BUFFALO, NY – Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP announced today the addition of Jessica M. Peraza to its trusts & estates practice group. Ms. Peraza will be based in the Buffalo office. 

Ms. Peraza focuses her practice on estate planning and administration, Medicaid, and long-term care planning. 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 is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. She is active in the Erie County, New York and WNY Women’s Bar Associations and speaks regularly on estate planning.

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