Top best Elder Law Lawyers Near me in ZIP 30341

We help clients with the legal and financial considerations associated with long-term care.  The legal planning typically includes estate and incapacity planning documents and reviewing ownership and beneficiaries of current assets.  The financial planning typically includes strateges for protecting assets and accessing helpful benefits to help pay for care.

Our law firm protects the investments that you and your family have worked a lifetime to accumulate.   We offer estate planning focusing on helping you achieve your legacy while minimizing taxes and administrative burdens on your family.  Our firm takes the time to understand your goals and create a plan to achieve those goals.. Special Needs Planning. Our special needs planning practice assists you in protecting a loved one with special needs.  We create a custom plan to ensure that your loved one with special needs can enjoy the benefit of gifts and inheritance, while still maintaining eligibility for public benefits.. Elder Law and Veteran Improved Pension. Our elder law practice allows seniors to have the maximum choices of care.  We focus on helping Veterans, and Widows/Widowers of Veterans, obtain improved pension from the VA.  The Veteran Improved Pension provides monthly tax free cash payments that can be used for any type of assistance the Veteran or Veteran’s Widow/Widower desires.. Medicaid Planning. Our Medicaid planning practice assists clients in protecting their assets from a future nursing home stay.  These protected assets can be used to pay for things that Medicaid does not cover, such as private rooms.. Call us today to schedule a free consultation to discover we can help you and your family be better protected for the future.

My experience as the son of two parents with big health challenges is what led me to the work I do today.   My mother has wrestled with Parkinson’s Disease for more than two decades.  My father suffered a major stroke in May 2001.  For many years, even as I tried to be a loving son to both of them, I began to notice  just how little I knew about the larger systems that were playing increasingly big roles in their daily lives- things like the ins and outs of Medicare’s Part D prescription drug program.  I was curious about how I could make their lives better by knowing more about these systems.  (I sometimes wished I could back in time and plan for the big changes in their lives, but absent a time machine, that just wasn’t possible.). Over time, as I learned more about how to meet their needs and as I grew into assuming more responsibilities (for my father in particular), I also learned that there were  entire legal specialties devoted to serving people whose needs were quite similar to theirs.  I soon found that I could pursue a career in the areas of elder law & the related area of special needs planning.  I had a great opportunity to turn some of the biggest challenges in my family’s experience into a source of strength and direction.. While at Georgia State University College of Law, I gained invaluable experience interning at the two senior-oriented divisions of Atlanta Legal Aid Society.  Atlanta Legal Aid’s Georgia Senior Legal Hotline trained me to provide quick advice on a broad range of legal issues facing aging Georgians, from consumer matters to landlord-tenant disputes to questions about public benefits.  The Senior Citizens Law Project  gave me the opportunity for more in-depth advocacy for a smaller number of clients, whose cases often involved probate issues, Medicare, and Social Security benefits.  After graduation from GSU Law, I was chosen from dozens of applicants nationwide as one of three 2010-2011 Borchard Foundation on Law & Aging fellows.  As a  Borchard fellow, I had the privilege of continuing to work for Atlanta Legal Aid Society, this time as an attorney.. After completing my fellowship, I launched my own private practice.  Today, I find great satisfaction in serving clients across Georgia who need help in the areas of elder law, estate planning, & special needs planning.

Miles Patrick Hurley, the founder of Hurley Elder Care Law, is an Elder Law attorney in Atlanta, serving the legal needs of the elderly population on issues related to aging; including retaining independence, quality of life and financial security. Mr. Hurley has over 30 years of legal experience and is one of only fourteen attorneys in the state of Georgia to earn the Elder Law Attorney Certification (CELA), and one of approximatelyide.

Kelley Napier is a partner at Georgia Estate & Elder Law, LLC, an Estate Planning and Elder Law firm in Atlanta. Kelley Napier holds the Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) designation from the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF), the only organization approved by the American Bar Association to offer certification in elder law. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, and the Stonewall Bar Association.. Kelley grew up in Gwinnett County and graduated from Oglethorpe University with a B.A. in Sociology and Social Work. Kelley earned her M.B.A. at Piedmont College. She graduated from Georgia State University College of Law with her JD.

I am an elder law and estate attorney and also am a registered mediator.  I enjoy assisting my clients and their families in maximizing quality of life under their given circumstances. As a veteran, I have a special interest in veterans advocacy work, particularly in dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs.  I am also an adjunct professor with Emory University's School of Law, teaching a course in Veteran's Law.

Elder and Special Needs Law is a highly specialized and fast growing area of the law. While a traditional law practice is focused primarily upon functional expertise in a narrower legal practice area, the Elder and Special Needs Law practice of Ruthann P. Lacey, P.C. is client-centered and focused on the unique legal needs of the elderly and their families and those individuals of all ages with special needs.. Elder Law and Special Needs Law pursue a more holistic approach: assisting our clients and their families with counsel across a broad range of issues affecting their quality of life and their futures.. Ruthann is a member of

David Paul Pollan has been practicingexclusively in the area of elder law and special needs issues affectingthe younger disabled community since 1990.. He is a member of theNational Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and has served the elder anddisabled communities through his work with AARP, Atlanta RegionalCommittee Aging Services Board, the Senior Citizens' Law Project, theElder Law Committee of the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia CommunityTrust and Weinstein Hospice. He is also a member of the GeorgiaElderCare Network, a statewide alliance of professionals assistingGeorgia families to plan and deal with the issues of aging.. The Pollan Law Firm is uniquely qualified to assist the elder andyounger disabled with eligibility in all classes of Medicaid includingNursing Home Medicaid and the waivered, home and community basedprograms such as the Independent Care Waiver, Community Care, and theDeeming Waiver.

