Biting the Bullet

12th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Law, Aging and Disability

Dates: September 23-25, 2009
Place: Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa, Thompsonville, Michigan
Cost: Section member: $210, non-section member: $230, non-lawyer: $120
Registration: online or by mail/fax form PDF

Hotel Reservation Form PDF

Amy Tripp, Section chair, and the section council invite you to attend the 12th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference. Come join your fellow Elder Law and Disability Rights Section members at Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa.

Our featured speakers will be:

• Robert Fleming, JD, Tucson, Arizona, NAELA Fellow; author, Elder Law Answer Book
• Ann M. Soden, AdE, Montreal, Canada, executive director, National Institute of Law, Policy and Aging
• David M. Godfey, JD, Washington, D.C., senior attorney, ABA Commission on Law and Aging
• Jeffrey Geller, MD, MPH, Worcester, Massachusetts, professor of psychiatry; co-author, Women of the Asylum

Topics include: Drafting special needs trusts; end-of-life decision-making; determining capacity; consumer problems and debt collection; extending waiver services to AFCs and HFAs; Olmstead issues; the panoply of veterans benefits; administrative appeals; technology and the small elder law firm; estate planning; involuntary nursing home discharges; working with the difficult client; medicare and medicaid eligibility and benefits; and proposals for national health care reform.