Recognized both locally and nationally as a leading authority on planning and health care for the elderly, Mr. Feldman practices law in the Philadelphia area firm of Feldman & Feldman. He served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Temple University, Beasley School of Law from 2008 through 2014. He has been appointed as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the state of North Dakota to represent its Department of Human Services in the appeal of Geston v. Anderson, reported at 729 F.3d 1077 (8th Cir. 2013) and he is the former Executive Director of the Senior Citizens Judicare Project (now the SeniorLaw Center), a program established by the Philadelphia Bar Association.
He has served on the Advisory Panel for the National Institute on Aging’s Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) and on the Board of Directors of SeniorLaw Center where he served as Chair and Secretary. Mr Feldman currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association of Delaware Valley (where he formerly served as Vice President) and the Board of Directors of Federation Housing, Inc. of Philadelphia. He previously served as President of the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, and as Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Community Legal Services. He also formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) and the Long Term Care Advisory Board of the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA), the Philadelphia Area Agency on Aging. Mr. Feldman was the first chair of the Philadelphia Task Force on Elder Abuse and a draftor of the Pennsylvania Protection of the Elderly Act.