Dennis Voorhees

Current

• Idaho Representative at Special Needs Alliance, LLC
• Principal at The Voorhees Law Firm

Past

• Member at WealthCounsel, LLC
• Member at Idaho Trial Lawyers Association
• Member at Special Needs Alliance, LLC

• Certified Estate Law Planning Specialist at Estate Planning Law Specialist Board
• Member at National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Member at Idaho State Bar
• Member at American Bar Association

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Education

• University of Idaho
• Kansas State University
• North Hunterdon Regional High School

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Industry

Law Practice

Dennis Voorhees’s Summary

Estate planning; special needs trust and lien litigation resolution planning; and fiduciary (trustee, personal representative, guardian and conservator) representations.

Dennis Voorhees’s Specialties:

* Certified Elder Law Attorney ~ www.nelf.org
by the National Elder Law Foundation, Inc.
* Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist
www.naepc.org ~ Estate Law Specialist Board
* Special Needs Alliance, LLC ~ for Idaho
www.specialneedsalliance.com
* WealthCounsel, LLC
www.wealthcounsel.com

Dennis Voorhees’s Experience

• Idaho Representative

  Special Needs Alliance, LLC

  (Law Practice industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  The Special Needs Alliance (SNA) is a national, not for profit organization of attorneys dedicated to the practice of disability and public benefits law. Individuals with disabilities, their families and their advisors rely on the SNA to connect them with nearby attorneys who focus their practices in the disability law arena.
  
  The SNA is an invitation-only organization. SNA membership is based on a combination of relevant legal experience in the disability and elder law fields, direct family experience with disability, active participation with national, state and local disability advocacy organizations, and professional reputation.

• Principal

  The Voorhees Law Firm

  (Law Practice industry)

  February 1978 — Present (31 years 10 months)

  * Special Needs Trust and Quality of Life Planner for persons with disabilities
  * Litigation Settlement and Lien Resolution Specialist in areas including 468B qualified settlement funds (QSFs), Medicare Secondary Payor liens, Medicaid lien allocation claims (Ahlborn), Medicare Set-aside Arrangements, ERISA lien resolutions, medical liens, and insurance subrogation matters.
  * Estate planning using wills and trusts, including resources available through the WealthCounsel LLC collaboration.

• Member

  WealthCounsel, LLC

  (Legal Services industry)

  2007 — 2009 (2 years )

• Member

  Idaho Trial Lawyers Association

  (Law Practice industry)

  2004 — 2009 (5 years )

• Member

  Special Needs Alliance, LLC

  (Law Practice industry)

  2004 — 2009 (5 years )

• Certified Estate Law Planning Specialist

  Estate Planning Law Specialist Board

  (Law Practice industry)

  2000 — 2009 (9 years )

• Member

  National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

  (Law Practice industry)

  2000 — 2009 (9 years )

• Member

  Idaho State Bar

  (Law Practice industry)

  1978 — 2009 (31 years )

• Member

  American Bar Association

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Legal Services industry)

  1978 — 2009 (31 years )

Dennis Voorhees’s Education

• University of Idaho

  J.D. , Law , 1975 — 1978

• Kansas State University

  B.A. , Economics , 1970 — 1973

  Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with a concentration in Russian language studies

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Delta Phi - National Honorary Society
  Omicron Delta Epsilon - Economics Honorary Society

• North Hunterdon Regional High School

Additional Information

Dennis Voorhees’s Interests:

special needs trusts, estate planning, elder law, guardianship, revocable living trusts, probate, learning disabilities, developmental disabilities, autism

Dennis Voorhees’s Groups:

•    University of Idaho Alumni
•    Getting Things Done - GTD - SolutionPeople Innovation's Network of Action Innovators
•    Legal Blogging
•    K-State Alumni Group
•    The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies
•    Tweeple
•    Estate Settlement and Probate Professionals Referral Network
•    Mostly Medicaid (Medicaid Professionals)
•    The Elder Law Attorney Practice Group (ELAP)
•    Special Needs Alliance (SNA)
•    Search it Right Insights - Online Research, Web Research Training & Attorney CLE/MCLE Paralegal CLE
•    American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section | ABA LPM
•    Special Needs Group
•    United Cerebral Palsy
•    Lawyer Marketing | Grow your practice
•    Medicare Set-Aside Forum
•    National Constitution Center Trust and Estates Community
•    Pet Trusts
•    Legal Innovation
•    Smart People magazine Group
•    Idaho Guardian and Fiduciary Association
•    (Friends of the) National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
•    White House
•    Trusts and Estates Magazine

Dennis Voorhees’s Contact Settings

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• reference requests
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