Learn the latest on Long-Term Care Financing, Veterans Benefits, & Social Security CLE with this convenient, 24/7 On-demand Seminar & Complimentary Podcast. Register to obtain CLE & MCLE credit, online access to complete course & reference materials, and attend this on-demand seminar. YOU MAY LISTEN FROM ALMOST ANY TYPE OF COMPUTER OR IPOD. ACCESS TO THE RECORDING AND MATERIALS DOES NOT EXPIRE.

Benefits:

The increasing need for healthcare and assistance for disabled & elderly clients, as well as Veterans and their family members have led to a record demand for lawyers fluent in this practice area. Further, the importance of asset protection planning to qualify for government benefits has become a major tool in understanding the rules and strategies to obtain Social Security Disability & Veterans benefits. Recent changes and procedures for long-term care-financing and within the VA and Social Security Administration have required understanding the best practices to benefit your client. This program features three leading experts, who will share the best techniques to ethically protect assets while qualifying for long-term care financing, government benefits, VA, & Social Security benefits. Registration includes online access to course and reference materials that serve as a helpful guide to the numerous topics and techniques discussed in the program.

Agenda:

Long-Term Care Financing, Veterans Benefits, & Social Security CLE:

a. Effective Asset Protection Planning while Qualifying for Government Benefits

b. Who is eligible for Government Benefits: Special Needs, Elder, & Disabled

c. VA Attorney Accreditation: Becoming & Remaining Accredited

d. VA Disability Service Benefits Claim Eligibility

e. Keys to Veterans' Benefits Appeals Process

f. Effectively Identifying & Preserving Issues for Appeal

g. Insight on the Disability Appeals Process

h. Social Security Updates & Cutting-edge Issues

i. Insight Effect of Covid-19 on Government Benefits & Beyond

j. Long-term Care Financing

Recorded Question & Answer Session

Biography of Seminar Faculty:

1. Howard S. Krooks is an authority on guardianships & a certified elder law attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. A Partner at Elder Law Associates, PA and Of Counsel to Amoruso & Amoruso LLP, Mr. Krooks devotes his practice to elder law and trusts and estates matters, including representing seniors and persons with special needs and their families in connection with asset preservation planning, supplemental needs trusts, Medicaid, Medicare, planning for disability, guardianship, wills, trusts and health care planning with advance directives. He is the President-Elect of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Past Chair of the Elder Law Section of his state bar. Selected as a SuperLawyer and AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Krooks has spoken and written widely on guardianship issues, including serving as an adjunct faculty member at NYU and serving as an instructor for his state’s Certified Guardian & Court Evaluator Training program. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Kiplinger’s, USA Today, The New York Post, Newsday, and also appeared on PBS and the CBS Early Morning show.

2. Michael R. Viterna has focused his practice on representing military veterans in appealing disability compensation denials by the Department of Veterans Affairs for nearly two decades. He regularly practices before the VA across the nation, before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, and at the U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He retired in 2001 from the U.S. Air Force with nearly 33 years of combined service, including over 20 years of active military, in the Air Force, Air Force Reserves, and Air National Guard (Active/Guard Reserve). Mr. Viterna has spoken widely on Veterans Benefits and on representing clients with disabilities.

3. Stacy Elizabeth Thompson is a Partner at Bluestein & Nichols, LLC, where she focuses her practice on Social Security Disability Law. Ms. Thompson is a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives and has been elected to serve on its Board to represent two different federal circuits. Ms. Thompson has also served in leadership positions in numerous bar association committees on Social Security Disability. She has spoken and written widely on case evaluation, initial interviews and case development.

CLE Credit: Rossdale CLE is a national leader in attorney education and has trained thousands of attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professionals.

Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission for 1.5 MCLE credits

Alaska Bar Association for 1.5 CLE Credits *

Arizona State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits**

California State Bar for 1.5 MCLE credits

Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal & Judicial Education for 1.8 CLE Credits

Connecticut for 1.5 CLE Credits

District of Columbia (CLE credits are not required)***

Florida Bar for 2.0 CLE credits

Georgia Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

Hawaii State Board of CLE for 1.5 CLE credits

Idaho State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE Credits

Iowa Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE Credits

Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.5 CLE Credits

Kentucky Bar Association for 1.5 CLE Credits

Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on MCLE for 1.5 MCLE credits

Maryland (CLE credits are not required)***

Massachusetts (CLE credits are not required)**

Michigan (CLE credits are not required)***

Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

Missouri Bar for 1.8 MCLE Credits

Montana Commission of CLE for 1.5 CLE Credits

Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

New Hampshire for 1.5 CLE credits ****

New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits (per Rule 201:4)

New York State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

North Carolina State Bar Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

Ohio - Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on CLE for 1.5 CLE Credits

Oklahoma Bar Association for 1.5 CLE Credits

Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 CLE Credits

Puerto Rico for 1.5 CLE credits (Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico)

Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.5 CLE credits

South Dakota (CLE credits are not required)***

Tennessee Commission on CLE for 1.5 CLE Credits

Texas State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits

Utah State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 MCLE credits

Vermont Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 CLE credits

Virginia State Bar for 1.5 MCLE credits

Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners for 1.5 CLE credits

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* Members of the Alaska Bar Association may report 1.5 CLE credits for participating in this course as it has been approved by other mandatory CLE jurisdictions for 1.5 CLE credits.

** The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.5 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona, including 0 hour(s) of professional responsibility.

*** States that do not require CLE are indicated above. Rossdale does not apply for CLE in these states as CLE credit is not required.

**** The New Hampshire does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Continuing Legal Education requirement. Pursuant to NH Supreme Court Rule 53, this activity may be counted for up to 1.5 CLE hours.

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