On May 19th, Attorney Mark Heffner returned to the Rhode Island House of Representatives,  where he served for ten years as a State Representative, to testify before the House Finance Committee. Based on his over 25  years of experience as an Elder Law attorney, as well as an Elder Law professor and former legislator, Attorney […]

Next month, Rhode Islanders will Walk to End Alzheimer’s disease as part of the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. The walk began in 1989 as the “Memory Walk”, with nine Alzheimer’s Association chapters raising $149,000. Last year, more than 42,000  teams participated in nearly 650 Walks […]

Mark Heffner was recently interviewed for a Providence Journal article titled, Middle Class Squeeze: R.I. wages flatlining as workers struggle. The article discusses some of the downward pressures on salaries for middle-class Rhode Islanders. Published May 31st, Mark is quoted discussing some of the current challenges faced by new law graduates here in Rhode Island. As […]

The Alzheimer’s Association of Rhode Island is proud to present the (free) Brian Ott, MD Research Symposium. Their guest speaker is Dr. Jie Shen, Professor of Neurology, Harvard University, presenting on “Memory Impairment and Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease”. The Symposium will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. […]

On January 17th and 18th, Attorney Heffner joined 40 other Certified Elder Law Attorneys (CELAs) from throughout the United States for a two-day program focused on matters faced by elders and their families. “A terrific aspect of this NELF (National Elder Law Foundation) program is that it presents nationally known speakers on not just legal […]

This year’s National Aging and Law Institute conference took place November 8-10th in Washington, D.C. Mark Heffner was pleased to attend the conference, which was sponsored by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).  The Institute gave Mark the opportunity to speak directly with the attorneys from the Center for Medicare Advocacy who helped […]

Mark Heffner recently completed his third consecutive semester of teaching Elder Law, an introductory course he designed for second and third year law students, at Roger Williams University School of Law.

Mark Heffner recently gave a continuing legal education session on Medicaid through the Rhode Island Bar Association, along with Jacqueline Kelley of the Office of Health and Human Services. In the October 16th session, Medicaid 202 – Beyond the Basics, Mr. Heffner advised attorneys on how to best counsel clients seeking or having previously secured […]