Donald M. McHugh
Donald M. McHugh is a
founding and senior
partner of McHugh & Macri, Esqs. in East Hanover which was
established in 1978. He received his undergraduate business
and accounting degree
from Seton Hall University and graduated cum laude from
Seton Hall University School of Law and has
privately practiced since his admission to the bar in 1973.
His prior background is in
real estate, land use planning and zoning, and municipal law as
township and planning board attorney until he became a
Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) in 1997. His
current practice addresses medical spend down and asset
preservation planning to provide for the supplemental needs
of the elder client as well as probate and Medicaid
litigation.
Don is a member of the
National
Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; 2005-2006 Chair of the
500 member Elder/Disability Law Section of the
New Jersey
State Bar Association; Chair of subcommittees on NJ Medicaid
regulation compliance; assisted living facility regulations
and nationwide annuity litigation. He is a frequent author
and lecturer on elder/disability law to public and
charitable organizations and to professional legal and
accounting societies, including the
NJ Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the annual seminar for
Administrative Law Judges on Medicaid issues. He is a
co-author of pending legislation in the State Senate and
Assembly to establish disability trusts. He is admitted to
practice in New Jersey and the Federal Courts, including the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. McHugh has extensive
experience in Medicaid law litigation from Fair
Hearing through Appellate Division appeals, including the
Johnson v. Guhl case through the Federal
level; achieved a landmark NJ ruling
In re Labis (1998) to permit guardians to conduct
Medicaid planning; assisted fellow counsel to expand
the Labis authority to non-spousal cases in
In re Kero (2003) and overturned State payback requirement on commercial annuities
(2005).
Mr. McHugh 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. He's a member of the
State
and
County Bar Association.
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