Committees
Elder Law Section Committee Sign Up Sheet
The Section encourages members to spend ten (10) hours a year engaged in Section activities including committee activities. The following is a list of the Elder Law Section’s Committees and information about each committee. If you are interested in joining a committee, complete the Elder Law Section Committee Sign Up Sheet or contact the Chair or Co-Chair of the particular committee you are interested in joining.
For more specific information including meeting schedules, conference call-in instructions and committee materials, visit the committee’s page in the Members Section. Click here to login
The Advocate/Newsletter Editorial Board (Publications)
The publications committee shall be responsible for furnishing articles for publication in Florida Bar publications; for publishing and distribution of a section newsletter; and for publishing and distribution of written materials to the public, including the section website.
2012-2013 Deadlines for Advocate submissions: July 1, 2012, November 1, 2012, April 1, 2013, July 1, 2013
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Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation
The exploitation and abuse committee shall identify sources of crime and abuse against elder citizens, identify the appropriate respondent with respect to such sources and what the response should be, determine whether appropriate actions are being taken and assess what legislative, agency, or other means may be necessary to enhance the assistance available to elderly victims of crime and abuse. The committee shall also review, study, and recommend legislative, agency, and other action to address the legal issues relating to age discrimination.
Meetings: We will hold monthly telephone conferences on the second Friday of every month at 8:00 a.m. cst/9:00 a.m. Eastern except December and January. No meeting in December and we would like a face to face meeting in January 2013 at the Annual Update. We would like to have a second face to face meeting in lieu of/in addition to a telephone conference and will coordinate that meeting around the sections CLEs and Section meetings.
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Budget
The budget committee shall be composed of the treasurer, the chair, and the chair-elect. The committee shall prepare proposed budgets and any amendments for submission to vote of the executive council.
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Chair:
Ellen S. Morris, Section Treasurer
Elder Law Associates PA
7000 W Palmetto Park Rd Ste 205
Boca Raton, FL 33433-3430
Phone: 561-750-3850
emorris@elderlawassociates.com
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Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
The CLE committee shall be responsible for arranging legal seminars and similar programs for the education of attorneys in the field of elder law.Meetings: TBA
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Death Care Industry
The death care committee shall study and make proposals regarding the laws and regulations governing the death care industry and report on trends and other events relating to the death care industry.
Meetings: TBA
| Chair: Philip Weinstein 7542 Pebble Shores Terrace Lake Worth, FL. 33467 United States Phone: 954-899-1551 Phone 2: 1(888) 404-1899 Fax: 1(800) 619-5167 E-Mail: pmweinstein@msn.com |
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Estate Planning and Advance Directives Committee, Probate
The estate planning and advance directives committee shall review, evaluate, assist, and provide planning strategies to the elderly and practitioners regarding estate planning alternatives. In addition, the committee shall study and make proposals regarding health care advance directives.
Meetings: TBA
| Co-Chair: Sam Boone 4545 NW 8th Ave Ste A Gainesville, Florida 326054522 United States Phone: 352.374.8308 Fax: 352.375.2283 E-Mail: sboone@boonelaw.com |
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Ethics
The ethics committee shall review, study, and recommend legislative, agency, and other action to address ethical issues that arise in the legal and other professions, including proposing codes of ethics in dealing with elderly persons for various professions.
Meetings: Third Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m.
Attendance Policy for Meetings: NONE
2012-2013 Goals: 1) Create working group with other bar sections related to proposed changes to Rule 4-1.14; 2) Present Ethics opinion request; and, 3) Determine if drafting Canons is possible/desired.
Chair:
Steven Hitchcock
Special Needs Lawyers, P.A.
901 Chestnut St Ste C
Clearwater, Florida 337565618
United States
Phone: 727.4437898
Fax: 727.6310970
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Steven Hitchcock, Chair |
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Financial Products
The financial products committee shall review, study, and recommend consumer and attorney education as well as legislative, agency, and other action to address financial products, sales of inappropriate investments, sales techniques used to sell in appropriate investments to Florida’s elderly, and how to evaluate common financial products sold to and purchased by Florida elders.
Meetings: TBA
| Chair: Jill Burzynski Burzynski Elder Law 1124 Goodlette Rd N Naples, Florida 341025451 Phone: 239.4348557 Fax: 239.4348695 E-Mail: jjb@burzynskilaw.com |
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Guardianship
The guardianship committee shall review, study, and recommend legislative, agency, and other action to address the problems arising under the Florida guardianship statute and how better to implement the Florida Legislature's goals as stated therein.
Sponsored By:
www.wellsfargo.com/theprivatebank/
Meetings: Bi-monthly telephone conference. 2012 Dates: July 20, September 21 and November 16, 2012
| Co-Chair: Melissa Barnhardt Wells Fargo Private Bank 350 E Las Olas Blvd Ste 1900 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 333014217 United States Phone: 954.7653918 Fax: 954.7653956 E-Mail: melissa.l.barnhardt@wellsfargo.com
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Stephanie Villavicencio Gina Nguyen |
Law School Liaison
The law school liaison is responsible for developing relationships with law schools throughout Florida.
Meetings: TBA
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Legislative
The legislative committee shall from time to time study and make recommendations to the executive council regarding requests for the section to adopt a legislative position, study and make recommendations to the executive council about legislative positions made by other sections, individuals or entities and to disseminate news and opinions of proposed or enacted legislation on elder law matters among the various committees of the section.
Meetings: Once a month on a Monday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. During the Florida Legislative Session the Legislative Committee meets weekly. Dates: TBA
Chair: Scott Selis Chiumento Selis Dwyer, P.L. 145 City Pl Ste 301 Palm Coast, Florida 321642481 United States Phone: 386.4458900 16 Fax: 866.4373223 E-Mail: SSelis@PalmCoastLaw.com |
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Scott Selis, Chair |
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Medicaid/Government Benefits
The Medicaid and government benefits committee shall study and make proposals regarding the availability of and eligibility for Medicaid and other government benefits.
