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National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Board of Directors
Executive Committee 2011-2012
Ed has been a member of NAELA since 1991. He is a NAELA Fellow and a member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners. He has served as Editor of the NAELA Quarterly and has chaired the Publications Committee and Programs Committee. In 2004, he received the NAELA President’s Recognition Award. He is a member of the Board of Directors and past President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, the Florida Chapter of NAELA.
Ruth has been a member of NAELA since 1990. She is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the State Bar of California, past President of the Southern California Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the Board of Advisors of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Calif. She is an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, teaching Elder Law.
Ruth A. Phelps, CELA, Past President June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Phelps Law Group, APLC 120 N. Madison Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101 P: (626) 795-8844 F: (626) 795-9586 E: [email protected]
Edwin Boyer, Esq., President June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Boyer & Jackson, PA 46 N. Washington Blvd, Ste. 21 Sarasota, FL 34236 P: (941) 365-2304 F: (941) 364-9896 E: [email protected]
Gregory has been a member of NAELA since 1989. He is a NAELA Fellow and CAP member and has served on the National Elder Law Foundation’s Board of Certification. He chairs NAELA’s Professionalism and Ethics Committee and has chaired NAELA's Long-Range Planning, Program and Education, Public Policy, and Finance committees. He founded and chaired the Elder Law committees of the Ohio State and Cincinnati Bar associations, served on the committee that drafted Ohio's model advance directives, and co-authored Anderson's Ohio Elder Law Practice Manual. He is rated AV-Preeminent, is an Ohio Super Lawyer and Cincy Leading Lawyer, and has received the NAELA President’s Recognition Award and the Laury Adsit Gelardi UnAward.
Howie has been a member of NAELA since 1997. He serves on the Executive Council of the Elder Law Section of The Florida Bar as the NAELA Liaison and is a member of the Joint Public Policy Task Force of the Florida Bar Association Elder Law Section and the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys. He is a past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). He is admitted to practice law in Florida and New York.
Howard S. Krooks, CELA, Vice President June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Elder Law Associates, PA 7000 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Ste. 205 Boca Raton, FL 33433 P: (561) 750-3850 F: (561) 750-4069 E: [email protected]
Gregory S. French, CELA, President Elect June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Gregory S. French, Attorney at Law 1244 Paddock Hills Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45229 P: (513) 641-4692 F: (513) 242-5542 E: [email protected]
Brad has been a member of NAELA since 1999. Mr. Frigon received his Juris Doctor Degree in 1981 from Washburn University and his Master of Laws Degree in Taxation in 1982 from the University of Denver. He is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is also a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Special Needs Trust Alliance and is a Fellow in the Kansas Bar Association. Mr. Frigon served as Program Chair of the 2008 Advanced Elder Law Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, and is the current chair of the Programs and Education Committee for NAELA.
Shirley has been a member of NAELA since 1995. She is a NAELA Fellow, past Chair of the Membership Committee and is a member of the Guardianship/Capacity Section Steering Committee, the Advocacy/ Litigation Section, the Amicus Committee and the New Jersey chapter. She is a Trustee of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) and the Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (GANJI). She is a past Chair of the Elder and Disability Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and a frequent author and lecturer for NAELA, NJICLE and other professional and charitable organizations. She also is a member of the Special Needs Alliance, the American Bar Association (Litigation and Real Property, Trust & Estate Sections), the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Program Development Committee, and the Morris County Bar Association and its Estates & Trusts Committee.
