Areas of Practice

• Elder Care Planning
• Wills & Trusts
• Guardianship
• Estate Administration (probate)
• Veterans disability appeals

Crystal C. West

Education

• Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2008, Juris Doctor

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2005, Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice & Political Science

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Admitted in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• New Jersey Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Garden State Bar Association
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• National Bar Association

Noteworthy Achievements and Awards

• Speaker at the Third Annual Student Health Law Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, October 16, 2009
• Miller Center for Public Interest Advocacy - Public Interest Advocate
• Elder Law and Consumer Protection Clinic, Certified Legal Intern
• Dean Scholarship Recipient

Appointments and Committees

• Advisory Council for Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc. (www.nesfnj.org), May 2009
• Assignment Judge's Lawyers Committee for Minority Concerns, Middlesex County
• Board of Directors, Garden State Bar Association
• Chair, Young Lawyers and Associates Committee, Elder law Section - NJ State Bar Assocation
• Advisory Council, Retired Seniors Volunteer Program, Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc.
• Legal Redress Committee Co-Chair, NAACP Metuchen-Edison Area Branch

Community Involvement

• The Cathedral International - Perth Amboy, New Jersey
• NAACP Metuchen - Edison Branch
• Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Inc.

Speaking Engagements / Seminars Taught

• July 28, 2009 -- Estate Planning Seminar speaker, Wells Cathedral, Newark, NJ
• August 4, 2009 -- Elder Care Seminar speaker, Wells Cathedral, Newark, NJ
• August 13, 2009 -- Veterans Disability Benefits speaker, Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the NAACP, Edison, NJ
• September 18, 2009 -- Elder Care speaker, New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP,
  Somerset, NJ
• October 16, 2009 -- Speaker at the 3rd Annual Student Health law Conference sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Conference