Lauren C. Enea

Lauren C. Enea


Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP

Recognized since 2023

White Plains, New York

Practice Areas

Elder Law

Trusts and Estates

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Lauren C. Enea, Esq. is a partner at Enea, Scanlan & Sirgnano, LLP. She concentrates her practice on Wills, Trusts and Estates, Medicaid Planning, Special Needs Planning and Probate/Estate Administration. She believes that it is never too early or too late to start planning for your future and enjoys working with individuals to ensure that their plan best suits their needs.

An active member of the local bar associations, Ms. Enea was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association (WCBA) Trusts and Estates Section. She is also the co-chair of the WCBA New Lawyers Section, a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Westchester County, and chair of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Elder Law and Special Needs Section Publications Committee and co-editor of the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section Journal. She is a past co-chair of the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section 2020 Fall Meeting and the Elder Law and Special Needs Section 2022 Summer Meeting.

Ms. Enea was awarded the Outstanding New Lawyer Award in 2020 by the Westchester County Bar Association. She was also named to the 2021-2024 Super Lawyers Rising Stars list and the 2023-2025 Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list. Ms. Enea was recognized at Westfair Communications' 2019 Millennial Awards and as a 2022 Westchester Wunderkin by 914INC. She is the president of CAREERS Support Solutions' Board of Directors, a non-profit helping individuals with disabilities obtain gainful employment in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties, and a member of the Pace Women's Justice Center Advisory Board, Friends of Gail.

Ms. Enea received a B.S. in Business Management from Quinnipiac University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and a J.D. from the Pace University School of Law, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Florida.

Location
  • 245 Main Street, Suite 500
    White Plains, NY 10601
Education
  • Pace University, J.D., graduated 2016
Bar Admissions
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • Florida, The Florida Bar
Affiliations
  • Columbian Lawyers Association of Westchester County - Member
  • Italian American Forum - Member
  • New York State Bar Association - Publications Committee Chair & Journal Co-Editor, Elder Law and Special Needs Section
  • Pace Women's Justice Center - Advisory Board Member
  • Westchester County Bar Association - New Lawyers Section, Co-Chair
  • Westchester County Bar Association - Executive Committee, Trusts and Estates Section

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 for work in:
  • Elder Law
  • Trusts and Estates
Awards:
  • Ones to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2025

  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers Metro New York, Thomson Reuters, 2021-2024

  • Westchester Wunderkind, 914INC, 2022

  • Outstanding New Lawyer Award, Westchester County Bar Association, 2021

  • Millennial Award, Westfair Communications, 2019

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