Donald M. McHugh | Attorney
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About Donald
Donald M. McHugh is a founding and senior partner of McHugh & Macri, Esqs. in East Hanover which was established in 1978. He received his undergraduate business and accounting degree from Seton Hall University and graduated cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law and has privately practiced since his admission to the bar in 1973.
His prior background is in real estate, land use planning and zoning, and municipal law as township and planning board attorney until he became a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) in 1997. His current practice addresses medical spend down and asset preservation planning to provide for the supplemental needs of the elder client as well as probate and Medicaid litigation.
Don is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; 2005-2006 Chair of the 500 member Elder/Disability Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association; Chair of subcommittees on NJ Medicaid regulation compliance; assisted living facility regulations and nationwide annuity litigation. He is a frequent author and lecturer on elder/disability law to public and charitable organizations and to professional legal and accounting societies, including the NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the annual seminar for Administrative Law Judges on Medicaid issues. He is a co-author of pending legislation in the State Senate and Assembly to establish disability trusts. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the Federal Courts, including the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. McHugh has extensive experience in Medicaid law litigation from Fair Hearing through Appellate Division appeals, including the Johnson v. Guhl case through the Federal level; achieved a landmark NJ ruling In re Labis (1998) to permit guardians to conduct Medicaid planning; assisted fellow counsel to expand the Labis authority to non-spousal cases in In re Keri (2003) and overturned State payback requirement on commercial annuities (2005).
Mr. McHugh is admitted to practice in New Jersey, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He's a member of the State and County Bar Association.
Education
Seton Hall University
Mchugh & Macri Highlights
Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care, Wills & Probate, Wills
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