Emily F. Franchina
Vice-President, 10th District

Emily F. Franchina of Garden City (Franchina & Giordano, P.C.) has been elected to serve as Vice-President for the 10th Judicial District of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA).

Franchina received her undergraduate degree from Long Island University, and her law degree from Hofstra University School of Law.

Franchina is a founding partner of the firm, Franchina & Giordano, P.C., concentrating her practice in elder law, wills, trusts, estate planning, and estate administration. Her practice also
includes representing biological mothers, adoptive couples, and step-parents in domestic and international adoptions.

Within the State Bar, Franchina is a member of the House of Delegates and past chair of the Young Lawyers Section. She also is a member of the Elder Law and General Practice Sections. She previously served on the Nominating Committee, the Special Committee Studying Legal Issues Affecting Same-Sex Couples, and the Committee to Review Judicial Nominations. She serves on the board of the New York Bar Foundation.

Franchina currently serves as president of the Nassau County Bar Association. She is
active in many of its committees including her service as past chair and member of Committee on Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy, Surrogate’s Court Estates and Trusts Committee, Advisory Board of the Nassau Academy of Law and We Care Advisory Board.

Franchina was named one of Long Island’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2008. She received the Outstanding Service Award from the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation in 1999 and 2005. She is the 2009 recipient of the Juliette Low Award of Distinction for the Girl Scouts, and she received the Annual Business Leadership Award for volunteerism from the Advancement for Commerce, Industry and Technology, (ACIT) in December 2009.