Jessica M. Peraza

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Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP

Experience: 8 years

Estate Planning, Elder Law and Employment Law

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Jessica Peraza is an associate attorney working with the firm’s estate and elder law department. She focuses her practice on Estate Planning and Administration, Medicaid and Long-term Care Planning, and Wealth Management. As a law student, she interned for the Hon. Barbara Howe in Erie County Surrogate’s Court and worked in the Public Benefits Unit of Neighborhood Legal Services. Her previous experience includes residential foreclosures, public and private sector labor law, contract negotiations, probate matters, third party credit collections, and representation of clients in administrative hearings and arbitrations.

Ms. Peraza attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York where she graduated with a B.A in Spanish Language & Literature and Government. While at St. Lawrence, Ms. Peraza spent a semester abroad in Madrid, Spain. Ms. Peraza graduated cum laude with a J.D. from SUNY Buffalo Law School in 2015.

Ms. Peraza is admitted to practice law in New York, and is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the WNY Women’s Bar Association.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

New York

Since 2015

Professional Experience

2020 - Current

Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP

Attorney

2017 - 2020

HoganWillig, PLLC

Attorney

2015 - 2017

Law Offices of Terry M. Sugrue

Attorney

Education

2015

SUNY Buffalo Law School

J.D.

2002 - 2006

St. Lawrence University

B.A. (2006) | Spanish Language & Literature, Government

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Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP 50 Fountain Plaza Suite 1700 Buffalo NY 14202 Telephone: (716) 853-5100

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What Happens If I Don't Have a Will?

What will happen to your estate if you don't have a Will?

If you do not have a Last Will and Testament, the rules of intestacy will govern the distribution of your estate. If you have a spouse but no children, then the estate passes to the surviving spouse. If you leave a surviving spouse and children, the first $50,000 plus one-half of the remainder will pass to your spouse and the other one-half in equal shares to the children. If you have no surviving spouse or children, then your estate passes to your parents or your parents' descendants.

If you have any questions, please visit our Estate, Estate Planning, and Elder Law Departmen websitet: http://www.hoganwillig.com/services-estate-planning-and-elder-law

Or call us at 716.636.7600. We'd be more than happy to speak with you.

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Jessica M. Peraza Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP

Experience: 8 years

Website: Open

Phone: (716) 853-5100

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Elder Law

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

French: Written

Italian: Spoken, Written

Spanish: Spoken, Written

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2019

Top Attorney- 8.7

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