Shirley Berger Whitenack, Secretary June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP 220 Park Avenue Florham Park, NJ 07932 Phone: (973) 540-7336 Fax: (973) 540-7300 Email: [email protected]
Bradley J. Frigon, CELA, Treasurer June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Law Offices of Bradley J. Frigon 6500 S. Quebec St., Ste 330 Englewood, CO 80111 P: (720) 200-4025 F: (720) 200-4026 E: [email protected]
Directors as of June 1, 2011
Mike has been a member of NAELA since 2002. He is Immediate Past Chair of the New York
State Bar Association ("NYSBA") Elder Law Section, a member of the Executive Committee and
former Chair of the Legislation Committee, the Estate & Tax Planning Committee and the
Leadership Task Force. He also is the 2010 recipient of the prestigious NYSBA Elder Law Section
Award as a principal drafter of NYSBA’s significant amendments to the 2009 Power of Attorney
statute and form and the 2007 recipient of the NYSBA Elder Law Section Award for work as a
principal drafter of the New York State Compact for Long Term Care. He also served as
President of the New York Chapter of NAELA and is the 2010 recipient of the Outstanding New
York Chapter Member Award. Recently, Mr. Amoruso was appointed Co-Chair of the NAELA
Chapter Presidents Council and a member of the NAELA Public Policy Board. He also is Chair of
the NAELA Telephonic Education Committee and a member of the NAELA Program & Education
Committee and the NAELA Education Task Force. He was rated AV Preeminent by Martindale
Hubbell for 2011 and was selected as a 2010 New York Super Lawyer for Elder Law.
Michael J. Amoruso, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Amoruso & Amoruso, LLP 800 Westchester Ave., Ste. S-320 Rye Brook, NY 10573 P: (914) 253-9255 F: (914) 253-9162 E: [email protected]
Bob has been a member of NAELA since 1993. He is a member of the Ethics and NAELA News Editorial Committees and is past Chair of the Tax Section. He is a member of the Elder Law sections of the State Bars of Michigan and Wisconsin, and a board member of the Life Care
Planning Law Firms Association (LCPLFA).
Rick has been a member of NAELA since 1998. He is a member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners and the Special Needs Law Section and chairs the Trusts and Special Needs Trusts Section. He is a member of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association, the Trusts and Estates Section of the Mississippi State Bar (past President), the Mississippi Estate Planning Council, the Mississippi Financial Planning Association, and the Mississippi Association for Justice. He established and hosts the annual Health Care Decisions Day resource website for Mississippi and is the 2009 NAELA recipient of the Theresa Award for community service and professional advocacy in the field of special needs planning.
Richard A. Courtney, CELA, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Frascogna Courtney, PLLC 4400 Old Canton Rd., Ste. 220 Jackson, MS 39211 P: (601) 987-3000 F: (601) 987-3001 E: [email protected]
Robert C. Anderson, CELA, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Elder Law Firm of Anderson Associates, PC 148 W Hewitt Ave. Marquette, MI 49855 P: (906) 228-6212 F: (906) 228-6219 E: [email protected]
Tim has been a member of NAELA since 1993. He was invited to join the Council of Advanced Practitioners in August of 2005, is currently serving as Chair of the Practice Development/Practice Management Section and is a Past President of the Wisconsin Chapter of NAELA. He is past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He is also a CPA.
Hy has been a member of NAELA since 1992. He is a member of the Hampden County Bar Association (President, 1998), Hampden County Estate Planning Council (President, 2009), Massachusetts Bar Association and the NAELA Massachusetts Chapter (Board Member 2008-2009). He was Chair of the 2010 NAELA Fall Institute Committee.
Hyman G. Darling, CELA, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Bacon Wilson, PC 33 State St. Springfield, MA 01103 P: (413) 781-0560 F: (413) 739-7740 E: [email protected]
Timothy P. Crawford, CELA, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Timothy P. Crawford, S.C. 840 Lake Ave., Ste. 200 Racine, WI 53403 P: (262) 634-6659 F: (262) 634-1234 E: [email protected]
Julie has been a member of NAELA since 2003. She is currently the Vice President of the Northern California chapter of NAELA. She is a board member of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association (LCPLFA). She is also a Charter Member of Elder Counsel. Prior to opening her Elder Law practice, her first career was working as a Critical Care Registered Nurse in several San Francisco Bay Area hospitals.
