THURSDAY March 6
7:30 - 8:45 Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 President’s Welcome & Ceremony for merger of NorCal and SoCal NAELA chapters - Justin McDermott & Kathleen Day-Seiter
9:15 - 10:15 Recent Trust & Estate Updates - Jennifer Scharre
10:15 - 11:15 Directed Trusts - Dennis Fordham
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Litigation of spousal fiduciary duty claims in the post-death context - Jim Lamping
12:45 - 2 pm Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act (CARE) Overview and Implementation Status- Karen Linkins & John Freeman
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45 The New Normal? How to Reduce or Eliminate Medi-Cal’s Share of Cost - Josie Porras Corporon & Kevin Urbatsch
5:30 - 6:30 Happy Hour Sponsored By Prudent Investors
6:30 Dinner with Friends
Friday March 7
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:30 - 10:45 A Litigator’s Perspective: Estate Planning Pitfalls to Avoid - David Parnall
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Senior Living Options for Vulnerable Californians through CalAIM - Debra Draves, Heather Chubb
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 UnProgram
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:45 UnProgram - Moderated Topics
Kim McGhee: Supported Decision Making
Aaron Feldman: 3100 Petitions
Jasmine Gomez: Oops! Unexpected Issues in Estate and Trust Administration
Stuart Zimring: Balancing your Role as an Estate Planning Advisor against Clients' Creative Drafting Requests
5:00 - 5:10 Closing Statements