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Profiles

Nancy Heslin Reading - Attorney

Admitted to practice in New Jersey, 2001; United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2002; United States Supreme Court, 2006

 

Law School

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2001

Presidential Scholar, 1998-99, Faculty Scholar, 2000-2001

 

Prior Education

Yale University, M.Div. ‘81

Hampshire College - B.A., ‘76

State of Connecticut Scholar

 

Of Note

2024 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award, from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law; 2024 AV Martindale Hubble Rating; 2023 Community Choice Award Finalist in Estate Planning; 2013 Vivere Christus Award; 2009 Law Day Award Winner; 2001-2002 Law Clerk, Appellate Division, Honorable Lorraine Parker, J.A.D.; 2001 Judicial Intern, the Honorable Katharine Sweeney Hayden, U.S.D.J.; 1999-2001 Seton Hall Legislative Law Journal; 1999 Law Clerk, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Jersey.

 

Memberships:

Sussex County Bar Association (President, 2013-2014)

Sussex County Bar Association Probate Committee (Chair, 2013 to present)

Sussex County Judicial and Prosecutorial Due Diligence Committee (Chair, 2014 to present)

SCARC Guardianship Services Board (2014 to present)

Newton Medical Center Bioethics Committee – (2007 to 2021)

National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (2007 to present)

New Jersey State Bar Association, Real Property, Estate and Trust Section and Elder and Disability Law Section (2002 to present).

 

 

STAFF

 

Lisa Reidinger – B.S., Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Certified Social Worker

Lisa comes to the Reading Law Firm after a long career administering senior services at Valley View Care Center in Newton, Knoll View in Sparta, Regency Grande Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dover, and most recently, Barn Hill Care Center in Newton. In varied settings Lisa has advocated for the residents and arranged for discharge plans, homecare services, hospice care, and assist with all insurance issues. At the same time Lisa was providing support to new admissions and their families and serving as a liason between the families and the facility. Lisa at all times has kept abreast of regulatory changes in senior services at the county, state and federal level. At the Reading Law Firm Lisa oversees Medicaid applications, guardianships and long term care planning.