Mark W. Dellinger
Practice Areas: Elder Law; Estate Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Guardianships; Estate and Trust Administration; Business Law; Guardian Ad Litem; Assisted Living and Nursing Home Planning, and Veterans Benefits Planning.
Mark Dellinger values family harmony and preserving hard-earned assets. His previous experience in litigation fuels his desire to help families and entities prepare for potential problems proactively and constructively. He loves what he does and strives to treat clients as he would want to be treated.
Admitted: 1994, Virginia.
Law School: University of Richmond, J.D., 1994.
University: University of Richmond, B.A., 1991.
Member:
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- Roanoke Valley Estate Planning Council
- Elder Law Section, Business Law Section, and Wills, Trusts & Estates Section of Virginia Bar Association
- Business Law Section and Trusts & Estates Section of Virginia State Bar
- Roanoke Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Alzheimer’s Association Regional Council
Awards:
Biography: Omicron Delta Kappa; Golden Key National Honor Society; National Moot Court Team; Order of the Barristers; Colonial Athletic Association Scholar Athlete; Eagle Scout.
Born: Newport News, Virginia, 1968.
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Articles by Mark Dellinger
On September 18, 2020, the Consumer Voice announced that effective September 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memo significantly easing visitation restrictions in nursing homes. The new guidance, which is effective immediately, permits outdoor visitation, indoor visitation, and compassionate care visits and lays out a framework for those visits. […]
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by Mark W. Dellinger Special needs trusts (sometimes called “supplemental needs” trusts) allow a disabled beneficiary to receive an inheritance, gifts, lawsuit settlements or other funds without losing eligibility for certain government benefit programs, such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid. We draft these trusts so that the funds are not treated as the […]
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Excerpt from “FinalCare: Boomers for Parents”, The Roanoker, January-February 2016. “Equitable is not always equal,” says Mark Dellinger of the Roanoke law firm of Rhodes, Butler & Dellinger, which specializes in family law. “People attach love to inheritance but sometimes one child makes a much great contribution to the life of the parent in the […]
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Video presentation by Mark Dellinger, April 9, 2014. “You and the Law: Aging With Dignity”, Roanoke Bar Association. View on Vimeo »
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by Mark W. Dellinger The phone call comes just before midnight. The voice on the other end explains that your mother fell and is in the hospital. Over the course of the next several days, you learn that Mom will need to rehabilitate her broken hip in a nearby long term care facility, a.k.a. nursing home. […]
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Mark Dellinger in the News
On September 18, 2020, the Consumer Voice announced that effective September 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memo significantly easing visitation restrictions in nursing homes. The new guidance, which is effective immediately, permits outdoor visitation, indoor visitation, and compassionate care visits and lays out a framework for those visits. […]
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November 30, 2019 — In its December issue, Virginia Business magazine named Rhodes, Butler & Dellinger partner Mark Dellinger to Virginia’s Legal Elite. Dellinger was one of only 24 attorneys in Virginia and one of two attorneys west of Lynchburg to be named to the Elder Law list for 2019.
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