Beth Lauren Barnhard

Beth L. Barnhard concentrates her practice in elder and disability law, which includes Medicaid applications and administrative Fair Hearings, asset preservation planning, guardianships, protective arrangements, estate planning, estate administration, and estate litigation.

Beth graduated cum laude from Ithaca College, where she received departmental honors in Anthropology. She received a Specialty Certificate in American Sign Language Interpreting from Union County College, and is proficient in American Sign Language. Beth received her law degree from Western New England University School of Law.

Before attending law school, Beth worked as a rehabilitation aide and staff interpreter at a psychiatric vocational rehabilitation center, where she taught work skills and appropriate work behaviors to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, individuals with developmental disabilities, and those with multiple diagnoses. She also worked as a freelance American Sign Language interpreter for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind. Beth received training as a Support Service Provider for the Deaf-Blind, from the Commission of the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Helen Keller National Center

Beth is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and the Guardianship Association of New Jersey. She has presented on elder law issues at various ICLE elder law programs.