Sponsored By:
www.epicelderlaw.com
Meetings: Held third Friday of every month at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, except during the Florida Legislative Session. Meetings are held every Friday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern during the Florida Legislative Session. Dates: July 20, 2012, Aug 17, 2012, Sept 21, 2012, Oct 19, 2012, Nov 16, 2012, No meeting in Dec 2012, Jan 18, 2013 in person at Annual Update, Weekly meetings during the Feb and March, 2013, April 19, 2013, May 17, 2013.
Co-chair: John Clardy Crider Clardy Law Firm P.O. Box 2410 Crystal River, FL 34423 Phone: (352) 795-2946 Fax: (352) 795-2821 |
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Membership
The membership committee shall be responsible for making recommendations to the executive council on affiliate membership; the membership directory; and any other functions assigned by the chair of the section.
Meetings: None currently scheduled.
Chair: Alex Cuello 5975 Sunset Dr Ste 801 Miami, Florida 331435174 United States Phone: 305.6691078 Fax: 305.6691079 E-Mail: ac440@bellsouth.net |
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Mentoring
The mentoring committee shall develop a mentoring program for section members, including but not limited to educational opportunities, mentor relationship development, and mentoring opportunities.
The Mentoring Committee holds a mentoring call with CLE every other month over lunch with an expert in a particular area of elder law and members can ask questions of the expert. The call is free to all section members. For more information on the calls and the schedule watch for Section E-blasts announcing the calls or visit the Mentoring Committee page in the Members Section.
Co-Chair: Jason Waddell Waddell & Waddell P A 1108 N 12th Ave # A Pensacola, Florida 325013308 United States Phone: 850.4348500 Fax: 850.4340971 E-Mail: jason@ourfamilyattorney.com |
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Name Change/Social Security Disability
The name change/disability committee shall be responsible for carrying out the planning necessary to seek Board of Governors approval for the Section’s name change request.
Meetings: TBA
Chair: Enrique Zamora Zamora & Hillman 3006 Aviation Ave Ste 4C Coconut Grove, Florida 331333866 United States Phone: 305.2850285 Fax: 305.2853285 E-Mail: ezamora@zhlaw.net |
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Residents Rights
The residents rights committee shall study and make proposals regarding the laws and regulations governing residents’ rights in the long term care industry and report on trends and other events relating to residents’s rights in the long term care industry.
Meetings: Meetings will be held on the second Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. starting on August 9, 2012. Dates: September 13, 2012; October 11, 2012; November 8, 2012; December 13, 2012; January 10, 2013; February 14, 2013; March 14, 2013; April 11, 2013; May 9, 2013
Co-Chair: Laurie Ohall Law Ofc of Laurie E. Ohall 1127 Nikki View Dr Brandon, Florida 335114879 United States Phone: 813.5148180 E-Mail: lohall@ohalllaw.com |
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Laurie Ohall, Co-Chair |
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Rules Change Liaison
The rules change liaison shall monitor the changes and proposed changes to the procedural rules for Florida’s Court system for those changes and proposed changes that affect the areas of practices within elder law and notify the section of those changes and proposed changes.
Heather Samuels Solkoff Legal, P.A. 2605 W. Atlantic Ave., Ste A103 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Phone: 561-733-4242 Email: hsamuels@solkoff.com |
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Special Needs Trust
The special needs trust committee shall study, review, evaluate, assist, and provide planning strategies for the use of special needs trusts to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities. They shall also review, study and recommend legislative, agency, and other action to address issues that arise in the drafting and administration of special needs trusts.
Meetings: TBA
Chair: Stephen Taylor Stephen A. Taylor, P.L. 11900 Biscayne Blvd Ste 280 Miami, Florida 331812756 United States Phone: 305.7220091 Fax: 305.7220092 E-Mail: sat@satlegal.com |
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Unlicensed Practice of Law (UPL)
The unlicensed practice of law committee shall review, study, and recommend, Bar rules, legislative, agency, and other action to address issues that arise with regard to unlicensed practice of law.
Meetings: TBA
2012- 2013 Projects: Working to obtain Florida Bar ethics opinion on unlicensed practice of law by non-lawyer Medicaid planners.
Chair: John Frazier John R. Frazier Jd, Llm, PLC/Jos. Pippen PL 10225 Ulmerton Rd # 11 Largo, Florida 337713538 United States Phone: 727.5863306 104 Fax: 727.5866276 E-Mail: John@attypip.com |
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Website
The website/technology committee shall review and maintain an up-to-date website that is useful to members. It shall also review and make recommendations to the executive council regarding additional technology and social media the section should be using to reach out to and educate section members and consumers on issues related to elder law.
If you would like to have an update made to the website, please email Collett Small.
Chair: Collett Small Law Offices of Collett P. Small 2400 N University Dr Ste 209 Pembroke Pines, Florida 330243629 United States Phone: 954.4374603 Fax: 954.4374686 E-Mail: csmall@small-collinslaw.com |
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Veterans (VA) Benefits
The Veterans benefits committee shall alert members to benefits available to Veterans, available care settings for Veterans and to provide educational programs for our members regarding various benefits and their respective eligibility rules.
Meetings: TBA
Chair: Patti Fuller The Elder Law Center of Kirson & Fuller 801 N Magnolia Ave Ste 204 Orlando, Florida 328033842 United States Phone: 407.4223017 Fax: 407.8491707 E-Mail: pfuller@kirsonfuller.com |
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