Amos has been a member of NAELA since 1999. He received an LL.M. (with honors) in Elder Law from Stetson University College of Law, is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the Special Needs Alliance. He is past president of the Centre County Bar Association, past Chair of the PBA Lawyers Assistance Committee, a founding Director (and continues as Director) of the Board of Pennsylvania Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and formerly a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board. He has received several pro bono and other community service awards and is Chair of the Centre County Bar Foundation. He is also a director of the Centre County Community Foundation.
H. Amos Goodall Jr., CELA, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Goodall & Yurchak, P.C. 328 S Atherton St. State College, PA 16801 P: (814) 237-4100 F: (814) 237-5601 E: [email protected]
Julie M. Fiedler, CELA, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Horizon Elder Law & Estate Planning, Inc. 4000 Executive Parkway, Ste. 160 San Ramon, CA 94583 P: (925) 244-1185 F: (925) 369-7123 E:[email protected]
Sharon has been a member of NAELA since 1995. She holds a Masters of Law in Taxation (LL.M.) from New York University, is Chairperson of the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section, a member of the Board of Directors of New York NAELA and a member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of NAELA. Ms.Gruer is the Immediate Past President of the Great Neck Lawyers Association, Past Chairperson of the Nassau County Bar Association Taxation Committee, Past Chairperson of the Trust Section of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Past Chair of the Mental Health Committee of the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section. Ms. Gruer is certified as an elder law attorney by the American Bar Association’s accredited National Elder Law Foundation, is accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs, is certified as a mediator by the New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division and is a volunteer arbitrator in the 10th Judicial District Administrative Judge’s Office, Nassau County Attorney Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program. .
Ron is a founding member of NAELA and has been a Fellow since 1991. He is a member of the Council of Advance Practitioners and the Special Needs Alliance, Editor for Quality Control of the NAELA Journal and a director of the National Disability Institute, Inc. With Jason Frank, he co-founded the First Maryland Disability Trust, a pooled special needs trust, and has served on the Board and is counsel to Shared Horizons, Inc., which operates a pooled trust serving D.C. and Maryland.
Ron M. Landsman, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Ron M. Landsman, PA 200-A Monroe St., Ste. 110 Rockville, MD 20850-4424 P: (240) 403-4300 F: (240) 403-4301 E: [email protected]
Sharon Kovacs Gruer, CELA, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Sharon Kovacs Gruer, Attorney at Law 1010 Northern Boulevard Suite 302 Great Neck, NY 11021 P: (516) 487-5400 F: (516) 466-3863 E: [email protected]
Franchelle has been a member of NAELA since 1991. She is a charter member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners. She served as the first Chair of the Elder Law Committee of the South Carolina Bar from its formation in 2004 until 2006 and was recently selected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is a frequent lecturer on estate planning, long-term care planning, and special needs planning, and is the author of South Carolina Elder Law: A Practice Manual, published by the South Carolina Bar and now in its third edition.
Rajiv has been a member of NAELA since 2002. He is a member of the Practice Development and Practice Management Section. He is past President of Life Care Planning Law Firms Association and a member of Washington State Bar Association Elder Law Section, Pierce County Bar Association, and South King County Bar Association Guardianship and Elder Law Section. He is a continuing education instructor and community speaker on estate planning and Elder Law issues, founder of Washington Elder Care, a not-for-profit corporation, and host of “Aging Options,” a weekly radio digest on KTTH AM 770 in Seattle.
Rajiv Nagaich, Esq., Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Johnson and Nagaich P.S. 31919 6th Ave. S, Ste. A-100 Federal Way, WA 98003 P: (253) 838-3454 F: (253) 838-9268 E: [email protected]
Franchelle C. Millender, CELA, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Sherrill Roof Millender LLP 1122 Lady St., Ste. 700 Columbia, SC 29211 P: (803) 733-3433 F: (803) 733-2990 E: [email protected]
Marie Elena has been a NAELA member since 1996. She is a member of the New York State, Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) since 2004. She is a former Co-Chair of the Legal Education Committee, former Chair of the Trust and Estate Administration Committee and serves as the current Chair of the Estate Tax Planning Committee for NYSBA’s Elder Law Section. She was also the Chair of the 2010 Annual Meeting for NYSBA’s Elder Law Section. She is a former Chair of NAELA’s Member Relations/Membership Committee and continues to be actively involved with the Membership Committee. She has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of NAELA since 2007.
