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| Jurisdictions Admitted |
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| Admitted in NJ, NY & U.S. Tax Court |
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| Professional & Bar Association memberships |
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- Former Chair New Jersey State Bar Association Elder Law Section
- Former chair New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) Elder and Disabilities Law Section
- Member Board of Consultors of NJSBA Real Property, Trusts & Estates Law Section
- Director or other official of Somerset Arc/Association for Retarded Citizens; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)- NJ; Planned Lifetime Assistance Network/NJ (PLAN/NJ); Midland School Adult Programs; and Somerset County Chamber of Commerce
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| Awards & Recognitions |
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- Named to New Jersey Super Lawyers (published by Thomson Reuters) since 2006 and has long held Martindale Hubbel's highest peer review rating of AV- Preeminent
- NJSBA Distinguished Legislative Service Award for drafting legislation authorizing courts to create special needs trusts and eliminate barriers to special needs trusts
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| Professional Activities |
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| Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the A.B.A. approved National Elder Law Foundation |
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| Principal Practice Areas |
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| Elder law & nursing home/long term care planning (Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security issues, SSD- Social Security Disability, SSI- Supplemental Security Income, HUD Section 8); Guardianships; Disabilities law; Special needs trusts to protect disability aid in gift and estate planning and personal injury and divorce settlements; Medicare set aside trusts; Wills, trusts, estates, powers of attorney & health care directives; and Taxation. |
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| Lectures |
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| Lecturer for New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), New Jersey State Bar Association. New Jersey State Bar Foundation, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), various elder law, senior, special needs, & disabilities groups, and other public and private sponsors. |
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| Publications |
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| Recent articles include “Special Needs Estate Planning, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (August 2010); “Settlements of Severely Injured Clients Draft with Government Benefit Rules in Mind”, New Jersey Law Journal (March 15, 2010) ; “Medicaid and Medicare Liens in Personal Injury Settlements: NAELA News Vol 21 #6 page 26 (2009); "New Medicaid Program: Protecting Savings and Funding Long-Term Care", New Jersey Lawyer (June 23, 2008); "Medicaid Planning Despite Toughened Rules, New Jersey Lawyer" (February 5, 2007); "Effective Medicaid Planning for Long Term Care", New Jersey Lawyer (October 10, 2005); “Settlement, Divorce, and Estate Planning to Safeguard Disability Aid”, New Jersey Law Journal (September 5, 2005); “Settling Claims While Protecting Disability Aid”, New Jersey Lawyer (August 9, 2004); "Preserving Disability Benefits When Settling Personal Injury, Divorce and Worker Compensation Claims", New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (August, 2002); Not Just Nursing Homes: Medicaid Covers Other Long-Term Options, New Jersey Lawyer (April 15, 2002); "Nursing Home, Assisted Living and Community Care Medicaid Benefits", NJSBA Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section Newsletter (March 2002); "Assisted Living/Alternate Family Care Waivers", NJSBA Elder Lw Section Newsletter (February, 2002); :Special Needs Planning for Plaintiffs Lawyers, New Jersey Law Journal (November 12, 2001); Gifts by Incapacitated Persons: Tax Traps and Other Issues in Drawing POAs, ElderLaw Report (September, 2001); Avoiding Traps in Power of Attorney Forms, New Jersey Lawyer (May 28, 2001); Special Needs Trusts to Safeguard Disability Benefits in Personal Injury and Divorce Settlements and Estate Planning, Elders Advisor (Spring, 2001); Special Needs Trust Estate Planning to Preserve Disability Aid, New Jersey Law Journal (November 20, 2000); "Qualifying for Medicaid: New Regulations Change Nursing Home Planning", New Jersey Lawyer (July 10, 2000); Protecting Your Family & Finances When Long Term Care Is Needed, The Speaker (February, 2000); Estate Planning: Beyond Tax Concerns, PPC Financial Advisory Services (January, 2000); Estate Tax Planning, PPC Financial Advisory Services (December, 1999); Focus on Elder Law: Forge a Systematic Approach to Long- Term Care for Your Clients, New Jersey Law Journal (August 16, 1999); Long Term Care Planning, PPC Financial Advisory Services Alert (August 1999); New Jersey Falls in Line on SNT Liens, ElderLaw Report (May, 1999); Qualifying for Nursing Home Care Under Medicaid, New Jersey Lawyer (April 19, 1999); N.J. Supreme Court Holds Community Spouses IRA is a Countable Resource, ElderLaw Report (September, 1998); Funding Nursing Home Care Without Going Broke, Somerset Business (September, 1998) Protecting a Disabled Person Whose Parent Becomes Terminally Ill, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (April, 1998); Medicaid Liens: Not All Need to be Repaid in Full Before Funding SNTs, ElderLaw Report (February, 1998); Safeguarding Disability Benefits Upon Divorce, New Jersey Lawyer Lawrence A. Friedman, Esq. 12 Cushing Dr., Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908) 704-1900 Newspaper (Aug. 25, 1997); Protecting Recoveries for Elderly or Disabled Clients, New Jersey Law Journal (June 9, 1997); Estate Tax Planning, Somerset Business (April 1997); Tax Planning with Special Needs Disability Trusts, ElderLaw Report (November, 1996); Nursing Home Planning Gifts: Some Now are Outlawed, but Alternatives Remain, New Jersey Lawyer Newspaper (Nov. 18, 1996); New Jersey's Expansive Estate Recovery Law Invites Litigation, ElderLaw Report (April, 1996); New Medicaid Estate Recovery Rules Create Complications, New Jersey Lawyer Newspaper (Jan. 22, 1996); Lifetime and Estate Planning for Persons with Developmental Disabilities or Mental Illness, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (July, 1995); The Art of Special Needs Trusts, New Jersey Law Journal (June 19, 1995); Estate Planning to Protect Persons with Serious Disabilities- A View from Across the Hudson; Elder Law Attorney (Spring, 1995); and Medicaid for Elder Care Requires Early Planning, New Jersey Law Journal (April 10, 1995). Other articles have appeared in periodicals noted above, general circulation media, and in Journal of Taxation; Tax Times; Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal; Financial and Estate Planners Quarterly; and N.Y.U. Journal of Intl. Law & Politics. |
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| Education |
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New York University School of Law LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Taxation-1982
New York University School of Law J.D. (Juris Doctorate)-1976, Editor N.Y.U. Journal of International Law & Politics. Awards in ATLA Environmental Law Essay Contest and American Society of International Law Essay Contest. Junior Fellow of N.Y.U. Center for International Studies
Binghamton University- State University of New York (Harpur College) B.A.-1973, Phi Beta Kappa, University Assembly. |
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