Our Attorneys
Kera N. Reed
Of Counsel
Kera Reed is of counsel at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., where she is a member of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Department, the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Estate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation practice group. Kera’s practice includes all Surrogate’s Court proceedings to appoint an Executor or Administrator of an estate, SCPA Article 17 and 17-A guardianship proceedings, preparation and litigation of fiduciary accountings, and preparation of New York State and Federal estate tax returns. She also is qualified to serve as Guardian ad Litem and Mediator in Surrogates’ Court proceedings. In addition to her Trust and Estate practice, Kera is certified to serve as counsel and court evaluator in Supreme Court Guardianship matters. She is a Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section’s Trust, Estates, Wills and Guardianships Committee and is the past Co-Chair of the Surrogates Court Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association and as one of the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association’s delegates to the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. Kera has served on the New York State Office of Court Administration E-Filing Advisory Committee which assisted in implementing E-filing procedures statewide.
In 2018 Kera received the honor of being named an “Outstanding Woman in Law” by Hofstra University School of Law Center for Children Families and the Law and Long Island Business News. In 2023, for the sixth consecutive year, Minneapolis-based Law & Politics publishers of Super Lawyers magazines announced that Kera had been named as a Rising Star Attorney. Super Lawyers published in the New York Times Magazine is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their respective fields. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor.
In 2019, Kera was also honored with the Leadership in Law Award by the Long Island Business News, which is dedicated to those individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Long Island. Recipients of this award demonstrate outstanding achievements, involvement in their profession, support of the community and mentoring. Kera received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in 2007 and graduated cum laude. She received her Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law in 2010.
Publications
- Kera N. Reed To Be Honored At Long Island Business News’ 40 Under Forty Awards
- Thirty-One Ruskin Moscou Faltischek Attorneys Named As New York Metropolitan Area Super Lawyers For 2023
- RMF Attorneys Michael K. Feigenbaum and Kera Reed Recognized By Best Lawyers® For 2024
- RMF Attorney Kera Reed Co-Chairing NYSBA’s Mediation In Surrogate’s Court: A Tour Of NYS Courts & Procedures – Part II
- NYSBA Trusts and Estates Law Section Journal – Sometimes It Takes Two, Other Times It Takes Three: Parentage Proceedings Under the Child-Parent Security Act
- New York Law Journal – Accountings in Estate and Trust Proceedings, Part I: Informal Accountings
- Thirty-One Ruskin Moscou Faltischek Attorneys Named As New York Metropolitan Area Super Lawyers For 2022
- Parentage Proceedings Under The Child Parent Security Act And Its Effect on Surrogates Court Practice
- RMF Attorneys Lois Bladykas and Kera Reed Elected to Positions at the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association
- Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. Welcomes Kera Reed to the Firm
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., Dean’s List 2010)
- St. John’s University (B.S., Paralegal Studies, cum laude, 2007)