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Barbara J. Scheiner
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA

Phone: +1 212 692 1045
Fax: +1 212 208 4410
Email: BJScheiner@duanemorris.com

Barbara J. Scheiner practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration and elder law.

She is a member of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Ms. Scheiner is an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, where she teaches estate planning, drafting wills and trust instruments, and federal estate and gift tax. She is a 1984 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a graduate of Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning, Drafting wills and trust instruments, federal estate and gift tax, St. John's University School of Law, 1995-present
• - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
  -- Estate Planning and Drafting Committee
  --- Charitable Giving Subcommittee
• New York State Bar Association
  - Trusts and Estates Law Section
  --Law of the Elderly Committee

Admissions

• New York
• United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1984

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 1996-present
• Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman, New York, New York
  - Special Counsel, 1994-1996
• Shea & Gould, New York, New York
  - Associate, 1983-1994
  - Summer Associate, 1983
  - Litigation, 1984-1986
  - Trusts and Estates, 1987-1994
• Halperin Shivitz, New York, New York
  - Associate, 1986-1987
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, NY, Judicial Student Clerk, Honorable Charles L. Brieant, 1982-1983
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, NY, Judicial Student Clerk, Magistrate A. Simon Chrein, Summer 1982

Honors and Awards

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Selected Publications

• Co-Author, "Protecting Your Assets Without Jeopardizing Medicaid Eligibility or Reimbursement," Journal of Asset Protection, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, November 1996
• Co-Author, Planning for the Elderly or Incapacitated Client, Commerce Clearing House, April 1993
• Co-Author, "Using the Power of Attorney for Asset Preservation," Journal of Asset Protection, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, September/October 1995
• Co-Author, "Making Gifts Under a Power of Attorney," Newsletter, Trusts and Estates Law Section, New York State Bar Association, Summer 1994
• Co-Author, "OBRA '93 Makes Sweeping Changes in Medicaid Rules," Estate Planning, March/April 1994
• Co-Author, "Medicaid Planning Ideas: What Works and What Doesn't," Estate Planning, November/December 1993
• Co-Author, "Making Gifts Under a Power of Attorney," New York Law Journal, p.1., col. 1, November 25, 1992
• Co-Author, "What to Advise Your Client to Look for in a Long-Term Health Care Policy," Elder Law Committee Newsletter, Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association, October 1992
• Co-Author, "Use of Trusts in Planning for Disability," Journal of Accountancy, September 1992
• Co-Author, "Estate Planning Using Powers of Attorney," Trusts and Estates, July 1992
• Co-Author, "Making Gifts Under a Power of Attorney," Elder Law Advisory, Clark Boardman Callaghan Company, January 1992
• Co-Author, "Estate and Financial Planning for the Aging or Incapacitated Client," Practicing Law Institute, December 1991
• Co-Author, "Planning for Long Term Health Care," Newsletter, Trusts and Estates Law Section, New York State Bar Association, Winter 1991
• Co-Author, "Use of Advance Directives for Health Care Decisions," Successful Estate Planning Ideas and Methods, Macmillan Information Company, Inc., September and October 1991
• Co-Author, "Making Effective Use of the Durable Power of Attorney," Tax Ideas, Macmillian Information Company, Inc., September 1991
• Co-Author, "The Durable Power of Attorney - State Law Considerations," Successful Estate Planning Ideas and Methods, Macmillian Information Company, Inc., July 1991
• Co-Author, "Health Care Decisions Using Living Wills and Health Care Proxies," ASBA Today, June-July 1991
• Co-Author, "Planning for the Elderly or Incapacitated Client," Handling Your First Health Care Proxy and Living Will, Practicing Law Institute, May 1991
• Co-Author, "Tax Planning Considerations for Elderly Clients," The Practical Accountant, February and April 1989

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Program Chair, "Elder Law and Health Care Considerations," Fordham Continuing Legal Education, May 1994, June 1995 and May 1996
• Program Chair, "Pension, Life Insurance, GST and Q-DOT Planning," Fordham Continuing Legal Education, June 1995 May 1996
• "Estate Planning and Administration: What Every Attorney Should Know," Fordham Continuing Legal Education, May 1995
• Program Chair, "Estate Planning in the Nineties," Fordham Continuing Legal Education, May and June 1994
• Program Chair, "The Elderly and the Law: Counseling Elderly Clients and Planning for Disability," Fordham Continuing Legal Education, May and June 1992 and May and June 1993
• "Handling Your First Health Care Proxy, Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney," Practicing Law Institute, May 1992
• "Effective Planning Considerations for the Elderly or Incapacitated Client," Fordham Continuing Legal Education, May and June 1991
• Interviewed on Miller's Law, Court TV - Courtroom Television Network, on the subject of "Wills," January 12, 1994