Intermediate Elder Law Update (2014)

6.0 TOTAL CREDITS: 2.5 professional practice; 2.5 skills; 1.0 ethics. 

This important and timely program explores and reviews areas that will enable the practitioner to advise clients on many aspects of Medicaid eligibility rules and planning. The program agenda has been designed to cover topics that confront elder law practitioners and their clients on a regular basis.
 

Medicaid planning is the focus of the program, highlighted by presentations on: Medicaid eligibility, Medicaid trusts, Medicaid applications for nursing home and home care, Medicaid crisis plans, and retirement accounts and Medicaid planning. The latest legal developments in each area will be addressed, as well as document drafting tips, where appropriate, unforeseen traps for the unwary, and practical guidance in counseling your clients in often challenging Medicaid planning scenarios.

Time is also devoted to ethical issues involved in elder law practice. 

Program Topics

I. MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY

II. MEDICAID ASSET PROTECTION TRUST (THE IRREVOCABLE INCOME ONLY TRUST)

III. MEDICAID APPLICATIONS (NURSING HOME AND HOME CARE) WITH AND WITHOUT SPOUSAL REFUSAL

IV. MEDICAID CRISIS PLANS

V. MEDICAID AND ELDER LAW ISSUES INVOLVING RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

VI. ETHICS IN ELDER LAW PRACTICE

Program Faculty

Pauline Yeung-Ha, Esq. (Chair, Moderator and Speaker)
Grimaldi & Yeung LLP
New York City

Jeffrey G. Abrandt, Esq.
Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP
New York City

Anthony J. Enea, Esq.
Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP
White Plains

Robert M. Freedman, Esq.
Schiff Hardin LLP
New York City

Natalie J. Kaplan, Esq.
The Law Offices of Natalie J. Kaplan & Elder Law on Wheels
New York City

Marie T. Vaz, Esq.
Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
New York Legal Assistance Group
New York City

Total Credits: 6.00 | Ethics: 1.00, Skills: 2.50, Areas of Professional Practice: 2.50