Bar Fellowship
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel University of Pittsburgh Task Force on Healthy Aging
- Chair, ABA Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Committee on Special Problems of Guardians and Conservators (1992 96)
- Congressional Appointed Delegate, 1995 White House Conference on Aging
- Board of Directors, Allegheny County Association for Retarded Citizens (1991-93)
- Chair, Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy Network (1980-81)
- President, Aging and the Law Section, Association of American Law Professors (1993- 94)
- Member, University of Pittsburgh Benedum Geriatrics Group
- Member, Allegheny County Aging Task Force
- Member, Allegheny County United Way Senior Connection
- Member, Pennsylvania Attorney General's Task Force on Elder Abuse
- Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- Member, ABA Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
- Member, Allegheny County Bar Association, Trust and Probate Section Council
- Member, Allegheny County Bar Association, Elder Law Committee
- Member, Pennsylvania Par Association Elder Law Committee
- Member, University of Pittsburgh Council on Aging
BOOKS:
Residence Options for the Elderly or Disabled Client (ABA 2008)
The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making, (ABA 2006)
Law of Employee Pension and Welfare Benefits, 2d ed. LexisNexis (co-author Kathryn Moore) (2008)
Law of Employee Pension and Welfare Benefits Teachers Manual, LexisNexis (co-author Kathryn Moore) (2008).
Law of Employee Pension and Welfare Benefits Statutory Supplement, LexisNexis (co-author Kathryn Moore) (2007).
Aging and the Law Reader, editor, Temple University Press (1999)
Residential Options for Older or Disabled Clients, ABA (2007).
Counseling the Older Client, American Law Institute-American Bar Association (co-authors, Barnes & Whitman) (1997).
Elder Law in a Nutshell, 4th edition, West (co-author, Richard Kaplan) (2006).
Advising the Elderly or Disabled Client, 2nd edition, Warren, Gorham & Lamont (co-author Melissa Brown) (1999 plus semi-annual supplements).
Elder Law: Cases and Materials, 4th edition LexisNexis (2007)(co-author Alison Barnes)
Elder Law: Selected Statutes and Regulations, LexisNexis (2007) (co-author, Alison Barnes).
Teachers Manual for Elder Law: Cases and Materials, 3rd edition LexisNexis (2007) (co-author Alison Barnes).
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