The difference between an Elder Law Attorney and an Estate Planning Attorney can be quite substantial. An Estate Planning Attorney traditionally focuses on dealing with what happens to a client after the client passes away. They would often deal with avoiding probate, minimizing estate taxes and distributing assets to the client’s loved ones. As the client wanted them to be distributed – to name a few.
However, Elder Law Attorneys not only focus on estate planning issues (a very important part of elder law) but they also deal with issues that face clients during their lives. An Elder Law Attorney will help protect assets for a client if there is ever an incapacity issue. Elder Law Attorneys will often deal with Medicaid issues, Veterans’ Benefits, Special needs counseling and Long Term Care Issues – to name a few.
Elder Law Attorney Jim Thomas
Law Office of Carol Thomas
Saginaw, Michigan
