Brestel Law provides specialized elder law services to Colorado residents, explaining that elder law encompasses numerous legal areas related to the elderly including estate planning, long-term care, retirement, healthcare, guardianship, wills, trusts, and probate. Their attorneys help clients create essential legal documents and explain how laws apply to nursing homes and grandchild visitation rights. The firm traces elder law’s foundations to the 1965 Older Americans Act and subsequent state laws that established protections for seniors. Their estate planning services assist clients in creating clear, legally sound wills that withstand challenges and help avoid contested probate proceedings. The practice offers expertise in various trust options including revocable, irrevocable, tax planning, disability, and charitable trusts. Brestel Law also helps clients establish three types of power of attorney documents—financial/general, medical, and limited—and navigate guardianship and conservatorship proceedings for those with physical or mental issues preventing independent decision-making. Their comprehensive approach ensures that seniors maintain control over healthcare decisions, protect their assets, and provide for loved ones according to their wishes.
Elder Law Attorneys
O’Flaherty Law’s Tinley Park elder law and Medicaid planning attorneys operate from 16860 Oak Park Ave., Unit 201D, Tinley Park, IL 60477. Their experienced team offers affordable and comprehensive senior planning services, providing peace of mind for clients preparing financial matters to meet their family’s needs. The firm specializes in Medicaid planning strategies that allow clients to be eligible for assistance with long-term care without depleting their assets. They explain life estate deeds and irrevocable trusts as tools to prevent Medicaid from seizing assets upon death while still qualifying for care assistance. Their attorneys thoroughly explain the Medicaid 5-Year Look Back Period, which delays eligibility when certain assets are transferred to family members, and discuss allowable transfers that don’t incur Medicaid penalties. The firm also guides clients in establishing good estate plans with tools like revocable living trusts to avoid costly probate court, trusts and wills to appoint executors and trustees, healthcare property powers and powers of attorney to prevent guardian proceedings, and living wills for end-of-life decisions. For elder law assistance in Tinley Park, contact them at (708) 894-3030.
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Mid-America Law Practice, LLC, located at 100 Chesterfield Bus. Pkwy, Suite 200, Chesterfield, MO 63005, provides specialized elder law services for senior citizens and their families. With life expectancy in the United States continuously rising and an increasing percentage of older Americans living into their 80s and 90s, the firm recognizes that older citizens have unique legal needs spanning several practice areas. Their elder law attorneys focus on client-specific concerns rather than particular case types, offering legal guidance for present challenges and future planning. Services include asset preservation, long-term care and Medicaid planning, guardianship establishment, elder abuse claims, and special needs planning. The firm advises clients to plan ahead for nursing home care, noting that the average monthly cost in Missouri exceeds $9,000—a sum that can rapidly deplete financial resources. With proper planning strategies, their attorneys help preserve these resources while ensuring Medicaid approval. Their elder law team emphasizes that home ownership protections can allow spouses to continue living in the home during nursing home care, with strategic planning essential to protect the home from Medicaid claims after death. Contact them at 314-818-8807.
Fleming & Curti, PLC, located at 1745 E River Rd. #101, Tucson, AZ 85718 (520-622-0400), offers specialized fiduciary services alongside traditional estate planning, probate, guardianship, and trust administration. The firm and several individual staff members hold fiduciary licenses issued by the Arizona Supreme Court, allowing them to serve as trustee, personal representative, conservator, guardian, and agent under power of attorney. For living individuals, their fiduciary services include facilitating bill payments, preparing income tax returns, monitoring living arrangements, assisting with caretakers and transportation, and managing accounts—all while maintaining client privacy and dignity. Their 24-hour on-call case manager provides essential peace of mind. After death, their 20+ staff members efficiently collect assets, pay creditors, and distribute property to heirs or beneficiaries. The firm charges reasonable hourly or percentage-based fees for these services and works collaboratively with clients’ existing estate planning attorneys. Fleming & Curti offers free consultations to help clients find the right fiduciary fit, providing names of alternate local fiduciaries if needed.
The Elderlaw Firm in Greensboro, North Carolina, specializes in Medicaid planning strategies using annuities to help protect assets when a spouse enters a nursing home. Their elder law attorneys explain that this approach leverages three key facts: cash can be converted into an annuity providing future income over a specific period; while the spouse needing care faces strict income and asset limits, the well spouse has no income cap; and gifts between spouses aren’t penalized for Medicaid purposes. This strategy allows the healthy spouse to purchase an annuity with the couple’s assets, generating income while helping the institutionalized spouse qualify for benefits. However, the firm emphasizes that annuity planning isn’t simple—payments must be completed before the end of the well spouse’s life expectancy, and the state generally must be named as primary beneficiary if the healthy spouse dies first. Additional regulations govern transfer, revocation, payment terms, and monthly distribution amounts. The firm recommends consulting with an experienced North Carolina elder law attorney for successful Medicaid planning. Contact: (336) 378-1122.
