Areas of Practice

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

• New Jersey, 2008
• Pennsylvania, 2008
• US District Court, District of NJ, 2008
• US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 2008

Memberships

• New Jersey Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Union County Bar Association
• Garden State Bar Association
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• National Bar Association

Noteworthy Achievements and Awards

• Accredited Attorney with the Veteran's Administration
• 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

• 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
• 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

• June 24, 2010 – Fundamentals of Medicare and Medicaid, Seminar speaker, Cathedral International, Perth Amboy, NJ
• May 16, 2010 – Estate Planning for Young Adults, Seminar speaker, Cathedral International, Perth Amboy, NJ
• May 13, 2010 – Ask A Lawyer Day: Elder Care Planning, Speaker, Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the NAACP, Edison, NJ
• April 22, 2010 – The Transfer of Excluded Assets, Seminar speaker, Elder Law Retreat, Cape May, NJ
• April 12-13, 2010 – Importance of Estate Planning, Presenter, Safe Harbor Leadership and Clergy Health Symposium, Drew University, Madison, NJ
• October 16, 2009 -- Careers in Elder Law,Speaker, American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics: 3rd Annual Student Health Law Conference, Newark, NJ
• September 18, 2009 -- Legal Redress Workshop: Elder Care, New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP, Somerset, NJ
• August 13, 2009 -- Ask A Lawyer Day, Veterans Disability Benefits, panelist, Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the NAACP, Edison, NJ
• August 4, 2009 -- Elder Care Planning, Seminar speakers, Wells Cathedral, Newark, NJ
• July 28, 2009 -- Estate Planning for Seniors, Seminar speaker, Wells Cathedral, Newark, NJ