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Patricia
E. Kefalas Dudek Recognized in the Field of Elder
Law
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Council
of Advanced Practitioners (CAP) - National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) - 2010
Membership in CAP is available only to preeminent elder
law attorneys who have made substantial contributions
to elder or special needs law. Requirements include
being an NAELA member for a minimum of 10 years, AV
rated by Martindale Hubbell and either an NAELA Fellow
or Certified Elder Law Attorney.
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Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Fellow Award: |
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We
are proud to announce that Patricia E. Kefalas
Dudek was recently honored at the National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Annual Conference,
which took place April 1-5, 2009, in Washington
D.C. Ms. Dudek was one of four attorneys bestowed
the organization's highest honor of becoming a
NAELA Fellow. The other three award recipients
included Barbara
Hughes of Madison, Wisconsin; Ruth
Phelps of Pasadena, California; and Howard
Krooks of Boca Raton, Florida. |
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An
NAELA Fellow is an attorney who concentrates
his or her practice in the field of Elder Law,
has been a member of NAELA for at least three
years, and has made a significant contribution
to the field of Elder Law. According to NAELA,
Elder Law attorneys focus on the legal needs
of seniors and people with disabilities. They
work with a variety of legal tools and techniques
to meet the goals and objectives of their clients
on issues such as estate planning and probate,
long-term care, health care decisions, Medicare
and Medicaid, age discrimination and elder abuse.
Ms.
Dudek is proud to be honored in the limited
elite group of 76 attorneys who hold this title
throughout the United States.
The
mission of NAELA is to establish its members as
the premier providers of legal advocacy, guidance,
and services to enhance the lives of people with
special needs and people as they age. For more
information on this association, visit the
NAELA website. |
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Featured
Attorney - NAELA News
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NAELA
News - December 2007
Announcement
from Special Needs Planners:
We
wanted to acknowledge and congratulate ASNP Advisory
Board Member Patti Dudek on the recognition given
to her in the upcoming NAELA News issue; she's on
the cover with the headline: "Champion for the
Disabled! Patti is on the ASNP Advisory Board and
she was a featured speaker at last year's ASNP National
Meeting.
Patti's
Response: Thanks
for the kind comments. Let me just point out that
this is a great honor, but folks with disabilities
prefer to be referred to as "People first"
-- they do not like to be defined by their disability.
I clearly did not approve the " the disabled"
language or the several different spellings of my
name, but I will accept the honor, and hope that our
organization will be able to raise the bar on such
issues that seem small but are not.
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