Malya Kurzweil Levin

Malya Kurzweil Levin, Esq. is the Staff Attorney for the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention. In this capacity, she responds to the legal needs of clients facing acute elder abuse, and speaks on the topic to a variety of professional and community audiences. Malya was the Weinberg Center’s inaugural BLS and David Berg Law and Aging Post-Graduate Fellow prior to joining the staff. Malya received her JD cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, and is a certified Reiki energy healer. She is a co-author of Changing of the Guardians: A Criticism and Analysis of the New York Guardianship Statute¹s Impact on Elder Abuse Victims, published by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Journal in Fall 2014.
Before becoming an attorney, Malya spent four years working for Jewish education organizations. She is on the leadership team of Altshul, an independent lay-led Jewish community in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She can also be found cooking with seasonal vegetables, curled up with a thick novel or running in Prospect Park.