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Principled Advocacy For Families And Individuals With Disabilities And The Professionals Who Serve Them

Speeches And Publications

We design and present training programs for our hospital and social service agency clients. We work with in-house personnel to develop training for staff on best practices, regulations, and new legislation.

Upcoming Speeches And Presentations
Publications

 

Ashley Reed to Present at CBA Adoption Law Seminar 2024

Issue Spotting and Practice Tips in Adoption

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. CST (185 minutes)
Location: via Zoom webinar
Price:

  • CBA members: $95
  • Non-members: $185
  • CLE-Advantage Plan members: Free
  • Law Student members: Free

Credits: 2.75 CLE/IL MCLE

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SEMINAR TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

This seminar will cover new caselaw updates impacting adoption law and issues in cybersecurity as it relates to adoption. An attorney panel will share issue spotting and practice tips and Judges will provide perspective from the bench.

Major Caselaw Updates:

  • Cailee Alderman, Kogut & Wilson, LLC
  • Ashley Reed, Monahan Law Group, LLC

Cybersecurity:

  • Don Brown, Firefly Network Services, Inc.

Issue Spotting and Practice Tips:

  • Genie Miller Gillespie, Gillespie Law Group, LLC
  • Shelley Ballard, Shelley B. Ballard, PC
  • Denise Patton, Law Office of Denise J. Patton

Perspective from the Bench:

  • Hon. Maureen Ward Kirby, Cook County Circuit Court, Acting Presiding Judge of County Division

Moderator:

  • Rachael Toft, Law Offices of Rachael Toft; Vice-Chair, CBA Adoption Law Committee

Registration for this event is currently open.

Joseph C.F. Willuweit and Matthew R. Davison to Present at ISBA Trusts and Estates Webinar 2024

It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye:

Effective Mental Health Discharge Planning

Presented by the ISBA Trusts & Estates Section

Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2023

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. CST

Location: via Live Webcast

Price:

Credits: 1.0 hour MCLE

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WEBINAR TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

 

Don’t miss this in-depth discussion on the benefits of thorough and effective hospital discharge planning for mental health patients, as well as the risk management issues and potential consequences to be aware of with poor discharge planning. Trusts and estate attorneys, elder law lawyers, health care counsel, and mental health practitioners with basic to intermediate practice experience who attend this online program will better understand:

  • The elements of proper care coordination, including post-discharge outpatient services and support systems for long-term mental health stability;
  • How support persons can advocate for thorough post-discharge mental health planning; and
  • The strategies attorneys can use to coordinate with their client’s health care professionals and advocate for their client’s best mental health care needs.

Program Coordinator:

  • Daniel P. Felix, The Professional Trustee, Deerfield

Program Speakers:

  • Joseph C.F. Willuweit, Monahan Law Group, LLC, Chicago
  • Matthew R. Davison, Monahan Law Group, LLC, Chicago

    Registration for this event is currently open.

Ashley Reed To Present At 2023 Schiller Du Canto & Fleck Family Law Center Symposium

The 2023 Family Law Symposium will center on gaining a deeper understanding of Illinois child protective services with respect to the child, as well as to the representation of one or both parents in these cases.

A Practitioner’s Guide to Navigating Child Protective Services in Illinois

Date: October 10, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: DePaul Center 8005 and Online
Duration: 5 hours

This interdisciplinary event will address:

  • The thought process and understanding children undergo when child protective services becomes involved
  • Child development and the impact of the legal system on a child’s development
  • What happens when the Department of Child & Family Services (DCFS) receives child abuse allegations and how an investigation is handled
  • Practical tools to help parties address child abuse allegations and work to ensure the safety of a child
  • What constitutes serious endangerment to a child
  • When and how parenting time should be restricted and how does that occur when protective services is involved
  • What happens in court when child abuse allegations are made and investigations are underway
  • Possible findings by DCFS and their meaning
  • How to properly file and effectively litigate an administrative appeal
  • How a child successfully exits protective services

Please register for this event by October 8, 2023.

The Symposium will be presented in person and online. There is a room cap of 100 in-person attendees, and online participants will receive a link to view the presentation just ahead of the event. No proof of vaccination is required of in-person guests and masks are optional.

DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. This program has been approved for up to 4.25 hours of general CLE credit.

