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why is it important to use a certified elderlaw attorney? there are 12 certified elder law attorneysin wisconsin; about 450 in the united states. the process for becoming a certified elderlaw attorney is an arduous one. the first step is testing and if you complete the testingappropriately, you can then proceed to the next steps. there’s about 1/3 or maybe 25%pass rate for the first time people take the test, which is to say that most don’t orwas fortunate to have taken the testing over 20 years ago, and at that time, i was ableto do it the first time, so i didn’t have to spend weekends and weekends studying forthe second or third times. the testing then leads to a process called pre-review, andyou cannot be a certified elder law attorney

without having the recommendations of threeother certified elder law attorneys who will authorize you and recommend that. you shouldbe provided with a certification specialist designation and none of that can happen unlessyou have had substantial experience in five different areas of the law which includesthe areas that i practice in. that would be medicaid and benefits under the social securityand medicaid areas of the law, guardianship, estate planning, other areas that are relevantto the services that we provide. so why is it important to use a certified elder lawattorney for the things that you want done? because we have the experience, we’re currentwith the laws, were current with the strategies that’s required, in order to, first of all,identify the issues that our clients are dealing

with, describe for them what their optionsare, and then provide them with the implementation of what their plan is determined to be. thoseare all important things to be considered when you’re choosing an attorney, and asi say, the clients when they come in, sometimes they say, well we don’t have all that much,we have a really small estate so we don’t need lots of things done, and i respond tothem that whatever size their estate is, it’s the only estate that they have and it’stherefore very, very important that we address those issues, we address them in detail andto their satisfaction. so a certified elder law attorney can do that, and that’s whywe recommend that they seek the services of a certified elder law attorney.