Financial and Legal

The Family Elder Law Firm is dedicated to assisting the elderly and their families with the challenges that accompany aging. Whether it is Medicaid Crisis Nursing Home Planning, attempting to proactively plan so one does not need to reside in a nursing home, planning for a loved one with special needs, or contemplating the future and how to leave a legacy for the family, our Family Elder Law team prides itself on uniquely providing quality counsel and legal services while doing so in an understandable and compassionate manner.    

Lake Wales Office 122 East Tillman Avenue Lake Wales, Florida 33853 Phone: 863-676-8432 Sebring Office 245 US Hwy. 27 N Sebring, Florida 33870 Phone: 863-658-3506 Lakeland Office 5908 Hillside Heights Drive Lakeland, Florida 33812 Phone: 863-676-8432

Darby Law Group is committed to serving the legal needs of the elderly and their families. The firm provides estate planning and other legal services to persons of all ages with a special interest in those issues which affect the elderly and their families. A focus on the estate planning, and public benefits needs of individuals and their families enables the firm to be particularly sensitive to the stresses and hardships that these individuals and families confront on a daily basis.

The Elder Law Firm of Clements & Wallace, P.L. is dedicated to serving the legal needs of senior Floridians. We strive to provide accurate and current legal advice to seniors and their families in a professional and sensitive manner. Our firm is unique in that all attorneys in the firm concentrate their practice in the field of elder law.  Our attorneys have many decades of combined experience in resolving the types of legal problems that seniors and their families face.  Our clients benefit from the shared knowledge and experience of our team.   Our broad practice areas usually meet all of our clients’ legal needs, providing the convenience of a “one stop shop”. We often represent individuals and families over extended periods of time through many important life events and changes. From traditional estate planning, to planning for long-term care through asset protection to qualifying for Medicaid benefits, VA benefits or other government assistance programs, we can meet your needs.  We work with families of the incapacitated and with families in administering estates, trusts and wills.   Feel free to contact us for an appointment to answer your questions giving you the peace of mind you deserve.

The Tessier Law Firm’s mission is to empower our clients to take charge of their most challenging life transitions. We provide empathetic legal counseling services for Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Probate and Administration of Estates, Elder Law and Long-Term Care Planning. We are located in Winter Haven and proudly serve all of Central Florida, including Polk, DeSoto, Hardee, and Highland counties.   What sets us apart? We strive to proactively build strong, long-term relationships to help families through their journeys over time. We provide customized, proactive, and thorough life, estate, and asset protection – not just as a one-time document producer, but a trusted, compassionate legal advisor serving you for years to come. Using state-of-the-art technology, we make it easy for our clients to find us and meet us conveniently on their schedule We offer options for virtual/online meetings and notary signings, in addition to traditional office hours in our Winter Haven office.  

Skilled in the issues that affect the elderly and their families, GrayRobinson’s elder law attorneys, Natalie Wilson and Athena Warlen are experienced in helping manage those critical questions that arise as we age. Whether navigating sudden crisis or planning for the future, our elder law attorneys help bring clients the assurance of decades of experience. Legal challenges can be daunting at any stage of life. Natalie and Athena focus specifically on those most often dealt with by Florida’s older demographic:

• Medicaid and long term care planning;
• Planning for the disabled and those with special needs;
• Probate and trusts;
• Guardianship;
• Estate planning; and
• Fiduciary litigation.

 

Elder Law Attorney, Natalie Wilson

Natalie focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, and elder law. She has the unique ability to convert complex asset protection strategies into workable solutions for her clients. Natalie assists clients in accomplishing their specific goals by developing plans that are unique to them.   Natalie has devoted her career to counseling her elderly clients and their families through the legal issues that accompany aging.  This combines many areas of law such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Veterans Benefits. She believes her clients should be respected and protected.  She fights against elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. She holds nursing homes and assisted living facilities accountable when violating residents’ rights. Natalie is committed to helping her clients maintain their highest quality of life, dignity and autonomy for as long as possible.   Natalie.wilson@gray-robinson.com 863-284-2237  

Elder Law Attorney, Athena Warlen

Athena focuses her practice on elder law, estate planning, and probate and trust administration. Her experience includes property law and estate matters and she has successfully closed multiple multimillion dollar commercial deals. Prior to joining GrayRobinson, Athena was an attorney at a local Lakeland law firm where she facilitated title closings, counseled clients in the purchase and sale of real estate, and prepared and filed motions relating to property issues, including quiet title actions and petitions for partition.   athena.warlen@gray-robinson.com 863-284-2219        

Practice areas:

• Elder Law
• Estate Planning
• Medicaid Planning
• Guardianship
• Probate Administration
• Trust Administration

Through a grant from the Area Agency on Aging, Florida Rural Legal Services provides a wide-range of free civil legal advice and representation to seniors ages 60 and over in the 12 of 13 counties that we serve in Florida. Our lawyers and staff handle many different legal issues for seniors, including consumer problems, family matters, elder abuse, access to healthcare, public benefits issues, housing problems and future planning (wills, living wills, health care proxies, powers of attorney, Medicaid planning, and more). We can arrange home visits if you are in a hospital or a nursing home, or if you are home bound. In addition, our staff will try to provide information and referrals for legal problems that we do not offer services for.

Senior Legal Helpline (1-888-895-7873)

The Senior Legal Helpline provides free legal advice and brief services by telephone appointment to eligible Florida residents age 60 and older, for civil (not criminal) legal problems. The Senior Legal Helpline – 1-888-895-7873 – also makes referrals to state and local regulatory agencies and, when it is determined that court representation is necessary, helps seniors find legal providers in their communities. Eligible callers are scheduled for a free telephone consultation with an attorney or paralegal who will call them on the day of their appointment. Most callers will receive answers to their legal questions during their initial telephone appointment. Clients may also qualify for referrals to providers who offer free legal services in the clients’ local communities. These providers work in partnership with the Senior Legal Helpline and the Department of Elder Affairs to ensure that low-income and other vulnerable elderly Floridians have equal access to legal remedies.

Heart of Florida Legal Aid Society (“HOFLA”) is a non-profit law firm that provides free legal advice and representation to indigent litigants residing in Polk, Hardee, and Highlands County Florida. Everyone deserves justice regardless of socio-economic status, and HOFLA’s mission is to work collaboratively with its donors, clients, and partner agencies to reduce domestic violence in the community, to promote economic self-sufficiency, and to foster stability for low-income families through quality and strategic legal advocacy.

The National Elder Law Foundation (NELF) is the only national organization certifying practitioners of elder and special needs law. NELF’s Certified Elder Law Attorney designation is itself certified by the American Bar Association. There are nearly 500 CELAs across the country, and our numbers are growing steadily.