Carla Calogero Selected Speaking Engagements 2010-2017

  • “Working with Clients with Diminished Capacity.” Panelist. Advocating for Health Care Consumers in Uncertain Times. Northwest Health Law Advocates. 2017.
  • “Less Restrictive Alternatives to Guardianship.” Advanced Guardianship Issues CLE, King County Bar Association. 2017.
  • “Examining the Guardian’s Work Through the Ethical Frameworks of Principalism and the Ethics of Care.” Guardianship Institute 14th Annual Certified Professional Guardian Continuing Education Program. 2017.
  • “Legal and Ethical Issues of Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking.” Panelist. Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: Clinical, Legal, Ethical, Religious, and Family Perspectives Conference. Seattle University School of Law.  2016.
  • “Elder Law and Bioethics”, Presenter to the Care Management Certification Program at the University of Washington, Professional and Continuing Education. 2016
  • “Ethics and the Law.” Council of Nephrology Social Workers Northwest Chapter Spring Symposium. 2015.
  • “Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision-Making.”  Presenter to Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care fellows. Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. 2015.
  • “Omitted Heirs and Family Allowance.” Probate Litigation, King County Bar Association CLE.  2015.
  •  “Washington Case Law and Legislative Update.” King County Bar Association Title 11 Guardian ad Litem Certification and Recertification Training.  2015.
  •  “Guardianship Proceedings in Washington State.” Presenter to geriatric and palliative medicine physicians, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.  April 2015.
  • “Washington Case Law and Legislative Update.” Advanced Guardianship Issues – New Paradigms for Your Guardianship Practice, King County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program (“CLE”).  2015.
  • “Powers of Attorney.” Personal Estate Planning for the 99%. King County Bar Association CLE.  2015.
  • “Durable Powers of Attorney for Healthcare.” American Parkinson Disease Association, Washington Chapter “Take Charge” program.  2014.
  • “Advance Care Directives and Surrogate Decision-Making in Washington State.” Ethics Committee, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.  2014.
  • “Guardianship in Washington State.” Guest Lecturer, Elder Law course, Seattle University School of Law.  October 2014.
  • “Introduction to Guardianship.” Introduction to Elder Law and Guardianship, King County Bar Association CLE. 2014.
  •  “Guardianship in Washington State.” Guest Lecturer, Health Law Advocacy course, University of Washington School of Law.  2014.
  • “Advance Care and Financial Management Planning.” Personal Estate Planning for the 99%.   King County Bar Association CLE.  2014, 2013.
  • “Washington State Case Law Update.”  Washington State Bar Association 17th Annual Elder Law Conference.  2014.
  • “Special Needs Trusts.” National Alliance on Mental Illness, Senior Parents of Adult Children with Mental Illness Support Group, Crown Hill Methodist Church. 2013.
  • “Washington State Case Law Update.”  Washington State Bar Association 16th Annual Elder Law Conference.  2013.
  •  “Elder Law.” Parkinson’s Disease Support Group. Horizon House. 2013.
  • “Death of the Incapacitated Person: Legal, Ethical and Practical Issues.” Washington Association of Professional Guardians. 2012.
  • “Less Restrictive Alternatives to Guardianship.” Inter-County Guardianship Guardian ad Litem Training, sponsored by the King County Bar Association Guardianship and Elder Law Section. 2012.
  • “Washington State Case Law Update.” Washington State Bar Association 14th Annual Elder Law Conference. 2011.
  • “Ethical Considerations in Probate Practice.” Estate Administration: Why Every Step is Important, National Business Institute.  2011.
  • “Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls: Best Practices When Serving as a Professional Fiduciary.” Certified Professional Guardian Continuing Education Program.  2011.
  • “Medicaid Estate Recovery” and “Guardianship and the Medicaid Client.” National Business Institute CLE. 2011.
  • “What Elders Need to Know About Elder Law.” Greenwood Senior Center.  February 2011.
  • Program Co-Chair, 2010 Annual Conference of the Washington Association of Elder Law Attorneys, “The Reformation of Elder Law: Meeting the Needs of Clients through Holistic Legal Advocacy.”
  • “Who’s Minding Our Elders in the Struggle for Social Justice?”  Program producer and moderator. Seattle University Access to Justice Institute,  2009.
  • “Guardianships in Washington State: An Overview.” Washington Guardianship 2010, Health Education Network. 2010.
  • “Less Restrictive Alternatives to Guardianships.” Washington Guardianship 2010, Health Education Network. 2010.
  • “Modifications and Terminations to Guardianships.” Washington Guardianship 2010, Health Education Network. 2010.