Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C.
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
(732) 572-0500
www.njlaws.com

Friday, April 27, 2018

Union Plus Union Privilege UPLS reduced Fee legal services Central NJ

Union Plus Union Privilege UPLS Legal plan members in the following counties:
1. Wills, Probate and Estate Administration in Middlesex, Monmouth, Mercer, Somerset, Union County, New Jersey
2.  Criminal Law in Middlesex County [minimum fee negotiated plea $1,000]
3. Traffic tickets in the towns of Edison, Woodbridge, Metuchen, Highland Park, North Brunswick [total population of these town over 300,000] minimum fee negotiated plea $200
4. Power of Attorney and Living Wills
5. Contested Probate in in Middlesex, Monmouth, Mercer, Somerset, Union County Counties      
            We do not handle civil, matrimonial, real estate, small claims or consumer matters. 
         We also provide New Jersey legal information on our website www.njlaws.com.   Please consider our office if you need to refer a case in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Due to the complicity of criminal and traffic trials, we do not handle private citizen trials.   

Johnson & Johnson employees- Are you searching for an estate-planning attorney in New Jersey that is part of the ARAG Legal plan

Johnson & Johnson employees- Are you searching for an estate-planning attorney in New Jersey that is part of the ARAG Legal plan? Look no further than Kenneth Vercammen & Associates. Are you searching for an estate planning attorney in New Jersey is a great benefit offered to employees by their employer. 
Normally, with ARAG Legal Plan we can prepare a Last Will and Testament, Health Care and Durable Powers of Attorney with no additional fees. We promise to check your coverage prior to your estate planning appointment so that you will know upfront what is covered under your plan. 

     Under the ARAG Legal Plan the estate planning portion is covered. If you live in Are you searching for an estate-planning attorney in New Jersey and need an estate-planning attorney and have ARAG Legal Services, call our office today. 
 Every adult should have some sort of Estate Plan in place. Whether it be a Last Will and Testament or other document, you need to have something. If you have ARAG Legal Plan and would like to meet with one of our qualified estate planning attorneys, call us at 732-572-0500

     We continue to handle the following New Jersey matters for ARAG Legal Plan members in the following counties:
1. Wills, Probate and Estate Administration in Middlesex County, New Jersey
2.  Criminal Law in Middlesex County  [minimum fee negotiated plea $1,000]
3. Traffic tickets in the towns of Edison, Woodbridge, Metuchen, Highland Park, North  Brunswick [total population of these town over 300,000] minimum fee negotiated plea $200
4. Power of Attorney and Living Wills
5. Contested Probate in Middlesex, Monmouth Counties
      We do not handle civil, matrimonial, real estate, small claims or consumer matters.
         We also provide New Jersey legal information on our website www.njlaws.com.   Please consider our office if you need to refer a case in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Due to the complicity of criminal and traffic trials, we do not handle private citizen trials.   

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration Annual Seminar for Attorneys and professionals involved in Estate Planning May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018  5:00 PM- 9:00 PM  NJ Law Center 
   Includes a 240 + page book, plus sample forms, documents & checklists! and light dinner
  Speakers: 
-WILLIAM P. ISELE, ESQ. Past NJ Ombudsman for the Elderly
-MARTIN A. SPIGNER, ESQ. Law Office of Martin A. Spigner, Cranbury
-KENNETH A. VERCAMMEN, ESQ. Co-Chair, ABA Estate Planning & Probate Committee, Past GP Solo Section Attorney of the Year 
Past NJSBA GP Solo of the Year  Edison, NJ

           Elder law continues to offer the legal profession a booming opportunity for growth. As your current clients continue to grow older, you need to position yourself to be able to offer them and their families the legal services required by the elderly in today’s society. Or, you may be looking for lucrative areas in which to expand your current practice, including administering their estates.
This practical program is designed to provide the nuts and bolts of elder law practice & estate administration practice to general practitioners and young lawyers, as well as to more experienced lawyers seeking to expand into this field. 

           A highly authoritative and experienced panel of elder law attorneys & estate planners will share proven techniques and experience it would take you years to gather on your own. You’ll also gain insight on how Federal Medicaid Reform will impact your practice.
Everything you need to know about elder law & estate administration including:

• Why Have a Will? - Gathering information; standard provisions; designation of fiduciaries; protective clauses; sample forms; Ethics - who is the client?

