Seminar Number

086740

CLE Hours
(Self-Study Only)

6 CLE Hours including
1 Professionalism
Hour and
2 Trial Practice
Hours

 

 

 

ELDER LAW:
Basics Everyone Should Know

RECORDED
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
Co-sponsor:
Elder Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
Presiding:
Melanie S. McNeil, Program Chair; Georgia Council on Aging, Atlanta
WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Melanie S. McNeil
ALTERNATIVES TO LEGAL REMEDIES:  COMMUNITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CLIENTS ACROSS GEORGIA
Patrice Earnest, MS, CRS, Aging Resource Coordinator, Atlanta Regional Commission, Area Agency on Aging, Atlanta
ELDER LAW IN THE PROBATE COURTS:  JUDGES PANEL DISCUSSION
Hon. Lynwood D. Jordan, Jr., Judge, Probate Court of Forsyth County, Cumming
Hon. William J. Self, II, Judge, Probate Court of Bibb County, Macon
Hon. Jeryl R. Rosh, Judge, DeKalb County Probate Court, Decatur
Hon. Susan Pearce Tate, Judge, Probate Court Athens- Clarke County, Athens

ENCOUNTERING AND MAXIMIZING MEDIATION IN AN ELDER LAW PRACTICE
Erica F. Wood, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, Washington, DC
Doris M. Clanton, Legal Services Officer, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services, Atlanta
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Melanie S. McNeil
CREATIVELY HELPING CLIENTS WHEN CONSIDERING GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP
Sarah Stevenson Harris, Harris & James, Macon
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AID AND ATTENDANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM
Victoria L. Collier, The Elder and Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier, P.C., Decatur
OPTIONS IN PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM CARE:
PANEL DISCUSSION
Dina M. Franch, Staff Attorney, Georgia Senior Legal Hotline, Atlanta
David McGuffey, CELA, Elder Law Practice of David L. McGuffey, Dalton
Daniel D. Munster, Daniel D. Munster, P.C., Atlanta