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Morris Klein
ISLN: 905836018
Attorney
Email: click here to contact

Practice areas

• Elder law
• Medicaid
• Special needs trusts
• Medicare
• Nursing home
• Long-term care
• Guardianship
• Disability planning
• Estate planning
• Wills
• Probate
• Public policy

Admitted

• District of Columbia, 1978
• Maryland and U.S. Supreme Court, 1987

Education

• University of Michigan, J.D., 1977
• University of Michigan B.A., 1972, Phi Beta Kappa; M.P.P., 1976

Associations and memberships

• Maryland State Bar Association (Elder Law Section Council, 1997 —; Chair 2001 - 2002 and 2009 - 2010)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Elder Law Section, 2008 inception —; Chair 2011 - 2012)
  
• District of Columbia Bar Association (Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Section Steering Committee, 2004 - 2010; Co-chair, 2007 - 2009)
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (National Board of Directors, 2002 - 2004; Founding Member, Maryland/D.C. Chapter and President, 2004 - 2009; Council of Advanced Practitioners, 2005—; Chair, Benefits and Financing Section, 2008 - 2011)
• First Maryland Disability Trust, Board of Directors, 2009 --
• Special Needs Alliance, 2011--

Biographical details

Attorney, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 1978 - 1984; Trial Attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984 - 1986; Board of Directors, Alzheimer's Association - National Capital Area Chapter, 1995 - 2002, Public Policy Committee Chair, Alzheimer's Association - Maryland State Chapters, 1996 - 1999; Named a "Best Lawyer" in Elder Law, Washingtonian Magazine; "Super Lawyer" in Elder Law, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Publications: "The New CLASS Act" 6-1 NAELA Journal 35 (Spring 2011); "Medicaid Eligibility After the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act" 41-2 Maryland State Bar Journal 32 (March/April 2008); "Top Ten Elder Law Myths" 38-4 Maryland State Bar Journal 26 (July/August 2005); "By Ethically Advising Your Client Could You Be Committing a Crime?" 31-2 Maryland State Bar Journal 36 (March/April 1998); "The Criminalization of Transfers for Medicaid Eligibility," 2 Journal of Asset Protection 10-19, 52-63 (1997). Faculty, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Symposia and Institutes, and National Aging and Law Conference.

Member and Fellow: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

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Morris Klein serves clients in Bethesda, Maryland and throughout Montgomery and surrounding counties, as well as in Washington D.C. 
Call Morris Klein at 301-652-4462 or contact the law office online to schedule an appointment.