ELDER LAW

Title: Director

Other legal specialties: Estate planning and estate and trust administration

Birthplace: Baltimore

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond

Spouse: Keith White

Children: Kirsten and Jake

Hobbies or pastimes: Helping my husband with his beekeeping businesses

Recently read book: “An Affinity for Steel” by Sam Sykes

The Census Bureau projects that by 2030 the U.S. will have more people who are 65 and older than children. How will this development affect elder law?  As the population gets older, and families become smaller and more spread out, it becomes ever more crucial to develop a plan to manage a future incapacity. Elder law will continue to focus on “hard issues” such as choosing a medical proxy or how to pay for care, but will also need to address “soft issues” such as how to avoid becoming so isolated that you become vulnerable to scam artists or untreated illnesses.

What are the most common issues that you handle in your elder law practice?  Many families need a guardian or conservator, either for an incapacitated relative who did not do effective planning prior to their incapacity or for an incapacitated minor child who is turning 18. Aging clients are concerned about paying for their own long-term care and avoiding impositions upon their younger family members. Parents of all ages are concerned about establishing and perpetuating proper support systems for their special needs children.

Elder Law list

Jean Galloway Ball
Hale Ball Carlson Baumgartner Murphy PLC
Fairfax

Leigh Bowling
Leigh Anne Bowling, JD, LLM PC
Virginia Beach

Mark Dellinger
Rhodes Butler & Dellinger PC
Roanoke

Robyn Ellis
Vested Partners
Salem

Evan Farr
Farr Law Firm
Fairfax

Karen Fortier
Karen L. Fortier, Esq.
Virginia Beach

Elizabeth L. Gray
McCandlish Lillard PC
Fairfax

Robert W. Haley
The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia PLLC
Danville

Anne Heishman
Dingman Labowitz PC
Alexandria

Andrew Hook
Hook Law Center PC.
Virginia Beach

R. Shawn Majette
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Christopher McCarthy
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Letha McDowell
Hook Law Center PLC
Virginia Beach

William Oast
Oast & Taylor PLC
Portsmouth

Paula L. Peaden
Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden PC
Richmond

Lindsay Pickral
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Susan Pollack
Needham Mitnick & Pollack PLC
Falls Church

Kevin Rack
Rack & Moccia PC
Virginia Beach

Gene D. Robinson III
Gene Robinson Law PLC
Arlington

Catherine Schott Murray
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

Joley Steffens
Joley L. Steffens PLLC
Richmond

Matthew Sunderlin
Clark & Bradshaw
Harrisonburg

Carolyn A. White
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Andrea Yoak
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond