Deborah A. Slezak

The Honorable Deborah A. Slezak is a partner at Cioffi & Slezak & Wildgrube, P.C., an entirely women-owned and operated law firm. Ms. Slezak’s practice is concentrated primarily in the areas of elder law, guardianship, estate planning and administration. In her 20 years of practice, she has lectured on topics of elder law and estate planning for the New York State Bar Association, businesses and many community groups.

In addition to her private practice, Ms. Slezak was Town Attorney for the Town of Amsterdam from 1996- 2009. She has also been Town Attorney for the Town of Florida since 2008. Dedicating her life to the betterment of her community, Ms. Slezak has been an outstanding trailblazer for women in the field of law.

In addition to her outstanding career, Ms. Slezak is a member of the New York State Bar Association, and serves on the Elder Law Section’s Executive Committee. She is a member of the Schenectady County and Montgomery County Bar Associations and the Women’s Bar Association of New York State. She is the Chair of the SCBA’s Trust and Estates and Elder Law Committee, Secretary of the Board of the SCBA, and is a NY NAELA board member.

In addition to her professional involvement, Ms. Slezak makes time to be active as a community volunteer. She served on the Board of Directors of the Amsterdam YMCA from 1997-2008, and is a past board President; she was also on Amsterdam’s Saint Mary’s Hospital Board of Trustees, volunteers at her church and at her children’s schools, and is on the Booster Club of the Amsterdam High School Drama Club, the AHS Marching Rams, the AHS Boys Soccer Team and Girls Cross Country Team.

A lifelong resident of the Capital District, Ms. Slezak is a graduate of Skidmore College and Albany Law School. She currently lives in Hagaman with her husband and three children.