Experienced staff to assist you |
Experienced staff to assist you |
With our staff of two paralegals and an office manager, we are able to respond to clients’ inquiries in both an efficient and compassionate manner. Client interaction is key to developing a trusting relationship which allows us to put our clients at ease.
Clients come to us at various stages of their lives. We might meet with a middle-aged couple to plan for their long term needs or an older adult who needs to plan for the possibility of an incapacity by executing legal documents. Perhaps a husband has just placed his wife of fifty-five years in a nursing home and needs assistance in planning for the cost of long term care. We may see a client who is providing home care for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease and who is concerned about keeping her mom at home as long as possible. We understand how difficult and sometimes even heartbreaking these times can be, and we make every effort to ease our clients’ burdens and to assist them through the stressful moments in their lives .
Jody Cope, Medicaid Paralegal
Jody received her Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies in December, 2004 and has also completed courses in Office Administration with a Legal Specialty. Jody has many years of experience in office administration but she has worked in the elder law field for the past two years as a paralegal concentrating on Medicaid issues. During this period, she has worked with Medicaid offices, nursing facilities, and other health care providers throughout the State to obtain benefits for hundreds of individuals. Jody’s personal goal is to make every family’s experience with the Medicaid system less stressful and to ease their burden so they can fully concentrate on taking care of their loved ones.
Dawn Sullivan,
Estates Paralegal
Dawn received her Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Administration from Ball State University in 1993. She has fourteen years experience in the estate field, having been employed for nearly thirteen years with the Inheritance Tax Division of the Marion County Assessor. In that capacity, she audited hundreds of inheritance tax returns and assisted thousands of people in processing paperwork with that office. She has a comprehensive knowledge of and great working relationship with the various county and state government offices that deal with probate administration and inheritance tax processing. Dawn brings this base of knowledge with her to our office and enjoys assisting clients in the sometimes difficult and confusing estate administration field.
Lori Rowe, Office Manager
Lori brings a wealth of management experience to our law office. Lori has taken several banking, office administration, and accounting courses over the past twenty-five years and for the three years prior to joining our team, she was supervisor over the billing department of a local utility company. Before staying at home to care for her two daughters and help manage the family business, she worked in all areas of the banking industry. Lori is very dedicated to making sure our clients are treated with respect, caring, and dignity.