Marie Elena Puma, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Vincent J. Russo & Associates, PC 3740 Expressway Dr. S Islandia, NY 11749 P: (631) 582-1919 F: (631) 582-8484 E: [email protected]
Catherine has been a NAELA member since 1997. She is a partner in the law firm of Kirtland & Seal, LLC in Colorado Springs and is one of only ten attorneys in Colorado designated a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. She also serves as chair of the NAELA Guardianship Section. She is a member of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section where she is a member of the Publications Committee and she is also a member of the Senior Lawyers Division. She is the Public Administrator for the Fourth Judicial District of Colorado. Ms. Seal received her law degree from the University of Colorado Law School and is the first person to be awarded an LLM in Elder Law from Stetson University College of Law. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs. Ms. Seal has written Colorado Elder Law for Thomson West, which is a volume in the Colorado Practice Series. She is member of the Colorado Bar Association and of the CBA Trust & Estates Section and Elder Law Section and serves as the chair of the Elder Law Section.
Catherine Anne Seal, CELA, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Kirtland & Seal, LLC PO Box 2682 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 P: (719) 448-0734 F: (719) 634-0485 E: [email protected]
Wendy has been a member of NAELA since 1999. She is a member of the Litigation and Advocacy Section and the Health Care Section and is a NAELA Fellow. She has served on the Publications Committee since 2002 and as Chair of that committee from 2006-2010. She has chaired the 2007 UnProgram, the 2008 Special Needs UnProgram and the 2010 Elder and Special Needs Law Annual Meeting, and serves as a member of the Finance Committee and as Vice Chair of the Program and Education Committee. She has served on the NAELA Program Review Working Group ( and its spin-off Program Restructuring Committee), and was the Chair of the subcommittee for restructuring the UnProgram, and served on the steering committees of the 2004 and 2007 Advanced Institutes, 2008 and 2009 UnPrograms and the 2006 and 2008 Symposiums. Wendy has received the Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rating.
Kristi has been a NAELA member since 1999. She is the co-chair for the 2011 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas and the Vice Editor in Chief of NAELA News. She sits on the Elder Law Section Council and the Public Relations Standing Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association, is a founding member of the Elder Law Committee of the South Dakota Bar, and lectures on a variety of Elder Law topics throughout the United States. She practices in both Illinois and South Dakota. Her public policy background includes local politics where she has held a variety of positions over 16 years that included Township Supervisor, Mayor and Alderman.
Kristi Vetri, Director June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2013 Vetri Coulson Elder Law, Ltd 5005 W. Main St. Belleville, IL 62226 P: (618) 257-8563 F: (618) 257-8563 E: [email protected]
Wendy H. Sheinberg, CELA, Director June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012 Davidow, Davidow, Siegel & Stern, LLP 666 Old Country Rd., Ste. 810 Garden City, NY 11530 P: (516) 393-0222 F: (516) 228-6672 E: [email protected]
Staff and Consultants
Peter G. Wacht, CAE Executive Director 1577 Spring Hill Rd., Suite 220 Vienna, VA 22182 P: (703) 942-5711 F: (703) 563-9504 E: [email protected] Brian Lindberg Public Policy Consultant Consumer Coalition for Quality Healthcare 1612 K St., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 P: (202) 789-3606 F: (202) 898-2389 E: [email protected] Hugh K. Webster Legal Counsel Webster, Chamberlin & Bean P: (202) 785-9500 F: (202) 835-0243 E: [email protected]
