PRACTICE CONCENTRATIONS:

• Medicaid Planning
• Special Needs Planning
• Estate Planning
• Estate Administration

MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Bar Association
• New Jersey Bar Association
     Elder and Disabilities Law Section Member
• Burlington county Bar Association
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• New Jersey
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey

PUBLICATIONS:

• Special Needs Trust Handbook, co-author, Aspen Publishing Company
• Representing the Elderly Client, co-author, Aspen Publishing Company
• Representing the Elderly or Disabled Client; Forms and Checklists  with Commentary, co-author, Warren, Gorham & Lamont;
• Profitable Law Firm Management, co-author, New Jersey ICLE
• How to Develop and Manage a Successful Trust and Estate/ElderLaw Practice, author, New Jersey ICLE
• Member of the Editorial Board of Estate Planning Magazine
• New Jersey Elder Law Practice, contributing author, New Jersey ICLE
• The Elder Law Portfolio Series, contributing author, Aspen Publishing Company
• Software                                          

o   Developer of estate planning software known as EPS

o   Developer of a Medicaid calculation software known as AP 1-2-3 published by Legal Management Systems

o   Developer of Elder Law and Special Needs Planning,  published by Interactive Legal Systems

EDUCATION:

• B.S. from Georgetown University
• J.D. from Georgetown Law Center 

NOTEWORTHY:

• Founding Member of the Special Needs Alliance, a national network of lawyers dedicated to serving families of persons with disabilities
• Certified Elder Law Attorney
• Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Recipient of the NAELA President’s Award
• Past Chair of the Elder Law and Real Property Probate and Trust Law Sections of NJ State Bar Association
• Recipient of the Alfred E. Clapp Award from the NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education
• Mr. Begley is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and is recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyers®.

QUOTATIONS:

Tom has been quoted in

·         The Wall Street Journal

·         Business Week

·         The Washington Post

·         Money Magazine