The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) appears to have finally amended its regulations governing veterans’ eligibility for VA pensions and other needs-based benefit programs. The amended regulations establish new requirements for evaluating net worth and asset transfers for pensions and identify which medical expenses may be deducted from countable income for VA’s needs-based benefit programs. […]

Please join Bratton Law Group in welcoming our new associate attorney, Matthew R. Bravette, to our team. Matt’s practice will be focused on elder law, estate planning and estate administration. Matt will be working alongside Senior Associate Brittany Tedesco and Bratton Law Group Founder, Chris Bratton, across the firm’s Haddonfield, Moorestown, Linwood, and Ewing, NJ

Bratton Estate & Elder Care Attorneys is pleased to announce that managing attorney Charles “Chris” Bratton was named Top Attorneys 2018 by SJ Magazine. This is Mr. Bratton’s tenth consecutive year for being recognized for his work in the field of Elder Law. Every year SJ Magazine polls local attorneys to tell them which of their peers

Bratton Law Group Estate & Elder Care Attorneys are proud to announce the firm has been honored with South Jersey’s Most Influential Law Firms of 2017 by SNJ Business People. The award, voted on by its readers, recognizes law firms in the South Jersey area who have achieved a high-level of community involvement, branding, and visibility. For a legal

Bratton Law Group Estate & Elder Care Attorneys are pleased to announce that seasoned healthcare professional, Helene Weinstein, has joined our marketing team as Director of Business Development.  Ms. Weinstein comes to Bratton Law Group with 25 years of outstanding reputation in the senior community including experience in durable medical equipment and most recently Marketing

After seven years as Rothamel Bratton Attorneys, Mr. Rothamel and Mr. Bratton have made the difficult, but strategic decision, to divide the firm into their two distinct practice areas. Rothamel Bratton consisted of Charles “Chris” Bratton’s Estate Planning and Elder Law group and John Rothamel’s Real Estate and Short Sales team. As both sides of the practice

Most of us feel fortunate to have three generations of family members living at the same time, maybe four, but five…I truly feel grateful! Let me introduce myself, I am Jamie Bratton, Bratton Law Group’s Director of Marketing, also known as wife  and “boss” to attorney Chris Bratton J Pictured above is my mother Kathy

Recently our Elder Care Coordinator, Lauren Jochym, had the unique opportunity to participate in the “Virtual Dementia Tour®,” hosted by Solana Doylestown in Warminster, PA. The attached article details some of the participant’s reactions and experiences from that day, including our Elder Care Coordinator, Lauren. After reading their reactions, you can feel their emotion and

Many of you may already understand the difference between “observation status” and “admission” when it comes to hospital stays but for those that do not, it can be a real awakening when the bills start to come.  Observation Status is a designation used by hospitals to bill Medicare and is classified as an “outpatient” category.