January 2025 – Denise Snow, JD, RN

Denise Snow JD, RN, is an attorney in solo practice of Snow and Associates, LLC focusing on health-related legal needs. She was a Clinical Associate Professor in Stony Brook School of Nursing and she serves as an adjunct professor at Touro Law School. Ms. Snow completed her Juris Doctorate degree from Touro Law School, a Master’s degree from Stony Brook University and a Certificate of Midwifery from the SUNY Downstate.

In 2006, as a staff attorney at Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, she was an attorney in the innovative Permanency Legal Assistance Needs (PLAN) Project, a New York State Department of Health public interest program that provided legal assistance to low income individuals with cancer on Long Island. She was instrumental in forming the first officially designated Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) on Long Island with the Stony Brook University Hospital Palliative Care team. The MLP successfully assisted many seriously ill patients with their medical-legal needs. Ms. Snow was Co-Chair of the Suffolk County Bar Association Health and Hospital Law Committee. She has written peer reviewed articles on health policy, insurance related issues for breast cancer patients and Medical Legal Partnerships and has presented extensively on the non-medical needs of seriously ill patients. She has authored textbook chapters on prenatal care, on health care policy and palliative care legal issues. She has received leadership awards from Sigma Theta Tau and was nominated for “Nurse of the Year” in 2022.

Ms. Snow has always been committed to giving back to communities in need through legal advice and assistance She most recently volunteered for Legal Services of Long Island’s Advance Directive Clinic as well as assisted clients through the Suffolk County Pro Bono Project. Ms. Snow’s consistent commitment to helping others is shown through her legal volunteer work and her strong belief that “Everyone in our community should have access to advocacy for their civil legal needs.”

Congratulations to Denise Snow on being honored this month as the Pro Bono Lawyer of the month by the Suffolk County Bar Association!