Elder Law – Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
If you need a Chicago elder law champion in your corner, Garofalo & Thiersch is there to help fight for you.
When you need a skilled team of Chicago elder law experts on your side, it’s time to call the legal team of Garofalo & Thiersch. We’re proud to bring quality representation to the Chicago and Bloomington, IL areas, and strive to change the face of how lawyers do business by giving each and every client detailed personal attention. Elder law is a complex area of the law which done properly plans for many challenges the aging population face.
We counsel clients on methods for preservation and distribution of their assets, taking into consideration family dynamics as well as state and federal laws. The focus of the elder planning includes issues such as retirement, loss of mental and physical capacity, guardianship, special needs trusts, long-term care, and end-of life decision making. We recognize that the area of elder law is not just an area of the law which affects the aging.
In addition to senior citizens wanting to plan their own financial and medical futures, we represent the children of parents who are no longer competent to make their own decisions, and the designated personal representative of an estate or an agent under a power of attorney for property and/or health.
Too often, we see clients in crisis who failed to take the easy and relatively inexpensive steps necessary to plan ahead for their financial and medical future. At Garofalo Thiersch, we use our elder law experience to help clients with any or all of the following:
- Planning for long-term care
- Determining Medicaid eligibility and planning asset spend-downs
- Creating a living will or advance health care directive
- Creating a power of attorney
- Preserving assets for heirs through wills and trusts
- Updating an existing will
- Creating or challenging adult guardianships
For issues regarding Chicago elder law, Garofalo Thiersch is the premier source of legal expertise in the Chicago and Bloomington areas. We take pride in our ability to craft creative solutions for each client’s unique situation. We welcome your inquiry about any type of elder law question and will use all the tools at our disposal to help. Contact us today for a flat-rate consultation with an attorney, either at our offices or the location of your choice.
