On October 18, 2008, Brian Rubin was elected to the Board of Directors of The Special Needs Alliance (SNA) at SNA’s Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida. SNA is the national, not for profit, membership by invitation, organization of attorneys, dedicated to the practice of special needs estate and future planning, disability law, and public benefits law.
The “mission” of the Law Firm of Brian Rubin & Associates is to provide appropriate Special Needs Future Planning, with compassion & understanding, in order to guide Brian’s fellow Illinois families of children & adults with special needs down the “road towards peace of mind” . . . Brian Rubin is an attorney & the father of a son with autism, among other special needs. Brian served as Chairman of the State of Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) Statewide Advisory Council on Developmental Disabilities, serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The ARC of Illinois, serves as Co-Chairman of the State of Illinois DHS Task Force on Autism, serves as a member of the State of Illinois Disabilities Services Advisory Committee, the Illinois Olmstead Committee, serves on the DHS Quality Care Board which monitors the DHS Office of the Inspector General, serves on the Board of PAS/ISC Agent PACT, Inc., & the Board of Clearbrook. For more information about Brian follow link to "ABOUT BRIAN RUBIN".
The law firm of Brian Rubin & Associates LIMITS its law practice to Special Needs Legal & Future Planning for Brian Rubin's fellow Illinois families of children & adults with special needs, including all required "traditional" Estate Planning & Estate Administration (Wills, Trusts, Estate Tax Planning, Trust Administration, Probate & related matters).
Brian Rubin is available to speak to groups & organizations. To arrange for Brian to speak to your group or organization or to schedule an appointment to meet with Brian, please contact our office by email, fax or telephone.
Estate Planning for families of children & adults with special needs includes, in addition to "normal" or "traditional" estate planning, Discretionary Supplemental or Special Needs Trusts, OBRA 93 or Medicaid "Pay-Back" Trusts, Adult Guardianship & alternatives, Health Surrogate Act Declarations, forms and language for the extended family to "piggy-back" on the Special Needs Trust, coordinating beneficiary designations for life insurance, IRAs, 401ks, pensions & profit sharing, planning for "post 18" child support if parents are divorced, Short-Term & Stand-By Guardian Declarations, special provisions and modifications to the parents' Wills, Living Trusts, Powers of Attorneys, as well as help with Medicaid, SSI, residential, day programs, employment issues & related matters.
As parents of a child with special needs, we all wish . . . no, we pray . . . that our child with "special needs" will have a long, happy & enjoyable life . . . but that we live at least one moment longer. As difficult as it is to think about dying before our "special" child, we must! We must plan to assure that our child with special needs remains qualified or able to qualify in the future, for government benefits such as S.S.I. and Medicaid . . . and to protect any future inheritance from claims of the government for reimbursement for benefits provided to our child prior to receipt of the inheritance. State of Illinois Public Act 87-311, which became effective September 6, 1991, allows our child's inheritance to supplement, rather than supplant or replace government benefits IF our wills and trusts are written properly.
Brian Rubin is available to speak to groups & organizations. To arrange for Brian to speak to your group or organization or to schedule an appointment to meet with Brian, please contact our office by email, fax or telephone.
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