Whitney M. Lewendon

Email: Whitney Lewendon | Phone: 203-745-0172

Whitney Lewendon has represented individuals and families with legal issues affecting the elderly and the incapacitated for more than 36 years.  He counsels his clients about options when planning for their health, housing, finances and estate plans.  Mr. Lewendon is frequently invited to speak about changes in the fields of elder law, Medicaid eligibility and protecting individuals’ rights to determine their health choices and financial management.

Practice Areas

Legal issues affecting the elderly and incapacitated:

• Elder Law
• Estate planning, including the use of wills and trusts
• Medicaid (Title 19) eligibility
• Planning for individuals with special needs, including the use of special needs trusts
• Preserving decision-making by using specific legal documents
• Probate administration of estates for decedents and individuals who are incapacitated
• Real estate transactions, including purchases, sales and reverse mortgages

Awards

• AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated^SM by Martindale-Hubbell®
• Named a New England Super Lawyer for 2010 in the field of Elder Law by the publisher of Super Lawyers and Law and Politics

Publications

• An Uncertain Future for Medicaid and Long-term Care
• Planning Tools for Financing Long-term Care

Presentations

Mr. Lewendon has appeared as a panelist at:

• 2003 National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Institute
• 2006 National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Symposium
• Suffolk University Law School annual New England Elder Law Symposia

Mr. Lewendon has offered numerous programs concerning the 2006 changes in federal law governing Medicaid eligibility rules (“DRA”).  In addition he has given presentations and seminars for professional associations including:

• Alzheimer’s Association
• Connecticut’s Parkinson’s Working Group
• Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Connecticut Bar Association
• Connecticut National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) chapter

Professional Associations

• Connecticut Bar Association
  • Section for Elder Law (Past Chair of the CBA Section for Elder Law, currently on Executive Committee)
  • Section for Estates and Probates
  • Probate Court Reform working group
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (having served on the Medicaid Strategies Task Force, the DRA Response Team, and the Public Policy Committee)

Admissions

• Connecticut, 1973
• US District Court, CT, 1974
• US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Education

• Northeastern University Law School. J.D., 1973
• Columbia University, B.A., 1970

Professional activities

• Mr. Lewendon has been featured in the Elder Law segment, Connecticut Public Television’s series Seniors Living a Quality of Life
• Participants at programs offered by Mr. Lewendon have offered comments, including:
  • Mr. Lewendon was GREAT!
  • He is outstanding with very complex material
  • I will use his information daily