Estate and life planning for people of all ages and circumstances, for more than thirty years.
Sheryl decided to become an elder law attorney before she became a lawyer at all. As an undergraduate, a co-op placement working on tenants' rights showed her what the law could do for people navigating systems built without them in mind. She went to law school with that purpose already settled, opened her own practice a few years after graduating, and in more than thirty years has never considered working in any other area. Ralph joined her six years in, and the two have built Randazzo & Randazzo together since.
Alongside her private practice, Sheryl has served for decades as a court appointee in Article 81, Surrogate's Court, and Supreme Court matters. That service has given her something no private practice alone could: firsthand experience of what her clients face when caring for loved ones and navigating the systems involved. When she advises a family, she is drawing on both sides of that experience.
"I often consider myself a social worker with a law degree. I would not change a thing."
Every plan is built from a particular life. These are some of the lives she plans for.
Sheryl believes the attorney's role as advisor matters as much as the documents themselves. She gives each client more than enough time, because an informed client makes the best decisions, and there is no package she recommends to everyone. As a trained mediator in guardianship matters, she considers identifying alternatives to court proceedings just as valuable as representation when proceedings are unavoidable, guided always by the least restrictive form of intervention.
Sheryl is a Past President of the Suffolk County Bar Association, where her service continues today through the Lawyers Assistance Committee and the monthly Healthy Lawyers meetings she leads. She co-chairs the Mental Health and Wellness Subcommittee of the Suffolk County Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts and has served on the Judicial Hearing Officer Selection Advisory Committee for the Second Judicial Department since 2007. She believes each form of service connects her more closely with the community she has now served for decades.
Admitted to practice law in New York
1989
Bachelor of Science in History, Northeastern University, magna cum laude
1992
Juris Doctor, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
2007, 2008
Trained Mediator, NYS Unified Court System, Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution
2026
Sheryl works from the Long Island office, in Huntington.
