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Amanda L. Giannone - Executive Committee Member

Amanda L. Giannone

Executive Committee Member
Partner - Vestal
607-584-5627

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Carol Mancinelli
607-584-5721

Vestal
450 Plaza Drive
Vestal, NY 13850
P: 607-763-9200
F: 607-763-9211

Practice Areas

Education

  • The College at Brockport: State University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 2011)
  • Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2014)

Admissions

  • New York Bar Association (2015)

Professional Background and Activities

  • NYS Bar Association Task Force on Medical Aid in Dying (Member)

  • National End of Life Doula Alliance (Member, Proficiency Badge earned)

  • Broome County Bar Association (Board Member, 2025-Present)

  • Completed Going with Grace End of Life Training to become a death doula and end of life planner

  • Adjunct Professor at Cornell Law School                                                                                                                                                                                                _____________________________

  • 'Basics of Estate Planning', Speaker for Action for Older Persons, November 14th, 2024
  • 'Small Estates and Ancillary Estates', Presenter for Broome County Bar Association Trusts and Estates CLE, November 14th, 2024
  • 'Careers in Trusts and Estates', Co-Presenter to Cornell Law School students, November 11th, 2024
  • BCBA Senior Legal Clinic, November 9th, 2024
  • 'The Role of Guardian ad Litem in Probate and Administration Proceedings', Presenter for Broome County Bar Association Guardian ad Litem CLE, November 8th, 2024
  • Elder Law Overview, presenter to the Endicott Rotary Club, October 10th, 2024
  • Elder Law Legal Clinic, Tioga County Office for the Aging, Participant, February 16, 2024
  • 'Choosing & Planning for Our Best Life: End of Life Care & Choices,' Speaker to the Universalist Unitarian Congregation of Binghamton, October 15th, 2023
  • ‘Basic Estate Planning,’ Speaker for Office for the Aging, September 26, 2023
  • ‘Estate Planning Considerations for Legal and Financial Wellness,’ Speaker at Organic Yoga & Wellness for Adult Wellness Workshop, May 11, 2023
  • ‘Basic Medicaid Rules and Planning,’ Speaker at Johnson City Senior Center, March 21, 2023
  • Elder Law Legal Clinic, Tioga County Office for the Aging, Participant, February 10, 2023
  • ‘Basic Estate Planning,’ Speaker at the Johnson City Senior Center, May 19, 2022
  • ‘Health Care Directives and Basic Estate Planning,’ Speaker for Mitchell Rabbino National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 4, 2022
  • Elder Law and Special Needs Legal Clinic, Broome County Office for the Aging, Participant, June 25, 2021
  • Elder Law Legal Clinic, Tioga County Office for the Aging, Participant, December 15, 2020
  • Senior Legal Clinic, Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties, Participant, June 26, 2020
  • 'Estate Planning: Health Care Proxy, Living Wills,' Speaker at Elderwood Village Seminar, February 19th, 2020
  • ‘Estate & Long-Term Care Planning’, Speaker at Southern Tier Parkinson's Support Group, November 20, 2019
  • Veteran’s Legal Clinic, Broome County Bar Association, Participant, November 16, 2019
  • ‘Advance Directives and Estate Planning,’ Speaker for Southern Tier Fraternal Order of Police, November 12, 2019
  • ‘Nursing Home Medicaid and Planning Techniques,' Speaker at the Johnson City Senior Center, October 9th, 2019
  • 'Basic Medicaid Rules & Planning,' Speaker at the Eastern Broome Senior Center, September 30th, 2019
  • 'Basic Estate Planning,' Speaker at the Johnson City Senior Center, August 2019
  • ‘Basic Medicaid Rules & Planning,’ Presentation to New York Tax Preparers, August 5, 2019
  • Senior Legal Clinic, Otsego County Office for the Aging, Participant, June 16, 2019
  • 'Basic Estate Planning,' Speaker at the Eastern Broome Senior Center, May 6, 2019
  • ‘Advance Directive Information for Caregivers,’ Speaker for Office of the Aging, July 12, 2019
  • 'Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, DNRs, Wills and Powers of Attorney,' Speaker for the 2018 Mitchell Rabbino National Healthcare Decisions Day, June 14th, June 22nd & July 20th, 2018
  • Elder Law Legal Clinic, Tioga County Office for the Aging, Participant, November 2, 2018
  • Elder Law Legal Clinic, Broome County Bar Association, Participant, October 20, 2018
  • Senior Legal Clinic, Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties, Participant, June 26, 2018
  • 'Basics of Estate Planning & Long Term Care Planning,' Speaker at Kattelville Senior Center, May 15th, 2018
  • Senior Legal Clinic, Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties, Participant, June 29, 2017
  • 'Is Your Legal House in Order,' Speaker for the 2017 Mitchell Rabbino National Healthcare Decisions Day, June 8th, 2017
  • 'Importance and Purpose of Powers of Attorneys, Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, the MOLST form, and DNRs,' Speaker at Action for Older Persons, January 26, 2016
  • Senior Legal Clinic - Presenter to the Department of Aging at Tioga Opportunities, Oct. 30th, 2015

Honorary Recognitions

  • Broome County Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award (2024)
  • Selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch" in the areas of Elder Law, Real Estate Law and Trusts & Estates
  • Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers - Rising Stars - Upstate Edition in the area of Elder Law

Community Activities

  • Mercy House of the Southern Tier (Board of Directors, 2024-Present)
  • Action for Older Persons (Board of Directors, 2022-Present)
  • Vestal Central Athletic Club (Board of Directors, 2021-Present)
  • Preservation Association of the Southern Tier (PAST) (Board of Directors, July 2016-May 2019)
  • Johnson City Senior Center (Board of Directors, 2014-2021; Executive Board Secretary, 2014-April 2019)
  • RSVP - Retired Senior & Volunteer Program (Advisory 
    Council, 2015-2017)

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