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Jacqueline J. Shafer
Norristown, Pennsylvania

Associate
phone	610-275-0700
fax	610-275-5290
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With more than 20 years of experience in healthcare settings, Jacqueline Shafer brings extensive knowledge of long term care, and geriatric physical and mental health issues to her elder law practice. She represents clients in a variety of matters including long term care planning; elder mediation; Medicaid planning; disability planning & guardianships; long term care dispute resolution; and estate planning and administration. She frequently lectures on elder law and estate law topics at some of the region's most prestigious legal events, including the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Elder Law and Estate Law Institutes.

Prior to joining High Swartz, Ms. Shafer was a Vice President of a regional continuing care retirement community, and she also served as a policy analyst with the New Jersey Department of Health & Human Services, where she focused on funding and policy legislation for mental health, Medicaid, Medicare and family support programs.

Areas of Practice:: Elder & Disability Law; Long Term Care Planning; Medicaid & Medicare Plans and Appeals; Guardianships; Estate Planning/Wills & Trusts; Orphan's Court Practice; Special Needs Trusts

Bar Admissions:: Pennsylvania, 2006; New Jersey, 2005

Education:: Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, 2005
Juris Doctor; Rutgers University, 1988
Master of Social Work; Cedar Crest college, 1987
BA - Psychology; BSW (social work)
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Stone Award for Community Involvement

Published Works:: Understanding and Working With Long Term Care Facilities: What You Really Need To Know, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Elder Law Section Newsletter, Spring, 2008; Guardianships 101: Practical Advice for the Beginning Practitioner, Pennsyvlania Bar Institute, Fall/Winter, 2007

Classes/Seminars Taught:: "Ethical Issues in Long Term Care", CLE Presentation on Ethics, 2009; "The Medicaid Application Process", Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Twelfth Annual Elder Law Institute, 2009; "Assisted Living Contracts: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2008; "Advance Directives and Act 169", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association, Health Law Section; Member; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Montgomery Bar Association, Elder Law Section; Member; New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators; National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA); Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys (PAELA)

Past Employment Positions:: Peter Becker Community (Continuing Care Retirement Community), Vice President, Marketing & Development; Director of Resident Support Services (a social work position); New Jersey Department of Health & Human Services; Policy Analyst for Intergovernmental Affairs Division; Marriage & Family counseling practice; Information Media: print and broadcast positions in both sales advertising and on-air production

Pro Bono Activities:: Member, Foundation Board, Grand View Hospital; Member, Ethics Committee; Co-Chair, Ethics Committee, Peter Becker Community

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40 East Airy Street
Norristown, PA 19404

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Attorneys at High Swartz LLP in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, serve clients from Norristown, the Main Line, Lower Merion, Upper Dublin, Lansdale, Huntingdon Valley, Bryn Mawr, King of Prussia, Doylestown, Philadelphia, West Chester, Media, Chester Springs, Chestnut Hill, Warminster, Abington, Radnor, Levittown, Bensalem, Drexel Hill, Springfield and Pottstown; and Philadelphia County, Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Lehigh County and Berks County.