Heather B. Poster
Work in Becker, Hickey & Poster, S.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Estate Planning, Family Law
222 E. Erie Street, Suite 320, Milwaukee, WI 53202
About Heather B. Poster
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Family Law
Education
- Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1999B.A.
- Major: Behavioral Science, Law and History
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: Tommy E. Thompson Scholarship Recipient, 1995-1999
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
Qualifications
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
Past Positions
- Becker. Hickey & Poster, S.C., Clerk, 2001 - 2002
- Becker. Hickey & Poster, S.C., Associate Attorney, 2002 - 2008
Articles
Published Works
- 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
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