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Links to specifics on Rubin's scheduled Special Needs Legal and

Future Planning Presentations for his fellow families...

8/28/2011 3:06 PM

[ Rubin] Click on a presentation listed below to be taken to our web site

(www.snfp.net) where you will find more information and details about that

event. More events are added weekly.

a.. [brookfield] Arc of Illinois - Community Support Services 09/14/11

b.. [Denver, CO] Arc of US National Convention 09/18/11

c.. [springfield] Guardianship Training Day 09/22/11

d.. [burr Ridge] Ray Graham Association & Life's Plan Inc. 09/24/11

e.. [Northbrook] Cove School 10/04/11

f.. [Round Lake Beach] SRSNLC Resource Fair 10/06/11

g.. [Chicago] U of C Develop. & Behavioral Pediatrics Fellows' 10/13/11

h.. [springfield] 7th Annual IL Statewide Transition Conference 10/23/11

i.. [Crete] Arc of Illinois hosted by New Hope Center 11/01/11

j.. [Oak Brook] 2011 NASW (National Assoc. of Social Workers) 11/09/11

k.. [Chicago] Arc of Illinois hosted by Neumann Family Services 12/03/11

l.. [West Chicago] Wheaton Bible Church 02/24/12

m.. [Momence] Arc of Illinois hosted by Good Shepherd Manor 05/24/12

n.. [springfield] Arc of Illinois hosted by Sparc 06/16/12

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Rubin, as an attorney and the parent of his middle child, his son Mitch,

who has Autism, has concentrated his law practice in the area of Special Needs

Future Planning (SNFP) for his fellow families since 1982, and, in fact, has

limited his practice to that area since 2001. ’s youngest child,

(A/K/A Little/Big Brother), an attorney, joined the law firm in 2010.

The firm now includes both a “fellow†parent/attorney, and a “fellowâ€

sibling/attorney, to assist our fellow families.

In addition, ’s eldest child, his daughter, , who is a Registered

Nurse (A/K/A Big Sister/Assistant Mom), is the firm’s Office Manager, Firm

Administrator, and ’s Executive Assistant, and ’s wife,

(Super Mom), serves as the Firm Receptionist (and basically just does whatever

needs to be done in the office, including “sharing†with fellow mothers).

Lastly, but far from the least, is Mitch, himself, works one day a week in our

office shredding documents (the other days he works through Clearbrook’s

Supported Employment Program). After he fills a bag, in addition to his

paycheck, he earns an elevator ride, which we all believe means more to him than

the money.

Our firm’s mission, our family’s mission, is to provide special needs future

planning, with compassion and understanding in order to guide our fellow

families of children and adults with special needs down the “road towards

peace of mind.

Special Needs Future Planning (SNFP) includes, in addition to " normal " or

" traditional " estate planning, Discretionary Supplemental or Special Needs

Trusts, OBRA 93 or Medicaid " Pay-Back " Trusts, Adult Guardianship &

alternatives, Health Surrogate Act Declarations, forms and language for the

extended family to " piggy-back " on the Special Needs Trust, coordinating

beneficiary designations for life insurance, IRAs, 401ks, pensions & profit

sharing, planning for " post 18 " child support if parents are divorced,

Short-Term & Stand-By Guardian Declarations, special provisions and

modifications to the parents' Wills, Living Trusts, Powers of Attorneys, as well

as assistance with Medicaid, SSI, residential, day programs, employment issues &

many, many related other matters.

The presentation topics include:

â–º Government Benefits: The who, what, where, when, why and how of SSDI,

SSA, SSI, Medicaid, Medicare, residential funding, day program funding, and

related matters;

â–º Wills and Trusts: Special Needs Trusts, OBRA 93 Pay Back Trusts, Special

Provisions in parents’ and extended family members’ Wills, Trusts, and

Powers of Attorney, choosing future Guardians and Trustees, Short Term and

Stand-By Guardian Declarations, Health Surrogate Act Declarations, and related

matters;

â–º The correct way to make gifts to a child who is or will be receiving SSI

and/or Medicaid.

â–º Necessary provisions in order for Divorce Child Support, when there is

an adult child with special needs, not to prohibit, reduce, or eliminate

Government Benefits.

â–º Adult Guardianship and the Alternatives.

► Communication: Guidance to “Future Team†(Trustees, Guardians, Care

Providers, etc.);

► Navigating the “MAZE†of the State Services “when the bus stops

comingâ€;

â–º Among other topics.

is, by invitation, a member of the Special Needs Alliance (SNA), the

national, not for profit, organization of attorneys who concentrate their

practices in Special Needs Planning. also serves on SNA's Board of

Directors. also serves on the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys’

(NAELA) Special Needs Law Section Steering Committee. was a Charter

Member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners. has been awarded the

AV-preeminent ® rating, the highest rating possible from dale-Hubbell Law

Directory, the country’s foremost legal directory.

