Robert C. Gerhard III
Gerhard & Gerhard, P.C.Robert C. Gerhard, III is an elder law specialist, helping seniors protect assets from nursing home costs. He authored the elder law treatise, Pennsylvania Medicaid- Long-term Care, which has been fully updated for 2019 and is currently in its fifteenth edition. This reference book is purchased annually by hundreds of lawyers from across Pennsylvania. He contributed as a co-author to the treatise, Elder Law in Pennsylvania, Fifth Edition. Mr. Gerhard regularly teaches continuing education courses such as "Representing an Individual Entering a Nursing Home" and "How to Prevent Spousal Impoverishment Due to the Costs of Long-term Care." He is certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation and holds Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating of "AV Preeminent" for both legal ability and ethics. He is past Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Elder Law Section, is President-elect (2019) of the Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys (PAELA) and limits his practice to elder law matters. He served as Chair of the Montgomery County Bar Association's Elder Law Committee for over 15 years. Attorney Gerhard is a member of the Philadelphia and Montgomery County Estate Planning Councils, and a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Pennsylvania
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- English: Spoken, Written
- Elder Law Attorney
- Gerhard & Gerhard, P.C.
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- Villanova University School of Law
- LL.M. (1998) | Taxation
- Master of Laws (Taxation)
- Dickinson School of Law
- J.D. (1995) | Law
- Dickinson College
- B.A. (1992) | Policy and Management Studies, Classics
- PAELA Chapter Member of the Year
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- Chapter Member of the Year, Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys (PAELA).
- Excellence in Elder Law Award
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Elder Law Section
- Montgomery Bar Association, Elder Law Committee
- Past Chair
- Current
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Fellow
- - Current
- Montgomery County Estate Planning Council
- Member
- - Current
- Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys
- President-Elect
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- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Elder Law Section
- Past Chair
- Elder Law in Pennsylvania, 5th Edition
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Pennsylvania Medicaid, Long-term Care (2019 Edition)
- George T. Bisel Company
- Medicaid Long-term Care Update, 2019, Montgomery Bar Association
- MBA Elder Law Committee
- Discussion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid long-term care benefits. These public benefits pay for nursing facility care and in home long-term care for qualifying individuals.
- Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA)
- National Elder Law Foundation