Agenda
Part I:
Moderator: Wendy S. Cappelletto, Office of the Public Guardian of Cook County, Chicago
Illinois Elder Law Case Law and Legislative Update 2019
Linda M. Strohschein, Strohschein Law Group, LLC, St. Charles & Wheaton
Planning with Retirement Benefits
Understand the basics of retirement benefits and the tax issues specific to planning with retirement assets in an elder law context.
Kathryn C. Casey, Dutton Casey & Mesoloras, PC, Chicago
Helen Mesoloras, Dutton Casey & Mesoloras, PC, Chicago
Ethical Conundrums Facing Elder Law Attorneys
(1.0 Professional Responsibility Credit)
Learn how to identify potential ethical issues that arise frequently in an elder law practice; capably apply ethical rules to assess appropriate professional conduct in hypothetical factual settings; and develop procedures in practice for addressing ethical issues.
Amy DeLaney, Delaney Delaney & Voorn, Ltd., Orland Park, Oak Brook & Chicago
Kerry R. Peck, Peck Ritchey, LLC, Chicago
Planning Opportunities Under the New VA Pension Rules
Sweeping changes to the VA pension eligibility rules went into effect October 18, 2018. Get an overview of the modifications, with a focus on planning opportunities available to elder law practitioners and their clients under the new rules.
Valerie L. Peterson, CEO, ElderCounsel LLC, Denver, CO
Law Office Management – What Keeps Owners and Managing Partners Awake at Night
(0.75 Professional Responsibility Credit)
Understand the top ten management issues that keep owners and managing partners awake at night as well as various solutions that should help them get some sleep. Learn how to find, train and retain attorneys and staff; improve cash flow; market and develop your firm; and much more!
Ben A. Neiburger, Generation Law Ltd., Elmhurst
John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC, Olmstead & Associates, St. Louis, MO
Judicial Perspectives on Guardianships
Learn from the judges themselves what they think guardianship practitioners should know – and what they want to see in their courtrooms.
Judges:
Hon. Melissa S. Barnhart, Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, Kendall County, Yorkville
Hon. Robert G. Gibson, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Wheaton
Hon. Susan Kennedy Sullivan, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago
Moderators:
Ray J. Koenig III, Clark Hill PLC, Chicago
Karen Mills, Strohschein Law Group, LLC, St. Charles & Wheaton
Part II:
TRACK A Moderated by: Elizabeth Fink, | TRACK B Moderated by: Mollie Whitehead, |
Special Need Trust (“SNT”) Drafting and Recent POMS Updates | Mental Health Commitments and the Use of Psychotropic Medication on the Elderly |
Practical Considerations for Administering Special Needs Trusts | How to Remove a Bad Guardian or POA
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Practitioner Strategies to Keep Seniors and Adults with Disabilities in the Community | Litigating Nursing Home Abuse Cases: What Every Elder Law Attorney Needs to Know |
“If Only I Had Known ….:” Practical Tips for Newer Elder Law Attorneys
| Successful Custodial Claims: The Power of Preparation |
Medicaid Appeals – The Basics and Beyond | The Intersection of the Probate Court, Guardians and GALs in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Survival Cases |
Kickbacks and Kicked Out: Why Grandma Isn’t Getting her 100 Days of Medicare Rehab Anymore…and What to Do About It | Law Firm Succession, Transition, and Exit Strategies – Ideas for Getting Started
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Agenda
Part I:
Moderator: Wendy S. Cappelletto, Office of the Public Guardian of Cook County, Chicago
Illinois Elder Law Case Law and Legislative Update 2019
Linda M. Strohschein, Strohschein Law Group, LLC, St. Charles & Wheaton
Planning with Retirement Benefits
Understand the basics of retirement benefits and the tax issues specific to planning with retirement assets in an elder law context.
Kathryn C. Casey, Dutton Casey & Mesoloras, PC, Chicago
Helen Mesoloras, Dutton Casey & Mesoloras, PC, Chicago
Ethical Conundrums Facing Elder Law Attorneys
(1.0 Professional Responsibility Credit)
Learn how to identify potential ethical issues that arise frequently in an elder law practice; capably apply ethical rules to assess appropriate professional conduct in hypothetical factual settings; and develop procedures in practice for addressing ethical issues.
Amy DeLaney, Delaney Delaney & Voorn, Ltd., Orland Park, Oak Brook & Chicago
Kerry R. Peck, Peck Ritchey, LLC, Chicago
Planning Opportunities Under the New VA Pension Rules
Sweeping changes to the VA pension eligibility rules went into effect October 18, 2018. Get an overview of the modifications, with a focus on planning opportunities available to elder law practitioners and their clients under the new rules.
Valerie L. Peterson, CEO, ElderCounsel LLC, Denver, CO
Law Office Management – What Keeps Owners and Managing Partners Awake at Night
(0.75 Professional Responsibility Credit)
Understand the top ten management issues that keep owners and managing partners awake at night as well as various solutions that should help them get some sleep. Learn how to find, train and retain attorneys and staff; improve cash flow; market and develop your firm; and much more!
Ben A. Neiburger, Generation Law Ltd., Elmhurst
John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC, Olmstead & Associates, St. Louis, MO
Judicial Perspectives on Guardianships
Learn from the judges themselves what they think guardianship practitioners should know – and what they want to see in their courtrooms.
Judges:
Hon. Melissa S. Barnhart, Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, Kendall County, Yorkville
Hon. Robert G. Gibson, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Wheaton
Hon. Susan Kennedy Sullivan, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago
Moderators:
Ray J. Koenig III, Clark Hill PLC, Chicago
Karen Mills, Strohschein Law Group, LLC, St. Charles & Wheaton
Part II:
TRACK A Moderated by: Elizabeth Fink, | TRACK B Moderated by: Mollie Whitehead, |
Special Need Trust (“SNT”) Drafting and Recent POMS Updates | Mental Health Commitments and the Use of Psychotropic Medication on the Elderly |
Practical Considerations for Administering Special Needs Trusts | How to Remove a Bad Guardian or POA
|
Practitioner Strategies to Keep Seniors and Adults with Disabilities in the Community | Litigating Nursing Home Abuse Cases: What Every Elder Law Attorney Needs to Know |
“If Only I Had Known ….:” Practical Tips for Newer Elder Law Attorneys
| Successful Custodial Claims: The Power of Preparation |
Medicaid Appeals – The Basics and Beyond | The Intersection of the Probate Court, Guardians and GALs in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Survival Cases |
Kickbacks and Kicked Out: Why Grandma Isn’t Getting her 100 Days of Medicare Rehab Anymore…and What to Do About It | Law Firm Succession, Transition, and Exit Strategies – Ideas for Getting Started
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Program Date | 11/21/2019 |
Program Date | 11/21/2019 |