Law Office of John L. Roberts
Elder Law Attorney Certified by the National Elder Law Foundation
1200 Converse Street, Longmeadow, Massahcusetts 01106

Past Months: Education for Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys

June, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
  1 2 3 - MassNAELA Dinner Meeting
Supplemental Needs Trust Planning
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7 8 Patty Servais"Yes! Veterans’ Benefits May be Yours"
2 - 3 PM
Patty Servais, Elder Benefits Consulting
Rockridge Retirement Community, Northampton
FREE
9 10 11
14 15 16 Massachusetts Guardianship Association Meeting

17 - MassNAELA Paralegal Training: Uniform Probate Code
Westin Hotel, Waltham
9 am - 5pm

Estate Planning on Marital Assets in a Divorce
Mass Bar Association,
Attorneys David J. Correira, Denise Squillante
provisions of the Uniform Probate Code impacting estate plans, the use of pre-nuptial agreements to protect family assets and businesses, domestic relations orders, and current case law impacting the revision of estate plans or the transfer of assets during divorce.

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May, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
3 4 5-
Can We Talk?: A Financial Guide for Baby Boomers Assisting their Elderly Parents
with author Bob Mauterstock
Orchard Valley at Wilbraham To Register: (413) 596-0006 eleon@benchmarkquality.com FREE, Dinner Provided
Free Book to first 25 RSVP
6 - MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship
Boston + Webcast 9am - 12noon
Substantive law, procedures, forms and practice
$195 / $225
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11 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am
$22.00

MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Tewksbury. See May 6th for description

Massachusetts Guardianship Association Meeting

12 - NAELA Annual Meeting
Orlando, FL
May 12 > 15.

13 - MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Taunton. See May 6th for description

MCLE Unanticipated Consequences: Fixing Broken Estate Plans & Trusts
Boston + webcast
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
$195 / $225

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18 - MCLE Medicaid Planning & Medicare Set-Asides
Planning, after DRA

Boston + webcast
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Leo Cushing, Todd Lutsky
$195 - $225

MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Bedford. See May 6th

19 - MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Worcester. See May 6th for description

Business Income Insurance
Insurance Inst., Boston
9- 3pm May 19th - 20th
Max Period of Indemnity, Monthly Limit of Indemnity, Agreed Value and Extended Period of Indemnity
$360/ $390

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21 - Estate Planning 2010
Leo Cushing, Todd Lutsky
8:30 - 11:30 am
Doubletree Guest Suites,
550 Winter St, Waltham,

Trusts that will work in 2010, 2011, and thereafter; Rodrigues Homestead exemption for property in revocable trust; Medicaid Planning and the Doherty, HUD-1 Regs; Health Care Legislation Taxes; N.H. Domestic Asset Protection Trusts

FREE; To Register: csargent@cushingdolan.com or Xiomara Negron at xnegron@cushingdolan.com.

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25 - MCLE What Every Estate Planner in Massachusetts Needs To Know About Laws of Other New England States & Florida
Practical advice from out-of-state practitioners
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Boston + webcast
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
State-Specific Presentation for:
CT, Maine, NH, RI, VT, &
Florida; "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session
$195 / $225

MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Springfield. See May 6th for description

26 27- MCLE Changes to the New MUPC; Guardianship & Conservatorship Pittsfield. See May 6th for description

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31 - MEMORIAL DAY        

April, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
      1 2 - GOOD FRIDAY
5 - PASSOVER CONCLUDES 6 7 - MassNAELA Dinner Meeting
6 PM Waltham Westin
elder law attorney's role as a witness in will and trust litigation, the drafting attorney's ethical obligations in the context of litigation, and best practices for drafting and execution to avoid or minimize the possibility of litigation.
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12 13 14 - Massachusetts Guardianship Association Meeting 15 16
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March, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1 2 3 US Trust Advisor Series
Mass State House, Boston; 6:00 pm
Planning in a Rising Income Tax Environment
(617)434-7485
FREE
4 5 - Elder Law Institute XVI Elder Law & Medicaid Consequences of Estate Planning
9:00 - 4:30 pm
Suffolk University Law School, Boston
$229 / $179
8 9 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am
$22.00
10 11 12 >> Dayligh Saving Time begins Saturday, March 14th
15 16 17- St. Patrick's Day 18 19
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24 - Alzheimer's Disease: Legal and Financial Issues
Attorney John L. Roberts. 12:00 Noon
Agawam Sr Center
Reg:(800)272-3900
FREE
Competency in the Elderly - What the Attorney Needs to Know - Dr. Christopher VanKleeck
5:30 pm - 7:30pm
GosselinLaw, 1026 Main St., Winchester, MA (781) 782-6000
FREE

25 - Estate Planning with IrrevocableTrusts &
Disability Planning Case Law Update

12:00 noon
Webcast
David J. Correira, Esq. FREE
events@cilaw.com

Immediate Annuity Tutorial
3 PM
Webcast
Patrick Herndon
Online Registration
FREE

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29 - PASSOVER BEGINS at Sundown 30 - State Senator Patricia D. Jehlen (D-Somerville) Massachusetts Elder Affairs Comm. Chair featured speaker at the Western Massachusetts Eldercare Professionals Association (WMEPA) meeting. 8:30 a.m. at Glenmeadow, Longmeadow, MA.
FREE
RSVP: 413-567-7800
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February, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1 2

