NAELA News Volume 26 Issue 1

Featured Member: A. Frank Johns, CELA, CAP

By  Professor Roberta K. Flowers
A NAELA Past President and Fellow, passionate advocate, artist, husband and father, Frank Johns leads a multi-faceted life.

Featured Member Article: Comments on NAELA’s Ethical Advocacy in the Future

By  A. Frank Johns, CELA, CAP, Fellow
The need for a broader reaching standard of practice that embraces protections for non-client beneficiaries of special needs trusts.

The 2013 National Aging & Law Institute: The Riches of Smart Colleagues

By  Charles P. Sabatino, JD
It is hard not to walk away from the Institute without a renewed appreciation that continuous learning is a key to serving our clients at the highest level.

2014 Annual Conference Preview Network, Engage, and Prepare

By  Bridget O’Brien Swartz, Esq.
Join fellow Elder and Special Needs Law professionals in a program that’s focused on engaging and connecting with your peers.

Is this the Death of Ahlborn? The Self-Defeating Expansion of States’ Authority

By  Jason A. Frank, CELA, CAP, and Jack K. Beckett
Provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (BBA 2013) expand the scope of reimbursement for payments made on behalf of Medicaid recipients that states are required to seek from tort recoveries. BBA 2013 amends portions of the Social Security Act

CAPsules: Time for All States to Adopt the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceeding

By  Ronald A. Fatoullah, CELA, CAP
The Act’s goal is to vest a single state with jurisdiction over any one particular adult protective proceeding at any one particular time.

Letters to the Editor: Consider All Aspects of a Reverse Mortgage

By  NAELA Publications
In response to an article in the December 2013/January 2014 issue “HUD Makes Mandatory Changes to the Reverse Mortgage,” by Michael L. Banner

Helpful Tech Tools for Creating a Mobile Office

By  Paul V. Black, Esq.
You want to work from home, on the road, and in your office. Here are some tips on how you can have the “locational flexibility” you’re looking for.

When a Fiduciary Is Tasked with the Impossible

By  Daphne Moritz, Esq.
If you have ever thought that the life of an Estate Planning or Elder Law attorney was a boring grind, think again.

President's Message: There’s Something About NAELA

By  Howard S. Krooks, CELA, CAP
Back in 1998, a movie was released that captured the hearts and minds of romantic comedy movie lovers.

Executive Director's Message: Engagement Can Be Priceless

By  Peter G. Wacht, CAE
Before I started working for NAELA, I had known for quite some time that Elder and Special Needs Law attorneys were unique.

Feb/Mar 2014

 
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