NAELA News Volume 22 Issue 5
By Mark L. Holmes, Esq.
Meet the man who has attended every national NAELA meeting except one — husband, father, grandfather, pilot, teacher, and Elder Law attorney.
By Lee Holmes, CELA
For a client, counseling about the “law” applicable to the situation is only part of my work. I feel I have an obligation to help my clients, not just about the legal issues the clients raise, but with other matters.
By Gene Coffey, Esq.
What does health care reform mean to attorneys counseling Medicaid applicants?
By Carol Wessels, Esq.
Thinking of adding Veterans benefits to your practice? Read this article first and learn from someone who shares her discoveries.
By William J. Brisk, CELA
Of 44 claims presented to Fair Hearings from 2004 through October 2009, none were wholly successful.
By Donna Schuyler, Esq.
NAELA members go to Capitol Hill for a day of advocating for policy changes to benefit older adults and people with special needs.
By Robert Anderson, CELA
I have good news from the NAELA Board of Directors Retreat held on July 15–17, 2010, in Los Angles, Calif.
By Ken Shulman, Esq.
Approximately 25 years ago, a group of “Special Needs attorneys” began meeting regularly in a small conference room in a suburban Boston, Mass., law firm to discuss issues that were common to their practices.
By Ruth A. Phelps, CELA
My mother spent the last seven years of her life on dialysis. We learned that while inconvenient, kidney failure isn’t the end of life, but rather the beginning of a different phase.
By Peter G. Wacht, CAE
What’s the real value of NAELA for you? It’s an important question, particularly since we’re just now beginning the 2011 dues renewal campaign.