Sunday, November 30, 2008

ATTORNEY LUITJENS PRESENTS AT A NBI SEMINAR, “ESTATE PLANNING AND RECOVERY FOR ELDERLY CLIENTS”

South Burlington, VT – November 20, 2008 – Jarrett Law Office, PLC a law firm that concentrates its practice on estate and elder law, is pleased to announce that Jennifer R. Luitjens, Esq. presented with two other attorneys at a National Business Institute seminar, “Estate Planning and Recovery for Elderly Clients” on November 18, 2008 in Burlington.  This seminar was attended by professionals who are involved with or would like to learn about the topics that were covered such as key estate planning issues, drafting wills and trusts, planning for the client’s incapacity, ethical considerations when representing elderly clients, Medicaid and estate recovery, and Special Needs of the elderly client.

Attorney Luitjens has spent over ten years as an elder law attorney practicing in several law firms in Massachusetts, Kentucky and Vermont.  Her practice focuses on wills, trusts, estate planning, guardianship, probate, and elder law, including Medicaid planning.  She graduated magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and received her Juris Doctorate from the Boston College Law School.  She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Vermont.
 
Jennifer is certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF), a non-profit organization accredited by the American Bar Association.  She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), is the President-Elect of the Vermont Chapter of NAELA and serves on the Board of Directors for NELF and various NELF committees, and previously served on the CELA Recertification Examination Committee.  She lives in Jericho with her husband and three children.
 
Jarrett Law Office, PLC is an estate and elder law firm in South Burlington, Vermont.  According to Glenn Jarrett, the principal of the firm, “We are dedicated to creating solutions that fit our clients’ needs.”  The practice is limited to wills, trusts, estate planning, special needs planning, guardianship, probate, and elder law, including Medicaid planning.   Jarrett Law Office is a member of Vermont Elder Resource Group (VERG).

For additional information contact Holly Keough at 802-864-5951or via email at holly@vtelaw.com.

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