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The 2022 Basics of Elder and Special Needs Law program offers a foundational knowledge base for building an elder and special needs law practice.
8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Ethical Issues Arising in Representation*
Hannah Vaughan, Corporation of Guardianship, Greensboro
10:02 Introduction to Medicaid Eligibility and Planning Techniques
Brian T. Lawler, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville
The elder and special needs law practitioner often confronts issues related to long-term care planning and Medicaid eligibility. This session is intended to provide you with a general overview of Medicaid eligibility and expose you to some of the basic asset protection techniques often used in both advanced planning and crisis settings.
11:04 Break
11:14 Rethinking Guardianship — Present and Future
Nicki Applefield Engel, Collins Family Law Group, Charlotte
Kathleen R. Rodberg, McGuire Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville
This panel discussion focuses on current guardianship statutes and changes to the law being discussed by the state legislature.
12:19 Lunch Break
12:49 Special Needs Planning: ABLE, SSI, Housing and Other Publicly Available Benefits
Bailey Liipfert, Liipfert Law Group, Winston-Salem
Explore the tools we have at our disposal when seeking to help clients outside of nursing facilities, assisted living, including government benefits and other options including supplemental security SSI and SA in home, North Carolina's wavier programs, Title III programs, Medicare Advantage and programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly.
1:50 Resources and FAQs You Have Been Afraid to Ask
Kara Gansman, Cranfill Sumner LLP, Wilmington
Jennifer Roden, Craige & Fox, Wilmington
Elder law and special needs law are nuanced and ever-changing fields. Successfully developing solutions for your clients requires not just an understanding of the law, but also of where to find answers. From the mundane to the complex, no question is too trivial for this panel of experienced attorneys.
2:51 Break
3:01 Putting It All Together: Case Studies in Elder Law and Special Needs Planning
John R. Potter, Potter Law Firm, Charlotte
Elder law cases often do not stay in nice, neat boxes. After a day of exploring aspects of elder law from ethics to Medicaid planning and guardianships to trusts, this final session looks at case studies showing how these pieces fit together, how they can awkwardly overlap, and how they sometimes just plain complicate each other.
4:02 Adjourn
* Indicates portion providing Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit
Thank you for joining us for 2022 Basics of Elder and Special Needs Law.
The 2022 Basics of Elder and Special Needs Law program offers a foundational knowledge base for building an elder and special needs law practice.
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