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.

2008-2009 Meeting Schedule

October 11, 10:00 a.m. – Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices, East Lansing

November 8, 10:00 a.m. – Barron Rosenberg Mayoras & Mayoras PC

December 6, 10:00 a.m. – State Bar of Michigan, Lansing

January 3, 10:00 a.m. – Mall Malisow & Cooney PC

February 7, 10:00 a.m. - State Bar of Michigan, Lansing

March 7, 10:00 a.m. - Barron Rosenberg Mayoras & Mayoras PC

April 4, 10:00 a.m. - State Bar of Michigan, Lansing

May 2, 10:00 a.m. - Barron Rosenberg Mayoras & Mayoras PC

June 6, 10:00 a.m. – Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices, East Lansing

June 26, Veterans Benefits Training, 8:00 a.m.—4:30 a.m. More Information

July no meeting

August 1, 10:00 a.m. - Brad Geller’s home, Ann Arbor

September Annual Meeting Fall Conference

Mall Malisow & Cooney PC
30445 Northwestern Hwy. Ste 250
Farmington Hills, MI 48334

Barron Rosenberg Mayoras & Mayoras PC
1301 W. Long Lake Rd Ste 340
Troy, MI 48098

Brad Geller
601 Huronview Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103