Click Here to Register

 

Mental Health Issues

Chapter 28, Mental Health Issues, Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3rd, Vol. 22 (Illinois Practice Series), 2014 and 2015 Supplement

Author: Joseph T. Monahan
Practice Area: Mental Health

Mental Health Issues

Chapter 28, Mental Health Issues, Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3rd, Vol. 22 (Illinois Practice Series), 2014 and 2015 Supplement

Contributing Editor: Amy E. Orlando
Practice Area: Mental Health

Guardianship For Disabled Adults, Advance Directives, And Mental Health Law

Guardianship for Disabled Adults, Advance Directives, and Mental Health Law, IICLE Practice Handbook, 2014 Supplement

Co-Author: Amy E. Orlando
Practice Area: Mental Health

Planning For Exempt Assets

Planning for Exempt Assets, Chapter 7, Asset Protection Planning, IICLE, 2014

Co-Author: A. Margot Gordon
Practice Area: Asset Protection

Mental Health Issues

  • § 28:7 to 28:27, Chapter 28, Mental Health Issues, Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3rd, Vol. 22 (Illinois Practice Series), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Supplement

Contributing Editor: Elizabeth A. Lawhorn
Practice Area: Mental Health

Estate Planning In Illinois Guardianships

Estate Planning in Illinois Guardianships, IICLE, 2012

Author: A. Margot Gordon
Practice Area: Estate Planning

Should Your Client Consider A Change Of Residency To Avoid State Estate Taxes?

Should Your Client Consider a Change of Residency to Avoid State Estate Taxes?, Trusts & Estates, ISBA Newsletter, February, 2012

Author: A. Margot Gordon
Practice Area: Estate Planning

Powers And Duties Of A Guardian Of The Person

Powers and Duties of a Guardian of the Person: Guardianship for Disabled Adults, Advance Directives, and Mental Health Law, Chapter 3, IICLE, 2011

Authors: Joseph T. Monahan and Elizabeth A. Lawhorn

Practice Area: Guardianship

Custodial Claims: Compensation For Family Caregivers

Custodial Claims: Compensation for Family Caregivers, Illinois Bar Journal, May, 2010

Author: A. Margot Gordon
Practice Area: Estate Planning

Life-Sustaining Treatment And The Law

Life-Sustaining Treatment And The Law: The Evolution Of Informed Consent, Advance Directives And Surrogate Decision Making

Joseph T. Monahan and Elizabeth A. Lawhorn for the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy Annals of Health Law, Vol. 19, Issue 1, Special Edition 2010, 107-113, please click here.

Authors: Joseph T. Monahan and Elizabeth A. Lawhorn
Practice Area: Healthcare Law

Elder Abuse: Legal Definitions And Mandatory Reporting Of Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse: Legal Definitions And Mandatory Reporting Of Elder Abuse

Joseph T. Monahan and Linda Bryceland for the Social Work Networker published by the NASW Illinois Chapter. For the full magazine article published May 1, 2009, please click here.

Authors: Joseph T. Monahan and Linda Bryceland
Practice Area: Elder Law

Authors: Joseph T. Monahan and Lynda Bryceland
Practice Area: Elder Law

Legal Issues Affecting Elderly Clients

Legal Issues Affecting Elderly Clients – Incompetent Elderly Clients: Powers Of Attorney And Guardianship

Joseph T. Monahan and Linda Bryceland for the Social Work Networker published by the NASW Illinois Chapter. For the full magazine article published August 1, 2009, please click here.

Authors: Joseph T. Monahan and Linda Bryceland
Practice Area: Elder Law

Mental Health Issues

  • § 28:7 to 28:27, Chapter 28, Mental Health Issues, Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3rd, Vol. 22 (Illinois Practice Series), 2008

Author: Joseph T. Monahan
Practice Area: Mental Health

Mental Health Issues

  • § 28:7 to 28:27, Chapter 28, Mental Health Issues, Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3rd, Vol. 22 (Illinois Practice Series) 2008 Supplement

Contributing Editor: Amy E. McCarty
Practice Area: Mental Health

Special Needs Trusts – Structured Settlements Chapter

Special Needs Trusts – Structured Settlements Chapter, IICLE, 2008

Author:
Practice Area: Trusts

Minimizing Taxes In Illinois Minor Guardianship Estates

Minimizing Taxes in Illinois Minor Guardianship Estates, CBA Record, January, 2007

Author: A. Margot Gordon
Practice Area: Estate Planning

The Role Of Corporate Fiduciaries In Estate Planning For Disabled Adults

The Role of Corporate Fiduciaries in Estate Planning for Disabled Adults, CBA Record, January, 2007

Author: A. Margot Gordon
Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Confidentiality Of Mental Health Records

Confidentiality of Mental Health Records, Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, (Illinois Practice Series)

Author: Elizabeth A. Lawhorn
Practice Area: Mental Health

Environmental Ethics And Political Ethics Go Hand In Hand

Environmental Ethics and Political Ethics Go Hand in Hand, Tulane Law School, 1991

Author: John W. Whitcomb
Practice Area: Ethics

The Effect Of Domestic Violence On Unemployment Compensation

The Effect of Domestic Violence on Unemployment Compensation, The Women’s Advocate, 9:5, 1988

Author: John W. Whitcomb
Practice Area: Employment