• Powers of Attorney - Types of POAs; what should be included; why clients need them; POAs and Living Wills; sample forms

• Living Trusts (Revocable/Irrevocable) as an Estate Planning Tool - Why it should be used; Ethics - who is the client?; disadvantages; revocable vs. irrevocable; Insurance Trusts; sample forms

• Basic Tax Considerations - Jointly-held property; “I love you” Will; no Will at all; insurance owned by client; unlimited marital deduction; estate planning in the testamentary document; sample forms/letters

• Estate Administration - New Probate Law in New Jersey - Probate process; duties of executor/fiduciary; gathering of assets; tax returns; tax waivers; access to property; sample forms/checklists

• Medicaid Planning in Light of Federal Medicaid Reform - Countable assets of Medicaid applicant; income cap/Medical needy standard; look-back period; transfers of property; personal residence; Medicaid estate recovery rules; probate; undue influence; competency
…and more

   $137-$180.00   Superior Court Judges can attend for free
General   Tuition, reduced fee for NJSBA Elder & Disability Law Section and NJSBA Young Lawyers Division
 [Free for Superior Court Judges and Law students] 
Seminar #  ICELD015918

NJSBA Member Price is reduced – To qualify for this reduced price, you must provide your NJSBA Member# at the time you place your order. If you place your order without providing your NJSBA Member#, you will be charged the regular price.
            More details contact New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education 
The non-profit continuing education service of 
The New Jersey State Bar Association  Constitution Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1520 
Phone: (732) 214-8500   CustomerService@njicle.com
           Law students can attend for free,  without materials
NJ Law Center
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

           NJ CLE INFORMATION: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.6 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.2 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism.

           Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Elder & Disability Law Section and NJSBA Young Lawyers Division

Materials in 240 page Book provided to all attendees
1 New Client schedule appointment  
2 Confidential Will Questionnaire 
3 Will bill
4 WILL DRAFT CO 
5. Doctor Cert sign POA, will Dr
6 Thank you for Referral
7 POA DRAFT lt
8 AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE of Financial Records [NEW DOCUMENT FOR 2015]
9 Referral Out Another Atty fax
10 No rep
11 Recommend Will to Cl
12 Post WILL
13 Client questionnaire end case
14 POA Grantor Now 

ARTICLES
15 Wills article 
16 POA Power of Attorney- article
17 LIVING WILLS article
18 Gay Lesbian No estate planning article
19 Letter of Instruction article
20 Remove Executor
21 Alzheimer, POA Guardianship
22 ANSWERS to Questions Probate
23 Estate Planning 10 Ideas
24 Executor Duties
25 Prenuptial Ag
26 Undue Influence article

OTHER FORMS & INFORMATION
27 Attorney- Client Confidentiality
28  Pick up Docs
29 Executor to Pay and Notify Creditors   REVISED
30 NJlaws website & articles
31 Trusts
32 Caveat to Will   
33 NJWillsProbateLaw.com
40 INTESTACY Article
41 If no Will article
42 Probate Release Refund Bond
43 Lincoln 17- no charge 
44 Guardianship bill
45 RETAINER Probate  ESTATE
46 WILL - sign front notary
47 Confidentiality Lt to Client
48 Elective Share of Spouse
49 Will Signing
50   ABA Aging and Law Networking Call March 2014 Call Notes
51  WINTER 2014 Estate Planning Probate  Report Solo GP ABA
55 SPRING 2014 Estate Planning Probate  Report Solo GP ABA
56 Free Office Space for Attorney .doc
57 We need email address short

Plus
Letter of Last Instruction form.doc

RETAINER contested Probate

Friday, April 20, 2018

Sayreville Senior Center- Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar 2022

Wills, Estate Planning & Probate Seminar 

Sayreville Senior Center   

April 21, 2022 at 11am

423 Main Street    

Sayreville NJ 08872   

 

Open to the public.  

 

Wills & Estate Administration-Protect Your Family and Make Planning Easy. Free program in person open to the public, you do not need to be a Township resident to attend. 

    Speaker: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. Edison, NJ (Author-Wills and Estate Administration by the ABA)

 

New Main Topics:

1.   What’s new with proposed 2022 Federal Estate Tax changes

2.   Handling Probate during Covid and while Government offices closed

3.   Dangers If You Have No Will or documents invalid

4.   Getting your Estate Planning Documents done without going into a law office 

5.   Power of Attorneys recommendations

6.   Living Will & Advance Directive for Medical Care

7.   Administering the Estate/Probate /Surrogate

8.   Avoiding unnecessary expenses and saving your family money

 

      COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochures on Wills, "Answers to Questions about Probate" and Administration of an Estate, Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and Trusts.

