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Educational Presentations & Courses Attended

  • Steve Hartnett So Cal NAELA Quarterly meeting September 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Recognizing Signs of Physical Elder Abuse Webinar August 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Elder Abuse and Undue Influence Seminar presented by California State Bar August 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Using Irrevocable Trusts for Medicaid Planning Webinar July 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval & Steve Hartnett IRAs and Special Needs Trusts Webinar July 2011

  • Steve Hartnett Ethical Issues in Online Legal Advertising and Social Media – AVVO Insider Webinar July 2011

  • Steve Hartnett How to be a Great Legal Blogger – AVVO Insider Webinar July 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval California State Bar Solo and Small Law Firm Annual Conference June 2011

  • Steve Hartnett Estate Planning for Digital Assets and Online Financial Accounts from Strafford Audio June 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval & Steve Hartnett So Cal NAELA Quarterly Meeting June 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval CEB Seminar: Sixty Days Before Your Probate / Trust Trial: DON’T PANIC June 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Undue Influence Webinar June 2011                                        

  • Dennis Sandoval Fiduciary Management Seminar: Who Knew There Were Five Types of Medi-Cal June 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Fiduciary Management Seminar: Overview of Social Security Disability Benefits June 2011

  • Steve Hartnett Playing with Fire—Trust and Annuities: Key Considerations for Trust Ownership of Annuities Webinar June 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Annual Tax Conference of the California State Bar Taxation Law Section June 2011

  • Steve Hartnett NAELA – 2011 Elder and Special Needs Law Annual National Conference May 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval presented "Futility of Care Legal Issues" at the Fourth Annual Infectious Disease Conference May 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval spoke to 25+ doctors and other hospital personnel who are associated with Hospital Ethics Committees making end of life decisions May 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval presented "Health Care and Estate Planning Issues of Concern to GLBT Couples" to Inland Empire Palliative Care Conference May 2011

  • Dennis Sandoval Life Care Planning Law Firms Association UnProgram April 2011

  • Steve Hartnett Southern California NAELA Meeting December 2010

  • Steve Hartnett USC Trusts & Estate Conference November 2010

  • Steve Hartnett NAELA's National Convention November 2010

  • Steve Hartnett Rady's Children's Hospital Professionals Symposium November 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval Life Care Planning Law Firms Association Annual Conference September 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval "Specialty Trusts: IRA, Irrevocable Life Insurance and Special Needs" for the Orange County Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section September 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval "VA Planning for the Elderly" for NAELA West Coast Diversity Task Force Presentation September 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval "Using Medicaid Irrevocable Defective Grantor Trusts for Pre- and Post-DRA Elder Law Planning in California" for the NAELA Advanced Institute September 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval The Fall and Revival of the Estate Tax and the Economy: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Estate Planning July 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval California State Bar Tax Law Section 2010 Annual Tax Update June 2010


  • Dennis Sandoval Property Taxation for Estate Planners May 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval SunBridge Legacy Builder Retreat April 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval NAELA The New Health Care Reform Law: Understanding Its Impact on Older Adults and People with Special Needs April 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval NAELA Effective Marketing Techniques in an Elder Law Practice: Clients, Public and Referral Sources April 2010

  • Steve Hartnett Northern Trust Conference call "Wealth Transfer Strategies for a New Decade" March 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval Special Needs Alliance Annual Conference March 2010

  • Steve Hartnett 44th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Conference January 2010

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “Using Irrevocable Trusts in Planning for Veteran’s Aid and Attendance Benefits” for the Southern California Chapter of NAELA. September 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval attended the Fourth Annual Life Care Planning Law Firms Association Annual Conference. September 11-12, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval/Steve Hartnett attended the Southern California Chapter of NAELA Meeting. September 2, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval attended the California Trial Attorneys Webcast: "Medicare and Medicaid Lein Resolution". July 31, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval attended the Disability Rights California Conference: Advocating for Special Needs Children: An Overview of the IEP Process. July 31, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval attended the "Planning for Special Needs Persons". July 30, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “Planning for the Jones: A Life Care Planning Case Study” for the California Society of Enrolled Agents Annual Conference. June 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “Using Irrevocable Trusts in Medi-Cal Planning” for the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform Annual Conference for Elder Law Attorneys. June 2009

  • Steve Hartnett attended the ALI-ABA Webcast - "Immediate Post-Mortem Estate Planning". June 25, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval attended the California Bar Taxation Section: 2009 Annual Income Tax Conference. June 19, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval/Steve Hartnett attended the Southern California Chapter of NAELA Meeting. June 3, 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “What Every Financial Planner Needs to Know About Probate” for the San Gabriel Financial Planning Association Chapter Meeting. May 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “GRATs are Great!:Leveraging Distributions into Lifetime Special Needs Trusts” for the Special Needs Alliance Arm Chair Chat. May 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “Planning for Special Needs Persons” for the National Association for the Mentally Ill Riverside Chapter. May 2009

  • Dennis Sandoval presented “Using a GRAT to Fund a Special Needs Trust” for the Special Needs Alliance Armchair Chat - Advanced Estate Planning for Wealthy Special Needs Parents. May 2009

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