Elder Law

Oversight Committee on Administrations Medicaid Reductions
From the Oversight Committee: The Administration?s Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts WASHINGTON, DC ? Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman released a new report: The Administration?s Medicaid Regulations: State-by-State Impacts...

House Passes Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act
On March 3rd, 2008 the Oversight Committee released a report, “The Administration?s Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts.” The report examined seven Administration-imposed Medicaid regulations which, if implemented, would slash federal Medicaid funding to states for vital programs and services by about $18 billion over the next five years...

Variable Annuities Not For Everybody
Passaic, NJ: If you've purchased variable annuities, you need to ask yourself whether or not you actually need them. As it turns out, not many people benefit from investing in variable annuities...

Medicaid and Estate Planning
Rick B. Weaver (Attorney at Law, Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P.) has recently published his article entitled How Medicaid Planning Affects Other Issues, 71 Tex. B.J. 110 (2008)...

Free Medicaid Planning Report Now Available on My Website
In response to frequent questions about Medicaid planning, I have put together a free report titled "The Top 10 Medicaid Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them."  In this report I cover the most common medicaid planning mistakes I run into in my practice...

The Administration's Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts
Committee on Government Oversight and Reform press release: "Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman released a new report: The Administration’s Medicaid...

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Suit Filed On Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare
Michigan Medicaid Sued Over Dental Healthcare

Raymond James Financial, Inc
RJF

Raymond James Financial, Inc
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Elderly Annuities
Allianz Life Insurance Co. agrees to $10 million insurance malpractice settlement.

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.