For information: Call- Sayreville Senior Center 732-390-7059

Or email Jen Krushinski  

jkrushinski@sayreville.com

You don’t have to be a Sayreville resident to attend. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/335940605206150

For materials if you can’t attend, email vercammenlaw@njlaws.com

 

 

Free Will Seminars and Speakers Bureau for Groups

SPEAKERS BUREAU

         At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates.  We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours.  If your organization in Central NJ would like to schedule a Will & Estates seminar, call Kenneth Vercammen’s Law Office at 732-572-0500 or email Vercammenlaw@njlaws.com

 

     10 years ago the AARP Network Attorneys of the Edison/Metuchen/Woodbridge area several years ago established a community Speakers Bureau to provide educational programs to AARP and senior clubs, Unions and Middlesex County companies. Now, Ken Vercammen, Esq. and volunteer attorneys of the Middlesex County Estate Planning Council have provided Legal Rights Seminars to hundreds of seniors, business owners and their employees, unions, clubs and non-profit groups 

Details on free programs available

    These quality daytime educational programs will educate and even entertain. Clubs and companies are invited to schedule a free seminar. The following Seminars are now available: 

1. WILLS & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION-PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND 

MAKE PLANNING EASY 

2. POWER OF ATTORNEY to permit family to pay your bills if you are temporarily disabled and permit doctors to talk with family 

       All instructors are licensed attorneys who have been in practice at least 25 years. All instructors are members of the American Bar Association, New Jersey 

State Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. All programs include free written materials. 

    You don't have to be wealthy or near death to do some thinking about a Will. Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will discuss how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of state law. 

   Topics discussed include: Who needs a Will?; What if you die without a Will (intestacy)?; Mechanics of a Will; "Living Will"; Powers of Attorney; Selecting an executor, trustee, and guardian; Proper Will execution; Inheritance Taxes, Estate Taxes $14,000 annual gift tax exclusion,  Bequests to charity, Why you need a "Self-Proving" Will and Estate Administration/ Probate.

 

       Sample materials: Hand-outs on Wills, Living Wills/Medical Advance Directive, Power of Attorney, Probate and Administration of an Estate, Real Estate, Working with your Attorney, Consumers Guide to New Jersey Laws, and Senior Citizen Rights. 

 

SPEAKERS BUREAU 

     At the request of senior citizen groups, unions, and Middlesex County companies and organizations, the " Speakers Bureau " is a service designed to educate citizens about how laws affect their lives and how the judicial system operates. We have attorneys available to speak to businesspersons, educational, civic and social organizations on a wide range of topics during business hours. 

     In today's complex world, few people can function successfully and safely without competent legal advice. In order to insure your estate plans are legally set up, you need to know exactly where you stand so that you can avoid possibly catastrophic mistakes impacting both you and your family. 

 

       About the speaker: Kenneth A. Vercammen is a trial attorney in Edison, NJ. We is the author of the American Bar Association’s book “Wills and Estate Administration”

He is co-chair of the ABA Probate & Estate Planning Law Committee of the American Bar Association Solo Small Firm Division.  He is a speaker for the NJ State Bar Association at the annual Nuts & Bolts of Elder Law & Estate Administration program. 

He was Editor of the ABA Estate Planning Probate Committee Newsletter. Mr. Vercammen has published over 150 legal articles in national and New Jersey publications on litigation, elder law, probate and trial topics. He is a highly regarded lecturer on litigation and probate law for the American Bar Association, NJ ICLE, New Jersey State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published in noted publications included New Jersey Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, and New Jersey Lawyer. He established the NJlaws website www.njlaws.com which includes many articles on Estate Planning, Probate and Wills. He is a member of the AARP and often lectures to groups on the importance of an up to date Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will.

 

KENNETH  VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES, PC

ATTORNEY AT LAW

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

(Phone) 732-572-0500

 (Fax)    732-572-0030

www.njlaws.com

 

Residents invited from Middlesex,

Piscataway,

South Plainfield,

Edison,

Metuchen,

Woodbridge,

Perth Amboy,

Carteret,

Highland Park,

New Brunswick,

North Brunswick,

Milltown,

East Brunswick,

South River,

Sayreville,

South Amboy,

Old Bridge,

Spotswood,

South Brunswick,

Plainsboro,

Cranbury,

Monroe,

Jamesburg,

 

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Kenneth Vercammen was selected to the 2018 Super Lawyers NJ list. The Super Lawyers list issued by Thomson Reuters which manages West Publishing USA.

    Kenneth Vercammen was selected to the 2018 Super Lawyers NJ list. The Super Lawyers list issued by Thomson Reuters which manages West Publishing USA.
 https://profiles.superlawyers.com/new-jersey/edison/lawyer/kenneth-a-vercammen/73f0b3a6-71c1-4ae1-a5d0-803ddb2739a9.html
 A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.superlawvers.com/about/selection process detail.html. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
       Also, Kenneth Vercammen also passed the test to become one of the few Municipal Court Law Attorneys.
 SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY

    It is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 1:39-5(a), the following named attorneys, having applied to the Board on Attorney Certification and having been found qualified by the Board, are hereby authorized to designate themselves as Municipal Court Law Attorneys before the public, the bar, and the courts of this State in accordance with the Rules of this Court during their good behavior for a term of five years from the date of this Order. ….. …… Kenneth Vercammen Middlesex