NAELA Journal Volume 16 Issue 2 e-Issue

Do Elder Law Practitioners Need an Ethical Confidentiality Rule

By  Garth A. Molander, JD, LLM
The purpose of this article is to briefly review the policy concerns of both confidentiality and the evidentiary attorney-client privilege to determine whether Model Rule 1.6 and the evidentiary attorney-client privilege can exist without each other.

Dementia, Guns, and Red Flag Laws

By  Sarah Lynn Blodgett, JD
This article examines Indiana’s statute and how it affects elders with dementia-related illnesses. First, the article discusses the creation of the Indiana red flag law and how it passed constitutional muster.

Do Elder Law Practitioners Need an Ethical Confidentiality Rule

By  Professor Roberta K. Flowers
Commentary on article by Garth A. Molander

Purchasing an Annuity in an Institutionalized Spouse’s IRA That

By  Ron M. Landsman, Esq., CAP, and Professor David English
A recent article in NAELA Journal addressed the problem of how to maximize Medicaid benefits and minimize the tax burden for an institutionalized spouse who has a substantial individual retirement account (IRA) in a state where the account is not exe

A Lawyer's Guide to Working with Special Needs Clients

By  Amanda Hsiao, Esq.
In A Lawyer’s Guide to Working with Special Needs Clients, attorney Richard A. Courtney explains the area of special needs law and includes valuable practice tips and insights in a compendium for lawyers beginning, or already entrenched in, the pract

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