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Los Angeles Attorney KC Marie Knox will be a featured speaker at the National Business Institute’s (NBI) upcoming seminar “Elder Law: Top Challenges” on Friday, February 16, 2018. KC Marie Knox is a partner with Hymes Schreiber & Knox, LLP, where her areas of practice include probate administration, probate litigation, estate planning, trust administration, trust litigation, and asset protection.

Elder law is a rapidly evolving practice area, hurtling new regulatory and practical challenges at attorneys at a neck-breaking pace. Go beyond simple gifting techniques to trouble-shoot your clients’ long-term care problems. Learn what asset transfer methods cause problems down the line and how to prevent and fix them. Ensure clients’ Medicaid eligibility even under the toughest and most urgent of circumstances. Get practical guidance for litigating financial and other types of elder abuse. Enhance your practice – register today!

Although this legal course is designed for attorneys, it will also benefit trust officers, accountants and CPAs, tax professionals, nursing home administrators, geriatric care managers, nurses, and social workers.  The course provides continuing legal education credit for attorneys and continuing professional education for accountants depending on which state you reside in.

The course content includes:

1. Long-Term Care Planning Challenges and Concerns
2. Medicaid Planning: Asset Transfer Problems and Solutions
3. Medicaid Crisis Planning and Benefits Restoration
4. Abuse by Relatives, Caregivers, Powers of Attorney/Guardians, or Trusted Others
5. Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation at the Nursing Home
6. Abusive Insurance and Investment Sales
7. Legal Ethics Dilemmas in Elder Law Practice

Elder Law Attorney KC Marie Knox will be speaking on topic IV: Abuse by Relatives, Caregivers, Powers of Attorney/Guardians, or Trusted Others and covering the following areas:

1. Common Perpetrators
2. Top Liability Claims
3. Causes of Action
4. Investigation Tips
5. Adult Protective Service (APS) Investigations
6. Suing a Family Member, Caretaker, Power of Attorney or Trusted Other

Attorney KC Marie Knox will also be speaking on topic VII: Legal Ethics Dilemmas in Elder Law Practice and covering the following areas:

1. Rules of Professional Conduct as They Apply to Elder Law
2. Determining Clients Mental Capacity and Representing Incompetent Clients
3. Equitable Attorney Fees Determination
4. Attorneys Acting as Fiduciaries

Please visit the Elder Law Seminar page for more information and to register.