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Practice Areas

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

Admissions

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

Education

• J.D.: University of Michigan Law School, 1977
• M.P.P.: University of Michigan Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1976
• B.A.: University of Michigan, 1972; Phi Beta Kappa

Associations and Memberships

• Maryland State Bar Association (Elder Law Section Council, 1997-present; Chair 2001-2002 and 2009-2010)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Elder Law Section, 2008 (inception)-present; Chair 2011-2015)
• 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 (Board of Directors, 2002-2004 and 2015-2019); Founding Member, Maryland/D.C. Chapter and President, 2004-2009; Council of Advanced Practitioners, 2005-present; Chair, Benefits and Financing Section, 2008-2011)
• First Maryland Disability Trust, Board of Directors, 2009-2014
• Special Needs Alliance, 2011-present
• Maryland Task Force on Long Term Care Education and Planning, 2018

Publications

• “Landmark Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Helps Medicare Patients Receive Skilled Care” 9-2 NAELA Journal (Fall 2013)
• “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.

Honors

• Fellow, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• “Super Lawyer” in Elder Law, Maryland and the District of Columbia.