David A. Smith is the sole proprietor of a Garden City, NY law firm practicing in the areas of contested guardianships, guardianships, contested estate proceedings, estate planning, estate administration, defending Medicaid collection litigation, Medicaid planning, Medicaid applications, Medicaid fair hearings, Mental Hygiene Law retention and outpatient treatment cases, “right to die” cases, and general civil litigation. Mr. Smith also serves as counsel to prominent members of the medical malpractice and personal injury bar in connection with the resolution of Medicaid liens and other claims against plaintiffs’ settlement or judgment proceeds. He has frequently lectured to New York State and local bar associations, seminars for judges, law school classes and lay groups on guardianship litigation, ethics in the representation of elderly and disabled clients, estate litigation, "right to die" issues, and satisfaction of Medicaid liens and claims.
