Archive for March, 2011
March 2011 – Elder Law: Issues in Aging
Highlights from the Elder Law issue of the Contra Costa Lawyer include articles on the Elder Law Center (Samantha Sepehr), Local Rules of Court & Other Elder Law Resources (Virginia M. George), Contra Costa Senior Legal Services (Verna Haas), Elder Mediation at Conflict Resolution Programs (Barbara Proctor), the Elder Court Support Program (Tina Olton), and Last-Minute Holographic Wills in the Age of Revokable Living Trusts (Jay Chafetz)
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This month, I get the honor of guest-editing the Elder Law issue of the Contra Costa Lawyer, a point of great pride for me. Elder law attorneys are an amazing bunch and I get to …
The Elder Law Center
Can you remember your very first day of work? We suspect that not many years, or even days, went by before you began dreaming of your retirement. As we all know, for that dream to …
Elder Law: Local Rules of Court & Other Resources
With the onslaught of the population explosion in the 65 and older segment in our society and the fact that baby boomers have now successfully entered senior citizenship, elder law and the issues that accompany …
The Elder Court: Interview with Judge Joyce Cram
What was the impetus behind the creation of Contra Costa’s Elder Court?
We knew that it was important to have a court that would deal with the needs of the elder population. We had incoming Presiding …
Contra Costa Senior Legal Services – A Small Organization with a Powerful Mission
An 87-year-old Walnut Creek resident lives in a lovely apartment close to the Senior Center. She plays bridge twice a week and bingo once a week. She still drives herself and is proud of her …
Elder Mediation at Conflict Resolution Programs
Consider this scenario – At Senior Court in Superior Court, our mediator meets the parties, a mother in her 90’s and her son, late 60’s, in the corridor, explains the mediation process and once they …
Senior Peer Counseling – Elder Court Support Program
Your seventy-five year old client is a victim of elder abuse – financial, physical, verbal or emotional. Someone she trusted has done her harm, has wiped out her savings account, or stolen her credit card. …
Last-Minute Holographic Wills in the Age of Revokable Living Trusts
Estate planning attorneys today often encourage clients to use revocable living trusts over wills as the primary estate planning device. Will last-minute holographic documents be as effective to change an estate plan now as when …
Elder Law: Essential Resources [DOWNLOAD PDF]
We compiled all of the Elder Law resources mentioned in this month’s articles – from the phone number for Adult Protective Services to professional associations for Elder Law practitioners – into one handy document available …
March Contra Costa Lawyer – print version
Download the March print version of the Contra Costa Lawyer magazine as a pdf document from our website: www.cccba.org/attorney/cclawyer/index.php
Arlene Segal: Living Life to the Fullest
This month, we are delighted to spotlight Arlene Segal. Our readers know Arlene as one of the County’s eminent elder law attorneys, whose volunteer efforts include many years on the Contra Costa Lawyer editorial board …
The New Disqualified Person Rule
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Am I Drinking too Much is a Rhetorical Question!
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Build Your Practice with LRIS – Client Comments
Here’s what clients have to say about attorneys they were referred to through our Lawyer Referral & Information Service (LRIS) :
Re: Timothy Walker
“Tim Walker was very helpful – helped me make sense of legal vocabulary …
Civil Jury Verdicts
Some years ago, I moderated a roundtable discussion entitled “The Vanishing Jury Trial”. Remember we ran the transcript of that discussion in the Contra Costa Lawyer? Peter Hinton, K.C. Ward, Harvey Sohnen and I participated …
What is on your personal bucket list?
I want to travel to the west coast of Africa to see where my ancestors left on the slave boats traveling to the Caribbean and the USA.
Algera M. Tucker – Tucker Family Law Practice, P.C.
To …
Long-Term Care Insurance
Are you considering purchasing Long Term Care Insurance? Do you know what it is and why it might be a key component in planning successfully for retirement?
Long Term Care is the type of care a …
JFKU College of Law Continues to Provide Legal Services for Elders
Through its Legal Clinic for Elders, John F. Kennedy University, College of Law continues to provide free legal advice and representation to low- income elders in Contra Costa, Solano, and Alameda …
