Karen J. McMullen

Professional Background and Activities

• Broome County Bar Association (Member)

• New York State Bar Association (Member)

• Delegate for the Sixth Judicial District and Executive Committee Member; NYS Bar Association Elder Law and Special Needs Section

• Member of the Legislative Subcommittee of the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section Long Term Care Facility Reform Task Force

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• Tioga Senior Legal Clinic, Participant, Friday February 10th, 2023

• 'Real Estate Title Issues Emanating From Estates and Trusts - Release of Lien, Title Searches, Specific Devisees and Distributees,' Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association's Trusts & Estates 2021 CLE, November 10th, 2021

• 'Duties and Responsibilities of Guardian; Powers of Guardian; Preparation of Initial and Annual Report; Discharge/Modification of Guardian and his/her Powers,' Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association's Virtual CLE, August 4th, 2021

• 'Planning for People With Disabilities,' Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association's Virtual CLE, November 19th, 2020

• Uniform Transfers to Minors Act,' Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association's Virtual Elder Law 2020 CLE, October 14th, 2020

• 'Medicaid Eligibility Rules, Community Spouse and Exempt Transfer Rules,' Presenter to the Schuyler County Office for the Aging, February 21st, 2020

• 'Planning for Peace of Mind,' Speaker to the Schuyler County Office for Aging, October 5th, 2019

• 'You're An Executor, Now What?' Presenter at SUNY Broome's Continuing Education Program, September 26th, 2019

• 'The Basics of Estate Administration,' Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association, November 8th, 2018

• 'You're Appointed as the Executor, Now What?' - Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association, October 19th, 2018

• 'Basics of Estate Planning & Long Term Care Planning,' Speaker at Kattelville Senior Center, May 15th, 2018

• 'Powers of Attorney' - Speaker at the Broome County Office for the Aging, November 15th, 2017

• 'Managing Your Digital After-Life' - Speaker to the Broome County Bar Association, March 9th, 2017

• 'Health Care Proxies & Health Care Decisions' – Speaker at Broome County Public Library for National Health Care Decisions Day, April 16th, 2016

• 'What documents need to be kept, and for how long, and what papers are needed when transferring responsibility to another or to another' – Speaker at the Broome West Senior Center, March 8th, 2016

• 'How to Die Cheap' and 'How to Save Your Money from Nursing Home Expenses' - Speaker to members of AARP, Jan. 12th, 2016

• 'Medicare, Medicaid & Other Government Benefits', speaker at the First Ward Senior Center in Binghamton, December 2nd, 2015

Publications

• Author, "The Scarlet "N": Grandparent Visitation Statutes that Base Standing on Non-Intact Family Status Violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," Karen J. McMullen, 83:2 St. John's L. Rev. 693 (2009)

• Co-Author, "Withdrawals from Guardianship Accounts and Investment of Guardianship Account Funds," Eugene E. Peckham and Karen J. McMullen, 15-04-2012 Warren's Heaton Legislative Case Digest 04212-1 (April 2012)

• Co-Author, "Cy Pres Proceedings," Eugene E. Peckham and Karen J. McMullen, 15-04-2013 Warren's Heaton Legislative Case Digest 022013-1 (April 2013)

Community Activities

• Endwell Rotary (Member, 2016-Present)

• AVRE - Association For Vision Rehab (Board Member, 2019-Present)

• Broome County Office for the Aging Advisory Committee (Member, 2010-2016)

• Maine-Endwell Dollars for Scholars (Board Member, 2009-Present)

• Broome County Bar Association (Fundraising Committee)

• Literacy Volunteers of Broome and Tioga Counties (Board President, 2010-2015, Member 2015-2017)