Admitted
1984, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Law School
University of Denver, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Oberlin College, B.A., 1977
Memberships
Denver, Colorado (Secretary/Treasurer, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1989-1990; Chair of Health Care Decisions subcommittee, 1989-1991) and American (Vice-Chair, Elder Law Committee, 1995—) Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1990—; Fellow, 1993); Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; Denver Estate Planning Council.
Biographical
National Lecturer, 1984—. Author: Issues for the Elderly Client: Estate and Health Care Planning, The Colorado Lawyer, Part 1, September 2000; Part II, March 2001; Through The Looking Glass: The Medicare Secondary Payer Program-Problems in Wonderland; Practice Tips for Settling Personal Injury Cases Where Public Benefits are Involved; The Use of Disability Trusts, The White Paper, A Journal Concerning Personal Injury Settlements & Public Assistance Benefits, Summer/Fall 2000; Defects, Due Process, and Protective Proceedings, Elders Advisor: The Journal of Elder Law and Post Retirement Planning, Vol. 2 No. 1, Summer 2000; The Use of Medicare Set-Aside Trusts in Worker's Compensation, Florida Bar Journal, May 2000 (also in New Jersey, Ohio and Connecticut Bar Journals); Chapter 39, Settlement Consideration with Catastrophic Injuries and Public Benefits, Volume 7A, West's Colorado Practice Series, West Group, 2000; Protecting The Disabled Individual Through The Use of a Medicare Set-Aside Trust, The White Paper, Fall/Winter 1999; Course for CPAs: Medicaid: Dispelling Myths; The New Exempt Assets & Basic Eligibility ; Medicaid: The Truth About Trusts; Tax Issues & Medicaid Planning; Medicaid: How is the Spouse in the Community Protected? The Use of Annuities & Spousal Impoverishment Rules; Medicaid: The Truth About Transferring Assets; Medicaid: Estate Planning for Later Life; Trusts, Wills Powers of Attorney, Conversatorships, Guardianships, How To Select A Nursing Home, Joint Tenancy Arrangements, November 1999; Protecting The Disabled Individual Through The Use of Medicare Set-Aside Trust, Clearing House Review, Vol. 33, Nos. 5-6, Sep/Oct, 1999; The Crocodile: Medicare's Big Bite in Physical Cases, The White Paper, Spring/Summer, 1998; Colorado's Disability Trust: Misguided Misfortune; The Use of Medicare Set Aside Trusts in Workers' Compensation Settlements; The Medicaid Lien, The White Paper, Fall/Winter 1998; 12 Critical Issues of Personal Injury Settlement