NYSUT Legal Plan

Posted: 
Friday, December 22, 2023

The NYSUT legal plan is a program that provides legal advice and assistance to NYSUT members and their families for a variety of personal legal matters.   The program is endorsed by the NYSUT Member Benefits Trust and provided by the law firm of:

Feldman, Kramer & Monaco, P.C.
www.fkmlaw.com
330 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy, Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 231-1450

Some of the benefits of the NYSUT legal plan are:

  • Unlimited access to toll-free legal advice weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST) and a hotline for urgent legal assistance outside of these hours.
  • Two free hour-long office consultations with a National Legal Office attorney or local referral attorney per year.
  • Legal letters written and phone calls made on your behalf.
  • Guaranteed maximum fees for specific legal matters and discounts for uncontested estates, personal injury cases, and document preparation.
  • Legal Security Package that includes a Simple Will, Health Care Proxy, Living Will, and Power of Attorney.
  • Nationwide referral attorney network with discounted hourly rates.
  • Advice on identity theft prevention and for identity theft victims.
  • Assistance with debt consolidation and mortgage foreclosure.
  • Elder law services and business-related matters.

The plan covers the member, spouse or domestic partner who is living with the member (except in divorce/separation matters), unmarried dependent children under age 19 (or under age 25 if they are wholly dependent on the member and are enrolled as full-time students), and dependent parents.

For more information, you can visit the NYSUT Member Benefits website

or call 800-626-8101 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST)2

I hope this helps!