Conference Agenda

8:15 - 8:25  WELCOME
Ben Thomas Cole, II, Executive Director, NMRLS
8:25 - 9:25 CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES AFFECTING THE ELDERLY
Amanda Glover Evans, Esq.
Director of the NMRLS Mississippi Taxpayer Assistance Project, A Low Income Taxpayer Assistance Project (LITC
9:25 - 9:35 Break
9:35 - 10:35  ETHICAL ISSUES IN ELDER LAW
Barry K. Jones, J.D., LL.M, CPA, AEP,
Wise Carter Child & Caraway
10:35 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45  CARE MANAGEMENT, SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING, & MEDICAID UPDATE
Richard A. Courtney, Esq., CELA
Frascogna Courtney, PLLC
11:45 - 1:15 LUNCH: Luncheon Speaker
Judge Jacqueline Estes Mask, First Chancery District of Mississippi
Topic: "Help, I Need Somebody"
1:30 - 2:30 THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT: PROTECTING VULNERABLE ADULTS Juliette Wilson, Esq., Special Assistant Attorney General
Mississippi Attorney General’s Office
2:30 - 2:40  Break
2:40 - 3:40 INSURANCE CONSIDERATIONS FOR SENIORS
Stephanie Ganucheau, Esq., and Joel Jones, Esq., Special Assistant Attorney General
&
Mark Haire, Esq., Special Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel to the Mississippi Insurance Department
3:40 - 3:50 Break
3:50 - 4:50 CURRENT ADVOCACY ISSUES IN ELDER LAW:
Helping Seniors and the Disabled with Housing Issues
Chereka Witherspoon, Esq., Staff Attorney, NMRLS Tupelo Office

Grandparents’ Rights in a Changing World
Minnie P. Howard, Esq., Managing Attorney, NMRLS Oxford Office

Public Benefits Checklist for 2008
Catherine V. "Ginny" Kilgore, Esq., NMRLS Elder Law Project Director

4:50 - 5:00 Closing Remarks

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