Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Shareholder, since April 1, 1991

Lawyer Overview

NANCY M. RICE, Esq., CELA focuses her practice in the areas of Wills, Trusts, and Estates, financial planning for persons with disabilities, and persons in need of home health, assisted living, and nursing home care.

She is the managing shareholder of her three attorney firm, with offices in Haddonfield and Ocean City, New Jersey.

Ms Rice graduated in 1983 from Chestnut Hill College (summa cum laude) and earned her J.D. degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1986.

Since 1997, she has been Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. Ms. Rice is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

She is a Past President of the Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey, a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association (Elder Law Section), the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Camden County Bar Association (serving on the Committee on the Elderly).

Ms. Rice is a frequent lecturer for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), and has made presentations to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Professional Education Systems, Inc. (PESI), the Alzheimer's Association, the Estate and Financial Planning Council, the New Jersey Disability Law Project, local insurance and financial planning professionals, and local Seniors' and caregivers' support groups, as follows:

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE)

Annual Elder Law Symposium, 1999- 2003, inclusive

"Let's Write a Will," April 2000, February 2001, May 2002, June 2002, March 2003

"Will Contests," October 1999

Professional Education Systems, Inc.

"New Jersey Medicaid and Estate Planning Update", November 2001

Camden County Bar Association

"Estate Planning: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know: HIPAA Provisions in Estate Planning Documents," January, 2004

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

"Not-So-Integrated Case Management", May 1999

Alzheimer's Association Caregivers' Conference, November 2002

Community Health Law Project "Law & Disability Conference", 'Medicaid Waiver' Programs: Home Care and Assisted Living, November 2001

Legal Line (cable TV); July 2000, June 2002

Kennedy Hospital, Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Conference, July 2000

Cherry Hill Township Senior Fest, September 2000

Published, New Jersey Lawyer April 2002, "Advising Clients How to Pay for Home Care and Assisted Living Services in New Jersey"

In addition, Ms. Rice is the founder and moderator of an e-mail listserve for New Jersey elder law attorneys.

Recent Articles

• Legal Documents for Ages 18-118: Part 3
• Legal Documents for All Ages 18 - 118 Part 2 of 3
• Legal Documents for Ages 18-118: Part 1
• What is Elder Law

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Tax Planning
• Preparation of Wills
• Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Living Wills
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Financial Planning for Long Term Care
• Medicare and Medicaid

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, Health & Health Care Law, Disability, Nursing Home, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Residential Real Estate, Estate & Gift Taxation

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1986
• Pennsylvania, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Elder Law Attorney, National Elder Law Foundation, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey (Past President)
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 1991 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Elder Law Section (Member, Technology Committee)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
• Camden County Bar Association (Member, Committee on the Elderly)
• Camden County Bar Association (Member, Probate and Trust Committee)

Past Employment Positions

• Rice & Rice, P.C., Managing Shareholder, April 1, 1991 - Present
• Archer & Greiner, P.C., Associate Attorney, September 1, 1986 - March 31, 1991
• Kulzer & DiPadova, P.A., Shareholder, September 1, 2003 - December 31, 2004

Education

• Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1986
  J.D.
• Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: Psychology

Address

49 Grove Street
Haddonfield, NJ 08033

Phones

(856) 528-3460
(609) 770-4893

Faxes

(856) 673-0052

Emails

nancy@riceelderlaw.com

Websites

http://www.riceelderlaw.com