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Shirley B. Whitenack
Shirley B. Whitenack is a partner with Schenck, Price, Smith & King’s Litigation Department and Tax, Trusts and Estates Department. She has a varied practice in civil litigation on the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts. Ms. Whitenack devotes a substantial portion of her practice to trust and estate litigation and elder and disability law, particularly surrogate arrangements to protect the elderly and people with disabilities, special needs planning and Medicaid Appeals. She also is a co-chair of the firm’s Fiduciary Litigation Practice Group and co-chair of the firm’s Elder and Disability Law Practice Group.
A trustee of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) and the Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (GANJI), and a Director of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), Ms. Whitenack is a past chair of the Elder and Disability Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and a frequent author and lecturer on elder and disability law for NJICLE and other professional and charitable organizations. She is a contributing author to New Jersey Elder Law Practice, 3rd Edition published by NJICLE and West Group’s New Jersey Practice Elder Law: Guardianship & Conservatorship; Volume 45 and Elder Law Trusts and Estates: Leading Lawyers on Strategies for Working with Clients and their Families in Estate Planning, published by Aspatore. She has served on the faculty of the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Judicial College.
Ms. Whitenack is a member of the Special Needs Alliance, NAELA’s Guardianship/Capacity Special Interest Group Steering Committee, NAELA’s Advocacy/ Litigation Special Interest Group Steering Committee currently serving as its Chairperson, and NAELA’s Annuities Task Force. She also is a member of the New Jersey chapter of NAELA, the NJSBA, its Elder Law Section and its Nominating Committee, the American Bar Association and its Litigation Section and Probate Committee, the Program Development Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, and the Morris County Bar Association and its Probate Committee. Ms. Whitenack received the NJSBA’s Legislative Service Award in September 2003 for her contribution in drafting and promoting revisions to New Jersey’s guardianship statutes and the NJSBA’s Amicus Curiae Award in 2004. Ms. Whitenack also received GANJI’s Recognition Award in October 2003 for her contribution in advocating for the civil rights of incapacitated individuals. She received NJICLE’s Distinguished Service Award and was named a Fellow of the Academy of Elder Law Attorneys in 2007. Selection as a Fellow is the highest honor bestowed by the Academy. Ms. Whitenack has been recognized by New Jersey Monthly magazine as one of New Jersey’s top 50 female attorneys as well as a top Elder Law “Super Lawyer” * in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Ms. Whitenack 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. She participates as a court-appointed and private mediator in probate and commercial litigation matters and as a court-appointed arbitrator in commercial disputes.
Ms. Whitenack received her undergraduate degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1972, and attended Seton Hall University School of Law, where she held the position of Notes and Comments Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review. After receiving her law degree cum laude in 1985, she served as Law Secretary to the Honorable Melvin P. Antell, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Prior to joining Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP in 1999, Ms. Whitenack was a director with the Roseland firm of Hannoch Weisman.
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Ms. Whitenack may be reached at sbw@spsk.com
* The “Super Lawyer” designation is a peer rating based upon a survey of members of the New Jersey bar using criteria identified at www.superlawyers.com ®. It is not a state certification.
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