Karen C Buck

March 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Guardianship can be an important tool for helping to care for vulnerable individuals who need assistance when they lose capacity to make certain decisions for themselves. But guardianship must and should be, by law, the last resort.

By Karen C. Buck and Valerie Snow

8 minute read

January 07, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Women, Native Americans, Black and brown voters, those with limited English, the disabled, older Americans: all have been historically disenfranchised. This most basic American right has so often been at dire risk throughout our history.

By Karen C. Buck

8 minute read

September 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia's own SeniorLAW Center and AARP are developing an innovative partnership that will use the power of the city's legal community to improve the lives of senior veterans, elder abuse victims, and grandparents raising grandchildren, far too many of whom face poverty or other challenges.

By Karen C. Buck and Nora Dowd Eisenhower

8 minute read

June 24, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ray White is 91 years old, a World War II veteran who served as a first lieutenant with the Ninth Air Force and carried paratroopers to the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he became a stockbroker and lived at the Dorchester on Rittenhouse Square for 25 years.

By Karen C. Buck

18 minute read

April 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Under the leadership of its highest court, Pennsylvania is breaking ground in a field of national importance: elder justice.

By Karen C. Buck

8 minute read

April 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Under the leadership of its highest court, Pennsylvania is breaking ground in a field of national importance: elder justice.

By Karen C. Buck

8 minute read

May 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the spring of 2013, a 75-year-old Korean War veteran living in a house with no heat, no kitchen and a faulty roof contacted us at the SeniorLAW Center for help. The home of "Mr. Jay" of 29 years had been severely damaged due to fire, and the two contractors he had hired to perform the repairs took his $22,000, performed little work and disappeared. Jay had been injured in the fire and suffered from memory loss as a result of his injuries. To make matters worse, he had been defrauded by a friend who stole his ATM card and illegally withdrew over $1,500 from his account--his remaining life savings. What legal avenues exist for a senior citizen with no funds to be made whole again?

By Karen C. Buck and Dana N. Goldberg

9 minute read

March 25, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

In July 1965 in Washington, D.C., President Lyndon B. Johnson envisioned a nation that "no longer will ... refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this progressive country."

By Karen C. Buck

7 minute read

January 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania House has passed and the Senate is poised to vote on HB 934, amending state election law. Commonly known as the "Voter ID legislation," requiring all voters to produce photo ID each time they vote, this legislation will have a profound impact on our most fundamental right as Americans, posing significant questions as to who will be allowed to exercise their right to vote — and who will not.

By Karen C. Buck

9 minute read

October 24, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Imagine that you are one of the 80,000-plus grandparents in Pennsylvania raising your grandchild, permanently or temporarily, because your child faced a chronic illness, had a substance abuse problem, was incarcerated or had died young due to an accident or other tragedy.

By Karen C. Buck and Katherine G. Weiss

6 minute read