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JENNIFER FINLAYSON is vice president of Hank Racette, Inc., who specializes in long-term care insurance. As a broker, she offers many different products with various companies. Ms. Finlayson is certified as a long-term care professional by the Health Insurance Association of America, as well as being a certified senior advisor and a licensed life and health agent from New Mexico. She has spoken for the New Mexico Estate Planning Council and to various professional offices in Albuquerque on her areas of knowledge. Ms. Finlayson wrote Long-Term Care Crisis, which can be found in many law offices and long-term care related agencies in Albuquerque. She is a member of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (charter member), the Society of Certified Senior Advisors and the Health Insurance Association of America. GAELLE D. McCONNELL is an attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her main areas of practice are almost exclusively contested and uncontested probate matters, guardianship/conservatorship, estate planning and business planning. She graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of New Mexico and earned her J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of New Mexico. Ms. McConnell is admitted to practice in New Mexico and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. She is a member of the Albuquerque and American bar associations as well as the State Bar of New Mexico (member, Elder Law and Real Property Section and Probate and Trust Section). Ms. McConnell is a member and director of the Estate Planning Council. She is a former chair of the advisory committee for the Lawyer Referral for the Elderly program and former President and board member of Law Access New Mexico. Ms. McConnell was the managing attorney of the Client-Attorney Assistance Program of the State Bar. Currently, she is a member of the Client Relations Committee and a Supreme Court appointee to the Client Protection Fund Commission of the State Bar. Additionally, Ms. McConnell serves on various committees and boards within the community. She frequently speaks on legal ethics, law office management, probate, estate planning and business entity topics. Ms. McConnell was recently elected to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Trusts and Estates. RICHARD D. STOOPS is an attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his practice areas include general civil practice, domestic relations and probate. He earned his B.A. degree from Brown University and his J.D. degree from the University of New Mexico. SUSAN K. TOMITA is a sole practitioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she practices in the areas of estate planning and elder law. She earned her B.A. degree from Stanford University and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Santa Clara Law School. Ms. Tomita is admitted to practice in New Mexico and California. She is a former chairperson of the Elder Law Section of the State Bar of New Mexico, served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer's Association and Friends in Time (serving persons with multiple sclerosis and Lou Gehrig's disease), and served on the State Bar of New Mexico's Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services to Persons with Disabilities. Ms. Tomita is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section), the New Mexico Estate Planning Council, the Academy of Special Needs Planners and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She co-wrote the Handbook for Guardians and Conservators: A Practical Guide to New Mexico Law and Alternatives to Guardianships and Conservatorships, both published by the New Mexico Attorney General's Office. Ms. Tomita is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
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