NAELA News Volume 27 Issue 4

CAPsules: Working With Interpreters When Advising Clients

By  Ruthann P. Lacey, CELA, CAP
An impartial, professional interpreter can help you with language and cultural barriers so communication with your client is accurate and clear.

Featured Member Ronald Fatoullah, CELA, CAP: A Passion for Doing Good

By  Daphne Moritz, Esq.
Serving his community and NAELA, Ron Fatoullah, CELA, CAP, is passionate about Elder Law and Special Needs Planning.

A Primer on the Taxation of Supplemental Needs Trusts

By  Ronald A. Fatoullah, CELA, CAP
Planning for tax considerations is an important part of drafting a Supplemental Needs Trust.

Travel: Elder Law in Israel

By  Kathleen Kienitz, CELA
NAELA member discusses similarities and differences in the practice of Elder Law in Israel and the United States with an Elder Law pioneer.

Practice Success: Website Anomalies

By  Leonard Mondschein, CELA, CAP
Do you know how to measure how your website is performing?

Social Security Benefit Maximization Programs

By  Avram L. Sacks, Esq.
These programs can be a useful tool and a trap for the unwary.

2016 Annual Conference: Rising to the Challenge-Protection, Provision, and Prosperity

By  Julie M. Fiedler, CELA, and Letha Sgritta McDowell, CELA
NAELA’s 2016 Annual Conference provides practitioners an opportunity to stay current on a variety of issues impacting Elder and Special Needs Law.

Alliances: A Growing Epidemic, a Preventable Disease-Chronic Kidney Disease

By  Douglas A. Asofsky, MPA
As many as one in 10 Americans have kidney disease. Most of them don’t know it! There are few if any symptoms in the early stages.

An Elder Law Attorney Walks Into A Room of Retirement Experts

By  Stephen J. Silverberg, CELA, CAP
Stephen J. Silverberg, CELA, CAP, testified at a recent hearing on de-risking transactions of employer-sponsored defined benefit plans.

The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act-In Advocacy, Two Is Greater Than One Plus One

By  David Goldfarb, Esq.
One plus one does not equal two in politics. No, I’m not talking about the “fuzzy math” that candidates accuse each other of using to support their policies. I’m talking about the fact that people advocating together under the same banner is greater

2015 NAELA Foundation Update

By  Vincent J. Russo, CELA, CAP
The mission of the NAELA Foundation is to promote the goals of NAELA and the Elder and Special Needs Law profession

Planning for the Silver Tsunami

By  Amy Acheson, Esq.
Cognitive impairment among practicing lawyers is a hot button issue. According to the American Bar Association, a third of the lawyers in the United States are age 55 and older.

President's Message: Get Ready for 2016

By  Shirley Berger Whitenack, Esq., CAP
The landscape of Elder Law and Special Needs Planning is ever-changing and practitioners must stay ahead of the curve by anticipating changes in the practice and dealing with the changes head-on

Executive Director's Message: Connecting With Others

By  Peter G. Wacht, CAE
From an organizational perspective, serving as a Connector is one of NAELA’s primary objectives, as we seek to present and promote the Academy as the Elder and Special Needs Law hub

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