News and Articles | July 9, 2019
Congratulations to the Elder Law College Graduates in Orlando, 2019
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This power point presentation was delivered by Attorney Brandon Arkin as the October 2018 implementation date for the new VA eligibility criteria were implemented. Check back for more updates.Understanding the New VA Eligibility Rules
Another fantastic class in the books! Congratulations on your hard work and dedication!
This PDF is supplemental documentation from our teleconference on 6-26-2018 covering client consultations for family asset protection. You can listen to the teleconference here – https://elderlawcollege.com/monthly-teleconferences/ for additional guidance. CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL PDF…
One of our members, Jason Neufeld Esq., has written a book – available now on Amazon – and already with rave reviews! How to Get Medicaid to Pay for Some or All of Your Long-Term Care Expenses Without having to wait 5 years Without having to sell your house Without having to go broke first” Congratulations, Jason, from all your fellow members!
Highlights from this year’s “Upping Your Practice” program… A Deep Dive into Special Needs Planning: SSI, Medicaid and Special Needs Trusts, with David Lillesand, was the first such instruction on the newest rules promulgated and published (5/1/2018) by the Social Security Administration. David is a charter member of the national Academy of Special Needs Planners, National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives (NOSSCR), author and frequent lecturer on special needs trusts. Irrevocable Medicaid-Planning Trust: Understanding, Drafting and Deployment – an intense study and Q & A with this subject’s acknowledged expert, Bernard Krooks. Mr. Krooks is a nationally-recognized … Continued
Social Security Administration. SSAs Sequential Evaluation
Welcome new members – from two classes! First an ooops and an apology for missing the opportunity to welcome our Denver graduates and also for not having a group photo. Please look for individual photos in their profiles on the member directory for CARLA, RICHARD, JASON, ROBYN, KEVIN, ERRIKA, CHRISTOPHER, KELLEY, KAY, JACK, DENISE, MISSY, ERIN, LOWELL, DAVID, TOM, AND CHUCK. A warm, albeit belated welcome to these 17 bright, eager, and knowledgeable new elder law attorneys from 13 states. And, drum-roll, please… We welcome our most recent graduates from the class in Boca Raton – complete with a class … Continued
Advance Health Care Directives and Anatomical Gifts Scott M. Solkoff ELDER LAW COLLEGE September 25, 2017 Introduction In Elder Law, there can be no more a fundamental, core issue than that of end‐of‐life health care decision making. The right of a person to manifest his or her own health care destiny does not come from words in the constitutions. Still, the courts have found that some of our most fundamental freedoms appear in the federal constitution and that of the various states because they were assumed by our founders to be so inalienable and so fundamental as to be necessary … Continued
Vicki Vasser-Jenkins, Arkansas Elder Law Attorney, tells us how the Elder Law College helped start and then grow her practice… — Vicki, can you share with us your experience of what it’s like being an Elder Law College graduate, and how ELC helped you grow in your practice? Sure! First, attending ELC was a good experience and it rejuvenated my interest in Estate Planning in general. I came from a background in Family Law and I’d always had a desire to focus more on Estate Planning. I changed firms about two years ago and was given more opportunity to be … Continued
Principal and Lead Instructor Scott Solkoff is a member of the above assocations.