By Shirley Diefenbach The North Carolina Bar Association Elder & Special Needs Law Section (NCBA-EL) recognizes that, although the public perceives lawyers to be among the most affluent members of society, in fact, many attorneys struggle to make ends meet, need to pay off large amounts of law school debt, or sometimes suffer from economic […]
By Kathleen R. Rodberg It’s probably fair to say that each attorney wants to be competent in his or her area of practice, but how can you set yourself apart in a particular area of law and take your practice to the next level? Having just reached my ninth year as an elder and special […]
By John R. Potter We are still waiting with bated breath to find out what elder law and estate planning-related provisions will come from Congress’s budget reconciliation process. In the meantime, many of you will be aware of North Carolina’s No Patient Left Alone Act (NC Session Law 2021-171; SB 191), but others may have […]
By Kathleen Rodberg Britney Spears has been in the news a lot. Not just recently via documentaries on Hulu and Netflix, but nearly nonstop since her debut single “…Baby One More Time” premiered in 1998. Historically, the media circus surrounding Spears focused on her career, who she was dating, and how she spent her free […]
By Shirley Diefenbach The North Carolina Bar Association Elder and Special Needs Law Section (NCBA-EL) recognizes that, although the public perceives lawyers to be among the most affluent members of society, in fact, many attorneys struggle to make ends meet, need to pay off large amounts of law school debt, or sometimes suffer from economic […]
By Anthony D. Nicholson For Elder & Special Needs Law attorneys, there are some significant new North Carolina statutory changes we need to be aware of. Would you like to file all your probate, guardianship and other court filings online? I hope so. Soon you will be required to do so. Tired of going through […]
By Shirley Diefenbach The North Carolina Bar Association Elder & Special Needs Law Section (NCBA – EL) recognizes that although the public perceives lawyers to be among the most affluent members of society, in fact, many attorneys struggle to make ends meet, need to pay off large amounts of law school debt, or sometimes suffer […]
By Colin K. Austin Please make plans to attend the 25th Annual Elder & Special Needs Law Symposium on March 4-5, 2021. The symposium will be a live webcast and will include sessions on special needs planning, NC Medicaid transformation, and ethical considerations for guardianships. Also included are a Technology Hour and an Elder Law […]
By John R. Potter The agenda will be released shortly for this spring’s Elder Law and Special Needs Symposium, which will be provided by webcast. When the Symposium planning began, the Elder Law Section Council had been hoping that life would be sufficiently normal for everyone to gather together for fellowship and to trade war […]
By Colin K. Austin As Elder Law attorneys, we need to be aware of the dangers our clients face from a number of fraudulent scams that can quickly deplete their assets. One good resource is a new book, “Elder Fraud Wars: Case Histories from an Enforcement Attorney” (Exposit, 2020). Author David Neil Kirkman is a […]