The Cambs Law Firm, LLP


Email: dcambs@cambslaw.com
Phone: 315.484.1200
Fax: 315.484.7200
Practice Areas
Advanced Estate Planning & Elder Law
Wills & Living Trusts Agreements
Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies
& Living Wills
Probate & Estate Administration
Estate & Living Trust Settlements
Tax & Charitable Planning
Supplemental Needs Trusts for the Disabled
Real Estate Planning incl’g. Deeds with Reserved Life Estate
Long-Term Care Insurance counseling

Denise P. Cambs, Esq. is a 1982 graduate of Fordham University and a 1985 graduate of Pace University School of Law. Denise has practiced in the areas of estate, tax and elder law planning, as well as trust and estate administration, for her entire 24 year legal career.

A fellow in in the American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel (ACTEC), Denise is a co-author of the legal treatise entitled "Elder Law and Guardianship in New York State" (West Publishing, 1997), for which she contributed chapters on "Supplemental Needs Trust Drafting & Administration", as well as "Long-Term Care Insurance" and "Estate Planning for the Legal Guardian." Denise also authored a chapter entitled, "Fundamentals of Will Drafting" for the New York State Bar Association's legal treatise entitled "Estate Planning & Will Drafting" (NYSBA, 1998).

An active member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Trust and Estates sections, Denise is a former Chair of that section's Estate Planning Committee. From 1996-1999, she served as Chair of the Elder Law Section's Committee on Planning for Persons Under Disability, the focus for which was Supplemental Needs Trust planning for disabled individuals. As a former member of the NYSBA Executive Committee, Denise has participated in legislative initiatives which impact tax and estate planning, trust and estate administration and Supplemental Needs Trust planning in New York State. She is therefore able to react and respond on her clients' behalf as new legislation is enacted in these areas.

Denise is a frequent author and lecturer for such professional organizations as the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Bankers' Association (Trust Administration School), the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountantss, and the Estate Planning Council of Central New York. Her course materials and topics for discussion have included:

  • Supplemental Needs Trust Planning for the Disabled Client
  • Tax and Charitable Planning, including the use of lifetime Charitable Remainder Trusts
  • The Role of Long-Term Care Insurance in the Estate Plan
  • Estate Planning & Will Drafting - Creative Use of Trusts in the Estate Plan
  • Settlement of the Estate - Preparation and Review of the Executor's Final Account.

Denise frequently contributes estate planning related articles to the Syracuse community newspapers, the Syracuse Business Journal, the New York State Bar Association and other professional publications. She has appeared as a guest panelist on many editions of WCNY's "Financial Fitness" program, as well as WTVH's "Your Money" segment to discuss topics related to estate, tax and disability planning.

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