GWEN BERYL WELTMAN
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Resourceful, detail-oriented attorney with extensive experience working with individuals, businesses and complex bureaucracies, in diverse practice areas. EXPERIENCE
Lerner & Weltman Woodbridge, CT
Partner/Attorney 10/1995 - Present
Represent individuals, small businesses, banks and other lending institutions in residential and commercial real estate transactions; collaborate with realtors, loan officers and other attorneys to facilitate real estate closings; educate real estate professionals and the public regarding changes in rules governing real estate and mortgages transactions
Counsel clients on estate planning; draft wills, trusts and advance directives; handle probate matters
Consult, educate and advise individuals, families and organizations on medical, mental health and elder law issues, including long-term care and end-of- life directives
Analyze and advise clients on bankruptcy, foreclosure and landlord-tenant matters
Negotiate, draft and review contracts and other legal documents
Interpret legal documents, state and federal laws and regulations
Investigate claims; research, analyze and evaluate legal issues; draft briefs and memoranda; devise and implement strategy
Represent clients in arbitrations and mediations and before Workers’ Compensation Commission, CHRO and other state agencies
Represent clients in family law matters, including prenuptial agreements, separation, divorce, custody and post- divorce issues
Manage law office; handle compliance requirements, professional responsibility obligations and conflicts management; develop, initiate and revise policies and procedures; proficient in Microsoft Office and other software applications
Connecticut Office of Health Care Access Hartford, CT Interim Commissioner 6/1995 - 10/1995
Headed government agency with $4M budget overseeing Certificate of Need (CON) applications, constructions projects, hospital budgets, hospital tax, health data collection and consumer education Connecticut Commission on Hospitals and Health Care Hartford, CT Commissioner 9/1992 - 6/1995
Hearing officer: Evaluated CON applications and multimillion dollar hospital operating budgets
Negotiated agreements with health care providers
Supervised administration of the Uncompensated Care Program BAR ADMISSION: State of Connecticut and District of Connecticut EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif Case Western Reserve University
School of Applied Social Sciences, M.S.S.A., N.I.M.H. Grant in Aging Syracuse University, B.A., magna cum laude