’s personal time, likewise, has been dedicated to assisting and serving

his fellow families of children and adults with special needs. is

President of The Arc of Illinois. served as Chairman of the State of

Illinois Department of Human Services Statewide Advisory Council on

Developmental Disabilities, by appointment of the Director of the Illinois

Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities.

serves by appointment of the last three Governors as a Member of the State of

Illinois Department of Human Services' Quality Care Board. The Quality Care

Board monitors and oversees operations, policies, and procedures of the

Department of Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General to assure prompt

and thorough investigations of neglect and abuse allegations. serves as

Co-Chairman of the State of Illinois Task Force on Autism, by appointment of the

Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services. served on the

State of Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental

Disabilities, Strategic Planning Team, by appointment of the Director of the

Illinois Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities.

serves on the State of Illinois Disabilities Services Advisory Committee

(The State of Illinois “Olmstead†Committee), by appointment of the past

last three Governors of Illinois. also serves and has served on other

State of Illinois Department of Human Services Task Forces and Committees.

serves on the Board of Directors of Clearbrook, an agency that serves more

than 3,400 children and adults with disabilities (He has served on the

Clearbrook Board since 1993). serves on the Board of Directors of PACT,

Inc., the PAS/ISC Agent for DuPage County, which also is available to serve as

Trustee of Special Needs Trusts and as Guardians of adults with special needs.

serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of SLSF (Special Leisure

Services Foundation) which supports NWSRA (Northwest Special Recreation

Association).

Over the years, has served on various Parent and Parent/Teacher Boards,

Councils and Committees in and for the Special Education District of Lake

County, Illinois (SEDOL), and served as the Founding Chairman of the Board of

Trustees of the SEDOL Foundation. has served as an officer and as a

member of the Board of Directors of KESHET (Jewish Parents of Children with

Special Needs). has served on the Board of Directors of the Northpointe

Resources, formerly known as Northpointe Achievement Center. has also

served as General Counsel for Countryside Association.

is a former IRS Agent and a former IRS Estate Tax Attorney. served

by appointment on the American Bar Association's Sub-Committee on " Special Needs

Trusts and Other Protective Vehicles " . has served by appointment of the

President of the Illinois State Bar Association on that Association's " Section

Council " on Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law. also has served, by

appointment, on that Association's " Standing Committee " on the Mentally

Disabled. has been admitted as a member of the National Academy of Elder

Law Attorneys (NAELA), and serves on NAELA’s Special Needs Law Section

Steering Committee. has served on the Board of Governors of the Northwest

Suburban Bar Association, as Chairman of that Association's Estate Planning

Probate and Tax Law Committee, as Co-Chairman of that Association's Continuing

Legal Education Committee, and was the co-founder and served as Chairman of that

Association's Committee on Planning for Individuals with Disabilities and the

Elderly. serves on the Faculty of the Illinois Institute for Continuing

Legal Education (IICLE), specifically on the topic of Special Needs Planning and

Special Needs Trusts, and also is a contributing author for the IICLE Special

Needs Trusts Practice Handbook. has lectured on Special Needs Trusts and

Planning for IICLE at IICLE's Special Needs Trust Course, at IICLE's Elder Law

Course, and IICLE's Family Law Course.

sincerely feels that has allowed him, his wife, , as well as

“big sister/assistant mom†and “little/big brother†, to

better appreciate what is truly important in life... and what is... maybe... not

so important. feels the tremendous responsibility of not only being the

parent of a child with special needs, but also as an attorney with the knowledge

and ability to assist others in special needs future planning... needed to

secure the future of children and adults with special needs. While wishes

for to have a long, healthy and enjoyable life, he often admits that he

prays that he lives at least one moment longer than ... for that

ultimately is the “Parent’s Prayerâ€... the desire not to ask anyone else

to, or to have anyone else have to “take over†the enormous responsibility

of caring for their child with special needs... as only a fellow parent could

understand.

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Rubin*

SPECIAL NEEDS FUTURE PLANNING

The Law Offices of

Rubin & Associates

Practice limited to serving our Illinois families of children & adults with

intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and/or mental illness…

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Mail: 1110 West Lake Cook Road, Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089-1997

* Member by invitation of SNA, the Special Needs Alliance.

SNA is the national non-profit association of experienced " Special

Needs Planning " Attorneys. Rubin is a member of SNA’s

Board of Directors. Click for more information.

*Member of the Special Needs Law Steering Committee of NAELA,

the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Click for more information

* Rubin has been awarded the dale Hubbell Peer Review

Rating of AV Preeminent, the highest rating given. Click for more information

* Rubin is the President of the Arc of Illinois

*For more information about Rubin, please visit www.SNFP.net

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