Danielle Cefalu Humphrey joined Hurley Elder Care Law in 2010 as an attorney specializing in the field of Guardianship/Conservatorship. She attended Louisiana State University and graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Orleans with a B.A. in Communications. Danielle is also a cum laude graduate of Tulane University School of Law.. Danielle was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in 1990 and the Georgia State Bar in 2010. In Louisiana she practiced extensively in the area of commercial litigation and employment law for a large New Orleans firm and then as In-House Counsel for a privately held company. In addition, she taught Constitutional Law at a New Orleans area private school. Danielle is one of only 12 Attorneys in the State of Georgia to have earned the distinction of Certified Elder Law Attorneys (CELA).. Danielle lives in Atlanta with husband, Larry Humphrey. Danielle has two sons, Ross Cefalu, who is a recent graduate of Georgia Tech and Trevor Cefalu, who is a 2019 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Presently, Danielle is a volunteer with JC&FS ‘s One Good Deed Program. She has served on the Board of ELM in Marietta and as Vice President and President of the Georgia Chapter of NAELA. Her hobbies include gardening, hiking with her husband and anything Peloton.

Bernard V. Kearse, III, graduated from Wofford College in 1972, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  Mr. Kearse received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1976, where he served as an editor for the South Carolina Law Review, and received a master’s degree in Estate Planning from the University of Miami in 1977. Prior to starting his own firm, he practiced with national law firms and served as the Employee Benefits Counsel for a Fortune 200 company with approximately 30,000 employees worldwide.. A member of the Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina, Virginia and American Bar Associations, Mr. Kearse’s firm has been recognized since 2006 in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.  He is also a  Lifetime Fellow of The American Bar Foundation (ABF), an organization limited to 1/3 of 1% of the attorneys in America.  Founded in 1955, the Fellows of the ABF is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges and law professors whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.. His experience includes designing and drafting wills and trust documents associated with estate planning and elder law, designing and drafting pension, deferred compensation, severance, self-funded medical and other benefit plans (including ESOPs), and representation of clients regarding formation of limited liability companies.

Admitted to practice law in Georgia since 1994, Daniel D. Munster has invested more than twenty-five years assisting Georgians with various Eldercare, Special Needs, and traditional Estate Planning matters. While his main office is located in Atlanta, Georgia, the firm provides representation to clients across the state without regard to geographic location. When distance presents a challenge, meeting at a satellite office or via video conference is possible.. The opportunity to care for an aging or disabled loved one can be an incredible blessing, yet can also present a minefield fraught with pitfalls for those lacking a comprehensive estate / long-term care plan consisting of the ideal asset structure and legal documents (Wills, Trusts, General Powers of Attorney and/or Medical Directives). Whether the client is adapting their estate in crisis mode because nursing home care is needed in real time or implementing a plan preemptively, Mr. Munster’s goal is always to provide effective and easily understood advice leading to the client’s objective. While the firm offers assistance with traditional estate planning matters, many of Mr. Munster's cases involve long-term care planning and asset protection via nursing home Medicaid and/or VA long-term care benefits.. Mr. Munster's ethical and compassionate approach to the practice of law has earned favorable recognition within the legal community. For example, Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Mr. Munster its highest peer review rating (AV Preeminent) every year since 2005. Atlanta Magazine has named him a SuperLawyer® each year since 2007. Best Lawyers in America® has included Mr. Munster in its rankings (Elder Law / Trusts & Estates) in 2019 and 2020. Finally, U.S. News & World Report ranked Mr. Munster’s law firm among Georgia’s “Tier 1 – Best Law Firms” in the recently released 10th Edition (2020) of their prestigious annual rankings.

A native of Cherokee County, Jennifer Ghorley joined Hurley Elder Care Law as an attorney in 2018. Jennifer graduated from The University of Alabama with a B.S. in Psychology. She attended Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama, where she earned her J.D., as well as her LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution.. While in law school, Jennifer participated in the Mediation Clinic where she mediated civil cases in district courts working to facilitate the negotiations of adverse parties and help to settle disputes through alternative dispute resolution. Jennifer also participated in Faulkner Law’s Elder Law Clinic, gaining experience serving families in the community and igniting her passion for Elder Law.. Prior to joining Hurley Elder Care Law, Jennifer practiced at a small private firm in her hometown of Canton, Georgia, working as a law clerk and later as an associate attorney representing clients in the areas of criminal law and estate planning.. Jennifer lives in Canton with her husband. She is an avid Alabama Crimson Tide football fan and enjoys cooking and spending time with family and friends in her free time.. Jennifer is the current Secretary of the Georgia Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a member of the Blue Ridge Bar Association (the bar association for Cherokee County).