HERE IT IS!!

I got out of school and quickly realized that the seniors in my community were not getting good representation and losing their estates to long term care costs and probate fees. I wanted to help them. I learned about this field of the law called Elder Law. I assumed there would be lots of attorneys doing it, but I was wrong.

There were few attorneys doing it and definitely no one to mentor me as I learned it.

I learned elder law THE HARD WAY by reading the policy and books on Elder Law, attending what conferences there were in 2000 and MESSING UP A LOT. I took it on, loved and did it. But I made LOTS of mistakes.

Learning this took me forever (5+ years). I wrote some fairly large checks to families because I messed up their case and it cost them substantial amounts of money. However, after writing a large check for a mistake, I never made that mistake again. But I made more mistakes and learned very tough lessons as I grew as an Elder Law Attorney.

It was easily 5 years down the road before I felt like I had a good grasp on the topic of Elder Law learning this by myself and on my own. I nearly went broke in the process.

I’m now more than 20 years into this and I STILL LOVE it. I’ve built and sold a number of practices and trained dozens of attorneys to become Elder Law Attorneys, a few of them are now Certified Elder Law Attorneys.

I want to take my very big and expensive mistakes, my 20+ years of experience and my LOVE of Elder Law and help you become a proficient Elder Law Attorney in ONE FIFTH the time it took me; a year.

I’ve created a coaching program based on my experience and feedback from other attorneys struggling to get going. I hear the continual complaint of attorneys who spend time and money on courses that have no long lasting effect (mainly until they get off the airplane back home). I hear from attorneys constantly that say they get back to their office after the course and look at a real fact pattern and have no idea what to do AND no one to call to help them. They are nowhere closer to being an Elder Law Attorney then than when they left for the course, although a little poorer.

I’ve taught the weekend Medicaid course put on by the big providers. People loved the way I taught the course. However, there was no mechanism to help them once they got back home. I have now fixed that.

My coaching course is intense training and mentorship. I teach the courses by video so that you can watch it anytime you want as many times as you want. My Medicaid course is created in single topic videos so that you are not overwhelmed AND you can go back and refresh on a specific topic rather than search through hours of continuous video.

Education is necessary and great, but how do you apply it? First, you will have one-on-one phone calls with me every month. You schedule it and you determine the topic.

Do you need clarification on the training videos? Do you have a marketing question? Maybe you have a specific fact pattern we need to cover? Are you nervous about a meeting and all the questions? Have you had a denial? You name it and we can talk about it. I promise you 2 hours a month but if you need more, we can do more.

Second, I also connect you with other coaching clients in a monthly Q and A session. You may not know what to ask, but I guarantee you others do. You can see that there are others out there with the same struggles as you. And, I’m not too proud to allow some other coaching client solve your problem that I may not be familiar with. It’s a great community with attorneys in various stages of the journey and they are very willing to help each other.

Do you need a form? Do you need a slide presentation? Do you need contracts? Do you need sample correspondence? You can have everything I have and if I don’t have it, I will do my best to create it.

You're probably asking: “But Todd, how do you know the rules in my State?” That’s a very common question. I am only licensed in two States, Arkansas and Oklahoma. I know those states. However, I have clients in many states and I know the rules there pretty well. One really nerdy thing about me is that I LOVE to read Medicaid policy. I have read the policy in many states and can help. If I haven’t read your state’s policy, I will. You will ultimately be responsible for the rules and laws of your state but I will help you as much as I can. Thankfully, most of Medicaid law and all of VA law is Federal and applies to all states. Estate Planning is VERY similar across the states and estate planning software makes that very easy due to them knowing the state rules. So, regardless of your jurisdiction, I can help you.

This coaching program is designed to last a year. I want you to get up to speed as soon as possible but not too fast to miss important points and to not get overwhelmed. My experience as a Coach taught me that a year is a great time frame to learn and implement the new knowledge you have gained.

You don’t have to be just starting in Elder Law. One of my coaching clients is a Certified Elder Law Attorney who needed very intense complex training. Most of my coaching clients are just getting started or have been doing Elder Law for a few years and just can’t get it to “go”. I can help you get into it and get it to “go”.

What My Current Coaching Clients are Saying.

“I didn’t chase Elder Law, it chased me. I’m glad I pulled the trigger on coaching. The future looks very bright with Todd by my side” John from Chicago, IL