Top Elder Law Lawyers Near Me in Texarkana Area

Raised in South Texas, John Ross graduated from San Marcos High School.  He followed that with four years as a United States Marine, serving as an infantry squad leader with First Battalion Seventh Marines.  Immediately after, John attended Texas State University and completed a Bachelors in Business Administration with a major in Accounting.  From undergraduate, John went to Texas Tech Law School where he again graduated with honors.  Since graduating from law school, John has had a distinguished legal career handling sophisticated matters for a wide range of clients. John has published articles on Elder Law and has been featured on radio, television and national publications like the Wall Street Journal.  John is also the host of the Aging Insight radio and television programs.Currently, John devotes his expertise to assisting individuals with their estate planning and elder law needs.  He is licensed to practice in Texas and Arkansas and before the United States Tax Court and the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.  John is also an accredited Veterans Affairs attorney, a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Judge Advocate for the American Legion and a member of the board of directors for the Alzheimer's Alliance.

Lisa Shoalmire is an Elder Law attorney practicing in Texas and Arkansas.  She holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate and a Masters in Taxation, in addition to her law degree.. Lisa is a founding partner in the firm of Ross & Shoalmire, LLP which began in 2005 and specializes in the specific legal needs of seniors and special needs individuals and their families.  Lisa is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and serves her community as a member of the Board of Directors for Opportunities, Inc. and the Texarkana Area Community Foundation.. Lisa speaks frequently on topics of interest to seniors and parents and family of special needs individuals.

Ben’s extensive legal background brings a unique and informed perspective to the Ross & Shoalmire team. After graduating from Baylor Law School, Ben immediately began working at one of the nation’s premier plaintiff litigation firms – Nix, Patterson & Roach. Ben practiced in state and federal courts throughout the country representing a wide-range of individual and corporate clients in matters involving catastrophic personal injury litigation, sophisticated multi-party patent infringement matters, and complex product liability matters cases. His experience with settlement and resolution of high-stakes complex litigation matters brings unique insight into Ross & Shoalmire’s asset protection, estate, and corporate formation planning.. Ben’s passion for the law centers on helping individuals in their time of need. There is no better way for him to do so than at Ross & Shoalmire by assisting individuals of all ages protect their health and assets and care for their family’s unique needs. Ben regularly helps individuals and families in the following areas:. - Asset Protection - safeguarding individual’s personal and financial assets through individualized asset protection planningCorporate entity formation - providing liability protection and accomplishing other financial goals. - Estate planning - ensuring assets and life savings are preserved during an individual’s lifetime and efficiently transferred to planned beneficiaries. - Probate – serving as counsel for executors and individuals probating estates of loved ones who have passed. - Guardianships (both contested and uncontested) – assisting individuals seeking to help loved ones obtain the and medical care and financial assistance needed when they can no longer care for those matters themselves. - Advance Medicaid planning and Medicaid applications – conserving and securing assets from the often oppressive costs of long term care. - Special needs planning - ensuring an appropriate quality of life for disabled individuals and others facing unique life circumstances.. Ben also speaks to civic and community groups throughout Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas on a variety of elder law and asset protection issues. He has also co-hosted the Aging Insight radio program.. Ben’s roots are grounded in Northeast Texas. He was born and raised in Pittsburg, Texas and he returned to the area when he moved to Texarkana after graduating from Texas A&M University – College Station and Baylor Law School. While pursuing his degrees in Business Management and his law degree, Ben excelled both academically and in other areas of college. Ben was a member of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, and prestigious Ross Volunteer Company (a special unit in the Corps of Cadets serving as the official honor guard for the Governor of the State of Texas). Ben’s success outside of the classroom continued at Baylor. Ben was selected as the outstanding advocate in the Bob & Karen Wortham Mock Trial Competition, was a member of the Order of the Barristers, served as an Articles Editor for the Baylor Law Review and an Editor of the Texas Practice and Procedure edition of the Baylor Law Review, and was selected by Prof. Gerald Powell to serve as his evidence assistant for the esteemed Baylor Law School Practice Court curriculum.