ABOUT US

I am Rachel Flanagan Frost, Esq., founder and lead attorney at Rachel Flanagan Frost Attorney at Law. Since opening the doors of my Law Office, I have promoted a simple goal: to help people throughout the Hudson Valley intelligently prepare for the future. Whether building an estate plan to avoid probate down the road or helping families address the needs of aging loved ones, I take a hands-on, personalized approach that helps me get to know you and your family as we reach solutions to fit your unique set of needs and goals.

• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Probate
• Special Needs Planning

• New York
• Florida
• Connecticut

• Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  
  
  
  • J.D. – 2009
  
  
• Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York
  
  
  
  • B.S. cum laude – 2006
  • Major: Criminal Justice
  
  

• Volunteer Instructor/Guest Speaker of Estate Planning and Elder Law Topics, Center for Lifetime Studies, 2012 - Present
• National Business Institute (CLE Provider), Faculty Guest Lecturer, 2018 - 2019
• Guest speaker of the following Organizations: Dutchess County Caregivers Conference, Hudson Valley Hospice, Alzheimer's Association, Hudson Valley Chapter, The long term care Ombudsman Program

• Special Prosecutor, Town of Beekman Justice Court, 2014 - 2021
• Dutchess County Bar Association Grievance Committee, 2020- Present
• Dutchess County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2015- 2021
  
  
  
  • President, 2019 - 2020
  • 100th Anniversary of the DCBA Documentary
  • Co-Producer of the '100th Anniversary of the DCBA' Documentary, 2019
  
  
• New York State Bar Association member
  
  
  
  • Elder Law Section member
  • Trusts and Estates Law Section member
  
  
• Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2011-2016
  
  
  
  • President, 2014-2015
  
  
• Mediation Center of Dutchess County, Board of Directors, 2012-2016
  
  
  
  • President, 2015-2016
  
  
• Dutchess Community College Paralegal Program, Advisory Board Member, 2015 - Present
• Hudson Valley Funeral Consumer's Alliance, Board Member, 2015 - 2017
• Resource Recovery Agency, Board Member, 2014 - 2017
• Hudson Valley Home Matters, Advisory Council, 2013 - 2017
• Coalition on Elder Abuse, Committee Member, 2012 - 2015

• Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2014-2020
• 2020 Recipient of the Amee Van Tassell Young Lawyer Award from the Dutchess County Bar Association
• Best of Poughkeepsie 2019 Profile Series as featured in the Poughkeepsie Journal
• Hudson Valley Top Lawyer for 2022