Heather B. Poster - Milwaukee, WI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1999
    B.A.
    Honors: With Distinction
    Honors: Tommy E. Thompson Scholarship Recipient, 1995-1999
    Major: Behavioral Science, Law and History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Becker. Hickey & Poster, S.C., Clerk, 2001 - 2002
• Becker. Hickey & Poster, S.C., Associate Attorney, 2002 - 2008

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Pushing the Parameters of Support Orders as a Tool for Income Preservation in Medicaid Planning, 14th Annual Elder Law Workshop, State Bar of Wisconsin Elder Law Section, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, January 27, 2012
  
• Special Issues Related to WisPACT Trust I, (Co-Presenter Olivia Wong), Milwaukee Bar Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 28, 2012
  
• Ethical Issues Relating to WisPACT Trusts (Co-Presenter Roy Froemming, Peter Grosskopf), WisPACT, Inc and the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Madison, Wisconsin, March 30, 2012
  
• Third Party Special Needs Trusts, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 15, 2012
  
• Using Pooled and Special Needs Trusts for Medicaid Planning, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 18, 2012
  
• Overview of Disabled Adult Child Benefits, Milwaukee County Family Care and the Milwaukee Center for Independence, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 15, 2012
  
• Title 19 Planning and Use of Trusts, Milwaukee Paralegal Association Group, Associated Wealth Management, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 23, 2012
  
• Title 19/Medicaid Overview, Solo and Small Firm Conference, State Bar of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, October 27, 2012
  
• Practicing and Parenting, Solo and Small Firm Conference, State Bar of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, October 27, 2012
  
• Guardianship and Advance Directive: An Overview, Health ED, Brookfield Wisconsin, November 2, 2012
  
• Medicaid Planning for the Estate Lawyer, 34th Annual Estate Planning Update, State Bar of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, November 9, 2012
  
• Public Benefits You Should Know About, (Co-Presenter Sarah A.Burnett), 15th Annual Elder Law Workshop, Wisconsin NAELA, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, January 25, 2013
  
• Public Benefits You Should Know About, Milwaukee Bar Association CLE Presentation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 26, 2013
  
• Distribution Issues Related to WisPACT Trusts (Co-Presenter Rebecca Anderson, Eric DeGroot), WisPACT 3rd Annual CLE, Madison, Wisconsin, May 8, 2013
  
• Divestment and Best practices for Family Transfers, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2021 - Present
  
• Allowed Divestments: Best Practices, State Bar of Wi/Pinnacle, 2021 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• Medicaid Divestment, Attorney's Desk Reference, Chapter 20 (Co-Author With Margaret W.Hickey), State Bar of Wisconsin, Ongoing, 2007
  
• Medicaid, Advising Older Clients and Their Families (Co-Author With Dayna Lefebvre), State Bar of Wisconsin, Vol. 2, 2011
  
• "Title 19: Trials and Tribulations," Elder Law Journal, State Bar of Wisconsin Elder Law Section
  

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 2002
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2002

Other Affiliations

• Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2014 - Present
• Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2021 (Past Chair/Program Committee Co-Chair)
• Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2020 - 2021 (Chair/Program Committee Co-Chair)
• Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2019 - 2020 (Chair Elect/Program Committee Chair)
• Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2014 - 2019 (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin Elder and Special Needs Law Section, 2008 - Present
• State Bar of Wisconsin Elder and Special Needs Law Section, Advisor 2014-2017 and 2019-current
• State Bar of Wisconsin Elder and Special Needs Law Section, 2018 - 2019 (Past Chair)
• State Bar of Wisconsin Elder and Special Needs Law Section, 2017 - 2018 (Chair)
• State Bar of Wisconsin Elder and Special Needs Law Section, 2016 - 2017 (Chair Elect)
• State Bar of Wisconsin Elder and Special Needs Law Section, 2008 - 2013 (Member)
• Wisconsin Pooled and Community Trust Board of Directors, 2006-2014, 2019-current
• Wisconsin Pooled and Community Trust Board of Directors, 2019 - Present (Elder and Special Needs Law Section Liaison)
• Wisconsin Pooled and Community Trust Board of Directors, Chair 2013-2014, 2009-2010
• Wisconsin Pooled and Community Trust Board of Directors, Past Chair 2012-2013, 2008-2009
• Wisconsin Pooled and Community Trust Board of Directors, 2007 - 2008 (Treasurer)
• Wisconsin Pooled and Community Trust Board of Directors, 2006 - 2007 (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin Solo and Small Firm Conference Program Planning Committee, 2014 - 2017
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorney Special Needs and Pooler Trust Steering Committee, 2008 - 2011
• Milwaukee Bar Association Elder Law Section Program Chair, 2005 - 2008