Jeffrey H. Minde

Attorney And Counselor At Law P.A.


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The Professional Association of Jeffrey H. Minde Attorney and Counselor At Law has been providing general legal services throughout the State of Florida since 1994. 

Our primary offices are located in Coral Springs, Florida, just minutes from I-95, Florida's Turnpike, I-75, and the Sawgrass Expressway. 

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We can come to your home or office in Broward or Palm Beach.

We can assist you in all areas of civil practice,

including Trusts and Estates, Family Law, Benefits, and Insurance Claims.  

In addition, Jeffrey H. Minde, Esq., principal of the Firm, has over twenty years professional experience, both as a lawyer and as a social worker, in the area of special needs. Mr. Minde's own experiences as a person with a disability have given him a special insight into the needs of clients with disabilities. He is a national advocate for the use of Special Needs Trusts.

Mr. Minde is President of the National Special Needs Network.

We look forward to working with you!

Jeffrey H. Minde Attorney and Counselor At Law P.A.

4613 North University Drive # 242

Coral Springs, Florida 33067

Phone:    954.345.6465

Fax:    954.345.6465

Email: jhmnetwork@bellsouth.net   


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EDUCATION:

 

University of Miami School of Law

Juris Doctor awarded 1993

 

University College London (Bentham Faculty of Laws)

Comparative Legal Studies Program completed 1992

 

Adelphi University School of Social Work

Master of Social Work (Social Policy and Planning) awarded 1985

 

Adelphi University

Bachelor of Science in Social Welfare awarded Magna cum Laude 1984

 

 State University of New York, Nassau Community College

Associate in Arts awarded Magna cum Laude 1983


LICENSURES:

 State of Florida: Attorney and Counselor-At-Law

State of New York: Licensed Clinical Social Worker


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jeffrey H. Minde Attorney and Counselor At Law P.A.

Coral Springs, Florida 33067

(1994-Present)

Areas of General Practice:

 Civil litigation

 Administrative law and governmental agency litigation

Social Security practice

 Governmental benefits and entitlements representation

Family law

 Adoptee-Birth Family research and reunion

Insurance claims analysis representation

Insurance defense representation

Trusts and Estates Planning

 Probate

Areas of Business and Corporate Practice:

 Domestic and foreign For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Incorporations

 501(c)(3) preparation and Florida Charitable Solicitations Act preparation

 Business Plan consultation, development and promotion

Venture Capital initiatives

Representation of Special Needs Clients:

 Special Needs Trust and Cooperative Master Trust estate planning 

Criminal representation of defendants with Special Needs

Plenary and Limited Guardianship and Guardian Advocate practice

 Special Needs Trustee services

 Americans With Disabilities Act practice

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 practice

Residential Facility Development:

Establishment of residential care facilities in association with support organizations

 Residential care facility licensing procedures

Not-for-profit organization design and application procedures

 State-specific not-for-profit organization registration procedures

Design of facility policies and forms in association with Boards of Directors

Residential facility litigation

Seminars, Workshops and Presentations:

Establishment of standards for the Certification of Qualified Special Needs Professional

Provision of public informational seminars on Special Needs Estate Planning

Provision of training seminars and workshops to professionals

Development of public relations multimedia materials for support groups

Development of multimedia materials for professionals

Web designer/webmaster of site providing specialized information on disabilities

 

Research and Litigation Support

 

Expert Witness

 

The National Special Needs Network Inc.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33067

(1995-Present)

Principal, President, and Chief Counsel of a service corporation engaged in the development and administration of specialized life care services and products for the disabled. The corporate policy of the National Special Needs Network is to develop and promote the full usage of available governmental benefits and local disability resources for persons with congenital and acquired disabilities and chronic health issues. In addition, NSNN works to encourage the use and development of Special Needs Trusts and Cooperative Master Trusts as an adjunct to traditional benefits and services as vehicles for alternative funding of services for disabled and chronically ill individuals

Present membership is comprised of approximately 100 independent associates located in the states of:

 Florida                        

 New York                    

Illinois                          

Washington (state)