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Evans Law Firm operates from offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, where attorney Ingrid M. Evans specializes in elder law matters including financial elder abuse, annuity fraud, and nursing home abuse. The firm highlights California’s rapidly aging population, with projections showing the state’s elderly population nearly doubling from 4.3 million in 2010 to 8.4 million by 2030, primarily driven by aging Baby Boomers. Their comprehensive guide explains that California leads in enacting aggressive legislation against elder abuse through both criminal and civil laws. On the criminal side, Penal Code Section 368 addresses physical, financial, and emotional elder abuse as a wobbler offense chargeable as either felony or misdemeanor. The firm details civil protections under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, which provides appropriate civil remedies for victims, creates mandatory reporting requirements, and allows enhanced damages in certain cases. For financial elder abuse involving unfair or deceptive practices, Civil Code Section 3345 permits courts to award up to three times normal damages. The firm handles complex litigation involving financial elder abuse, physical abuse, and fiduciary abuse matters.
The Law Offices of David M. Goldman serves clients in Baltimore and Towson, Maryland from their office at 600 Reisterstown Rd, Suite 605 in Baltimore. As an experienced elder law attorney, David Goldman specializes in helping seniors manage their accounts and property as their abilities decline. The firm creates and adapts estate plans specifically designed to prepare for incapacity and long-term care, making important decisions in advance that ensure the right people can make the right decisions at the appropriate time. Their elder law practice encompasses real estate matters, healthcare planning, and financial provisions for aging clients. Attorney Goldman offers free initial consultations, flexible appointment availability, and the opportunity to speak directly with an attorney rather than support staff. The practice addresses critical elder law components including employment discrimination, social security benefits, VA benefits, planning for long-term healthcare in nursing facilities, and establishing protective measures for mental incompetence. Services extend to powers of attorney, living wills, and asset protection strategies designed to shield savings from taxation and long-term nursing care costs. Call (410) 826-6406 to schedule a consultation.
Scott M. Solkoff leads Solkoff Legal from 2605 West Atlantic Avenue, Suite A-103, Delray Beach, Florida 33445, providing comprehensive elder law services focusing on estate preservation planning for senior citizens needing long-term care. With a mission to help aging citizens afford nursing home or assisted-living care without spending life savings, the firm specializes in Medicaid planning, asset protection, and elder law. Their experienced attorneys, including Scott Solkoff, Andrea C. D’Addario, and Brandon Arkin, assist clients with completing Medicaid forms while ensuring elderly individuals aren’t financially exploited. The practice addresses crucial elder law issues including Medicaid eligibility planning, asset protection, guardianship, conservatorship, and protection against elder abuse and financial exploitation. Their comprehensive approach helps clients navigate the maze of government benefit systems, long-term care options, and estate preservation strategies. Solkoff Legal takes special interest in helping seniors protect their hard-earned savings from long-term care costs. For consultations regarding elder law concerns, clients can call (561) 733-4242 or fax documents to (561) 733-4232.
Located at 516-683-1717, Russo Law Group serves Brooklyn seniors and their families with a comprehensive elder law practice designed to address long-term care needs. Established 40 years ago, the firm offers personalized guidance on care options including home care, assisted living, and nursing facilities. Their Medicaid planning services help clients qualify while protecting homes, savings, and income, whether planning ahead or facing care crises. For those with excess income, the firm establishes Pooled Income Trusts that maintain Medicaid eligibility while supporting monthly needs. Veterans and surviving spouses receive assistance with VA Aid and Attendance benefit eligibility and applications. Their trust and estate services protect legacies through carefully crafted plans tailored to family needs, addressing nursing home neglect issues such as bedsores, medication errors, and inadequate staffing. With a multidisciplinary team of attorneys, care advocates, and support staff, they employ a compassionate approach providing representation across Brooklyn including Bay Ridge, Park Slope, Sheepshead Bay and Williamsburg. Virtual consultations offer convenient access to their expertise.
Brandon L. Campbell leads North Shore Planning’s elder law practice from 100 Cummings Center, Suite 542-K, Beverly, MA 01915, specializing in addressing the unique legal challenges facing older adults. His firm helps families navigate difficult conversations about elder care facilities, caregivers, and healthcare decisions, providing clarity when concerns arise about what’s best for aging loved ones. Campbell offers comprehensive elder law services including specialized estate planning for seniors, establishing powers of attorney to designate decision-making authority, creating healthcare proxies for end-of-life care, developing asset protection strategies against long-term care costs, and navigating MassHealth (Medicaid) applications for nursing home coverage. When necessary, he also handles guardianship and conservatorship petitions for incapacitated loved ones, ensuring trusted individuals can make healthcare and financial decisions on their behalf. The firm emphasizes that elder law extends beyond paperwork to addressing emotional aspects of aging and family dynamics. With specialized knowledge in public benefits and advance planning, Campbell provides compassionate guidance for seniors and their families navigating life’s later chapters.