3 - How to Choose a Financial Advisorwebcast - 2PM
Pensco Trust.
due diligence considerations; avoid a ‘Madoff’;
performance results; evaluate their expertise & credentials
FREE

4 - Boston Estate Planning Council
Member Roundtable
lunch
11:30 am - 1pm
BinghamMcCutchen

4 - MCLE Ethical Issues Under UPC
Boston + webcast
9:30 - 11 AM
Linda Bauer, Mark Leahy
$45.00

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8 9 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am
$22.00
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11 - Long Term Care Financing Advisory Committee Public Hearing
10 am - 12 Noon
Northampton Council on Aging.
67 Conz Street
(617)573-1822
Free Refreshments
Long Term Care Insurance PowerPoint

12 - Lincoln's Birthday
15 - President's Day 16 17- Ash Wednesday 18 19
22 - Washington's Birthday

23 - MassNAELA Multi-Site Breakfast Meeting
Programs and services offered by local ASAPs and how clients access.
8am-10am in Marlborough, Peabody, Halifax and Northampton
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MCLE Advance Issues Asset Protection
Boston
8:30 AM- 12:30 PM
$125 / $145

24 - NAELA Special Needs Summit
New Orleans, LA

Wed > Thurs - Fri - Sat

RETURN OF THE MOCK TRIAL: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Part II
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Boston Estate Planning Council. estate planning issues
Suffolk U Law School
Mock Trial Room
$75.00

25 MCLE Will & Trust Drafting Techniques
Boston + webcasts
9:30 - 11:00 AM every Thursday for the following 6 weeks
$175 / $195

26 - MCLE Long Term Care Planning
Boston
9 AM - 12 Noon
Harry Margolis, Emily Saltz, Rebecca Benson, David Keefe, III of Eagle Strategies. cover comprehensive planning
$125 / $145

 

January, 2010

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
 

1 - New Years Day

 

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8 - MCLE Estate Planning Conference
Boston
8:30 AM - 5PM
$245 / $275 / $295

11- Alzheimer's Caregiver Series: Why We See What We See
Nancy Harper, RN; how brain changes affect behavior;
Orchard Valley, Wilbraham 7:30 Breakfast,
8 - 9:30 am class
(413) 596-0006
FREE

How to Get Retirement Benefits You're Entitled To
Jeanne Medeiros, Legal Coordinator, Pension Act Center, UMass Boston Gerontology Institute
12 Noon at Margolis & Bloom, 535 Boylston Street, Copley Sq. Boston
jbm@margolis.com
617/267-9700
FREE

12 - Hampden County Estate Planning Council
Springfield, MA
11:45 am $22.00

US Trust Advisor Series

Boston Harbor Hotel, Rowes Wharf; 7:30 am
Tax & Estate Planning using Roth IRA
(617) 434-7485
FREE

Roth IRAs: Advantages for Clients
Boston Estate Planning Council
Brown Bag Lunch
11:30 am
BinghamMcCutchen. Floor 13
One Federal Street
Boston
$45 non members

13 - Self Directed IRAs: Demystifying Unrelated Business Income Tax
& Unrelated Debt Financed Income
Eric Wickstrom, CPA
UMass Club, 225 Franklin Street, Boston
9 am - 12noon
serena.errico@pensco.com
603-433-2626 ext 5710
FREE
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18 - MLK Day

19 - Massachusetts Special Election Day
US SENATE

MassNAELA Dinner Meeting
Waltham
6:00 PM
MassHealth post approval, over asset, annual review, community spouse, estate recovery
$60 / $85

20 - Statute of Limitations Issues in Estate and Trust Matters
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mass Bar Assoc
Conf Room 101
20 West Street, Boston
$115 / $160

Insurance Library Assoc. Business Income Insurance
at Hingham Mut. Ins.,9:00 AM to 3:00 PM + Thurs. Jan. 21. Period of indemnity, limit of indemnity, agreed value, extended indemnity, coinsurance
$390 / $360

21 - NELF Wow Program
12 noon - 8 PM Grapevine TX
Trusts and RMD Rules, Family Dynamics
$75.00

22 -Proposed Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code ("MUTC")
Boston Bar Association - 16 Beacon Street
12:30 pm
Raymond Young (Report), Marc . Bloostein, Thomas Jalkut
FREE

NAELA UnProgramGrapevine, TX
Friday-Sat-Sun.

$275 / $375 + Hotel: $139 /night

25 - Heckerling Institute Orlando, Florida. Mon.>> Fri. $930 + hotel

Alzheimer's Caregiver CEU: Caring for People with Alzheimer's Disease:
Nancy Harper, RN; habilitative approach to care environment;
at Orchard Valley, Wilbraham
7:30 am Breakfast,
8 - 9:30 am class
(413) 596-0006
FREE

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28- Estate Planning For Second Marriages

12 Noon - 1:15pm webinar federal estate tax, planning for second marriages
events@estateplanningelderlaw.com
FREE

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