Georgia                      

New Jersey                 

Alabama                    

Alaska            

South Carolina           

Connecticut             

Louisiana                    

South Dakota

North Carolina          

Massachusetts         

Texas               

Virginia                       

New Hampshire          

New Mexico

Maryland                    

Indiana                       

California

Pennsylvania              

Tennessee                   

Arizona

Independent associates include

Attorneys                    

Orthopedists                           

Financial Management Specialists

Psychiatrists                 

Medical practitioners              

Lay individuals with an interest in Special Needs

Psychologists              

Physical Therapists

Social Workers            

Occupational Therapists                     

    As Chief Executive Officer responsibilities include:

Exploration and development of existing and new resources serving the special needs        community in various locales throughout the United States

Initial contact with local service providers, and establishment of working parameters for referral through the central office

Consultation with local service providers regarding the specific requirements of client matters and availability of specialized services

Supervision and coordination of central office services and staff, including information updates, newsletters, membership, finances, and business management 

Liaison with care management resources, managed care providers, Medicaid Waiver Support Coordinator systems, and Insurance/HMO claims personnel

Liaison with Trust administrators and banking executives to create working fiscal management plans for special needs beneficiaries

Responsible for design and implementation of Special Needs and Cooperative Master Trusts for individuals and groups

Provision of public informational seminars on Special Needs Estate Planning, Special Needs Trusts, and Trust Management 

Supervising the development of public relations multimedia materials for the corporation

Provision of professional training seminars and workshops on special needs and health issues

Supervising the development of professional training multimedia materials, including written and computer media 

Web designer/webmaster of site providing specialized information on disabilities to the internet community

    Responsible for the creation of fifty residential facilities in association with local parent      support organizations, and other agencies, including:

General project management and supervision of implementation staff

Incorporation

IRS not-for-profit 501(c)(3) design and application procedures

State-specific and local not-for-profit registration procedures

Compliance in regard to State-required facility licensing processes

Site evaluation

Establishment of initial agency policies and forms

Initial staffing

Residential and day program design

    As a Disability Advocate:

Responsible for the initiation of a Continental Airlines policy of providing reduced fare seating to discrete trial trainers of the autistic

Author of “Humanitarian Welfare Reform,” a Proposal which spurred the adoption of tax incentives for the purchase of Long-Term Care Insurance, as per the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, and the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Program (1999), permitting persons with disabilities to retain eligibility for governmental benefits while sustaining employment

Author of the Roslyn and Martin Gold Amendment to the Social Security Act, advocating an alteration to the income and assets “Deeming doctrine,” which would permit spouses with disabilities to maintain eligibility for governmental benefits           

Designed the initiative for a Lexis/Nexis program in affiliation with the University of Miami School of Law providing no-cost legal research resources to students with disabilities 

Center For Developmental Disabilities

Woodbury, New York 11797

(1988-1990)

 

Clinical Chair and Family Services Clinician in the Children’s Day Program nonresidential school component of an agency serving the autistic

 

Daleview Nursing Home Inc./Daleview Manor Inc.

Farmingdale, New York 11735

(1987-1988)

Director of Social Work in a Skilled Nursing Facility/Health Related Facility

New York State (Nassau County) Department of Social Services

Mineola, New York 11501

(1986-1987) 

Child Protective Services Officer

United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County “Renaissance”

Bayville, New York 11709

(1985-1986)

Clinical Chair and Client Coordinator in an Intermediate Care Facility serving the severely disabled


SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

New York State Office of Health Systems Management:    Qualification in Social Work

State of New York:    Qualified Mental Retardation Professional

Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York: Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counseling


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

The Florida Bar

National Association of Social Workers

American Bar Association


COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:

The Florida Bar Member Benefits Committee (2006-2008)


EXPERT CONSULTANT:

Clinical team consultant for the film Rain Man

Legal Consultant to The Guardian television program

Disabilities consultant to Adelphi University student recruitment film Ivy


FEATURED MEDIA APPEARANCES:

“The Screening Room.” WHDT-TV. West Palm Beach, Florida. March 6, 2006

“Personal Responsibility vs. Political Correctness.” The Empower Hour. February 19, 2006

“Seeing Special Needs.” The New York Times. November 17, 1996

“Couple With Cerebral Palsy Fights Home.” The Sun-Sentinel. March 24, 1996


FACULTY AFFILIATIONS:

State of Florida Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council

Featured Co-Presenter, conference on “Legal and Financial Options of the Disabled” (1999)

 

University of Miami School of Medicine

Faculty, Center for The Aging Developmentally Disabled

 

Long Island Center For Independent Living

Past Member-at-Large, Board of Directors

 

Mental Health Association of Broward County, Inc

Professional Member; Keynote Speaker at 1996 Annual Meeting

 

Coral Springs Advocacy Committee for the Disabled, Inc

Past Program Advisor

 

Retired Seniors of America Foundation

Member, Board of Directors

 

Florida Special Arts Center

Past Member-at-Large, Board of Directors

 

Tamarac Bulldogs, Inc.: A Special Needs Organization

Past Member, Advisory Board of Directors
 
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc
Life Member, United Cerebral Palsy Association of New York

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

The Special Needs Advocate (in preparation)

A treatise designed to provide information and referral resources to a general readership interested in special needs

 

“The Developmentally Disabled Are Aging Too” by Rebekah Gordon (2005)

Contributor to article prepared for the Columbia University School of Journalism

 

“Grandma As Trustee: Losing More Than Just The Pie” (2001)

Article discussing the requirements of Special Needs Trusteeships.  Appeared in Q Notes, the Quarterly Newsletter of the National Association of QMRPs, Vol. 3, no. 2

 

“Serving Special Needs Kids” by Pamela Savage Forbat (2001)

Contributor to article appearing in Registered Representative magazine, no. 266, September 2001

 

 ““First Do No Harm”: An Overview of Liability Issues for Respite Providers” (2001)

Prepared for the ARCH National Respite Care Network

 

What Is a Special Needs Trust?’ © 2000, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith. All rights reserved

 

“What Families Should Know” (with L. Jerry Cohn, Esq.) (1997)

Article discussing the specifics of Special Needs Estate Planning. Appeared in The ARC Family Focus family services newsletter, Vol. VI, no. 2

 

“Residential Care and Resident Sexual Behavior” (with L. Jerry Cohn, Esq.) (1996)

A guidebook for residential programs outlining current legal and other issues of facility liability in relation to client sexual behavior. Contains a fully adaptable model sexuality policy and full discussion of client rights

 

Project “PREPPARE” (1995-1996)

As part of a design team at University of Miami School of Medicine created teaching modules and curricula on life care issues of aging persons with disabilities for the use of geriatric and disability specialists, other professionals, students and families of the geriatric disabled

 

University of Miami Yearbook of International Law (1991-1993)

Member of Editorial Board of inaugural and successive issue

 

“Mental Health Funding in Florida” (with Alexander J. Labora) (1992)

Original research monograph addressing parity in the fiscal appropriations scheme of Florida’s State-managed residential mental health facilities 

 

“`Renaissance’ Intermediate Care Facility Policy on Client Privacy and Intimacy” (1986)

Prepared for United Cerebral Palsy of Bayville, Inc

 

“A View from the Other Side” (1977)

Article discussing the impact of public perceptions on disabled adolescents. Appeared in Spectrum newsmagazine, Vol. III, no. 5


 NONPROFESSIONAL FACULTY AFFILIATIONS

Delray Beach Film Festival

Member, Advisory Board of Directors


 NONPROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

Sword of The Golem---A Novel (with Ken Tucker) © 2004

The Council of Eleven: Shall We Not Revenge? (with Ken Tucker) © 2005

The Ratline (With Ken Tucker) (in preparation)


ACADEMIC COMMITTEES AND SOCIETIES:

University of Miami School of Law Disabilities Issues Committee (1991-1993)

University of Miami School of Law Committee for Human Rights (1991-1993)

University of Miami School of Law International Law Society (1990-1993)

University of Miami School of Law Maritime Law Society (1990-1993)

University of Miami School of Law Federalist Society (1990-1993)

Adelphi University School of Social Work Curriculum Committee (1983-1985)


ACADEMIC SOCIETIES:

Phi Alpha Delta

Phi Theta Kappa


NON-ACADEMIC SOCIETIES:

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Friends of Sagamore Hill

 

 

                                                   

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