She is the president of CAREERS Support Solutions' Board of Directors, a non-profit helping individuals with disabilities obtain gainful employment in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties, and a member of the Pace Women's Justice Center Advisory Board, Friends of Gail. 

Ms. Enea received a B.S. in Business Management from Quinnipiac University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and a J.D. from the Pace University School of Law, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Florida.