Rise P. Newman has extensive experience representing clients in areas of estate planning, estate administration, trust administration, guardianships, and issues arising when planning for Medicaid. Rise concentrates her practice on all areas of planning (wills, powers of attorney, advance directives, trust agreements, Medicaid issues) and elder planning (Medicaid issues, guardianships) as well as in beneficiary representation, estate administration, and trust administration.
Rise is an active member in many professional and civic organizations. She co-chairs the Elder Law Committee for the Probate Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. After receiving an appointment from the Orphans Court of Philadelphia to serve as a guardian for an incapacitated person, she realized the need for a guardianship manual and spearheaded a project, to assemble the first guardianship manual for the county of Philadelphia. Rise is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and American Bar Associations as well as the prestigious Philadelphia Estate Planning Council. Rise is also an observer to the board of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society.
Rise also enjoys antiquing and cooking with her husband, Richard, also a lawyer, and relishes her involvement with her young adult step-children and their dog, Dusty. Rise enjoys travel, classical music, and talking with her clients about their lives, goals, and concerns. A true problem solver, Rise takes her client's worries and concerns seriously and helps them reach a positive solution.
AFFILIATIONS
- Philadelphia Bar Association - Co-Chair, Guardianship Manual Committee
- Philadelphia Bar Association - Executive Committee
- Philadelphia Estate Planning Council - Board of Directors
- Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations - Member
- The Lawyers' Club of Philadelphia - Member
- Philadelphia Bar Associations - Former Co-Chair Elder Law Committee (2007-2009)
PRESENTATIONS
Presenter – National Business Institute, August 12, 2008, Two Segments:
- Foundations of Estate Administration Defined
- Consideration for Collecting the Assets, Preparing the Inventory and Handling Claims Against the Estate
- Initiating the Probate Process
- Basic Tax Matters
Frishberg, Husain, Newman, and Wilusz, How Ethical is Your Compensation?, Philadelphia Estate Planning Council (Newsletter, Vol. XV, No.3, Spring 2006)
Co-Chair, Guardianship Manual Project. Philadelphia County Guardianship Manual expected publication date: January 2010
Contact Us
Law Offices of Rise P. Newman, LLC
1515 Market Street
Suite 1540
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: (215) 670-0055
Fax: (215) 569-0853
Rise P. Newman, Esq. E-Mail: rise@risenewmanlaw.com
Administrator E-Mail: amanda@risenewmanlaw.com