Company Profile

Elder Law Associates PA is an AV Preeminent-rated elder law firm with offices in Boca Raton, Aventura, Weston and West Palm Beach, Florida, and Rye Brook, New York, practicing exclusively in elder law and special needs planning, including:

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Your Partners in Planning for Long-Term Care

Elder Law Associates PA advises our clients on:

Elder Law

Long-Term Care Planning
Planning for Home Care, Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing Facility Placement
Planning for Medicaid and VA Aid and Attendance Benefits
Asset Preservation Planning
Advance Directive (Incapacity) Planning

Probate and Trust
& Estate Administration

Representation of Fiduciaries in Court Proceedings
- Trustees
- Personal Representatives
- Guardians
Representation of Beneficiaries
Administration of Probate Estates
Trust Administration
Assistance with Creditor Claims
Probate and Trust Litigation

Elder Law Litigation

Trust & Estate Litigation
Guardianship Litigation
Fiduciary Litigation
Homestead Litigation
Abuse & Fraud Against the Elderly

Estate Planning

Last Wills & Testaments
Revocable Trusts
Irrevocable Trusts
Special Needs Trusts
Trusts for Minors
Testamentary Sub Trusts with Staggered Distributions
Charitable Distributions
Pet Trusts

Advance
Directive (Incapacity) Planning

Supercharged Durable Powers of Attorney with Enhanced Powers
Designations of Health Care Surrogates
Living Wills
HIPAA Releases
Designations of Pre-Need Guardians
Representation of Agents under Power of Attorney or Healthcare Advance Directives

Asset Preservation
Planning

Long-Term Care Planning
Disability Planning
Irrevocable Trusts
Crisis Planning
- Spenddown Planning
- Income-Producing Real Estate
- Personal Service Agreements
- Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Commencing Gifting Program
- Spousal Refusal
- Spousal Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Disinheriting an Ill Spouse
Advising and Interpreting Long-Term Care Insurance Policies

Medicaid and
Long-Term Care Planning

Medicaid Applications and Planning for:
- Skilled Nursing Facility Benefits
Home/Community-Based Waiver Services
- Assisted Living Facility
- Home Care Aides
- Community Medicaid
Medicaid Strategies
- Income-Producing Real Estate
- Personal Service Agreements
- Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Qualified Income Trusts
- Spousal Refusal

Planning for Home Care, Assisted Living Facility and Nursing Home Care

Planning for Long-Term Living Arrangements and Care
Medicaid Planning and Applications
VA Benefits Planning and Applications
Skilled Nursing Facility Services
Assisted Living Facility Services
Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver Services
Nursing Home Planning for Long-Term Care Insurance
Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Residents’ Rights

VA Benefits Planning

VA Aid and Attendance Benefits
VA Benefit Applications
Securing Your VA Benefits to Help Pay for Home Care, Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing Facility Care

Special Needs Planning

Self-Settled Special Needs Trusts
Third Party Supplemental Needs Trusts
Qualified Income Trusts
Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts
Spousal Supplemental Needs Trusts
Guardianship
Guardianship Advocacy for People with Developmental Disabilities

Guardianship

Guardianship Litigation
Contested and Uncontested Guardianship
Guardianship Advocacy

New York-Florida
Connection

Information for and Collaboration with New York Attorneys and Recent Relocators to Florida
- Estate Planning
- Florida and Foreign Guardianship
- Florida Deeds
- Florida Homestead Exemptions
- Advance Directives and Medicaid Planning for Snowbirds

Florida Deeds

Preparation of Florida Deeds
Ladybird Deeds
Warranty Deeds
Florida Homestead Exemptions

Nursing Home/Assisted Living Facility Residents' Rights

Strong Advocate for Residents
Care Plan Meetings for Residents/Families
Watchdog for Mistreatment or Inferior Service

Medical Malpractice,
Personal Injury/
Negligence/Nursing
Home Cases

“Quarterback” All Matters and Serve as Consultant
Provide Guidance and Cutting-Edge Strategies
Make Referrals to Personal Injury Attorneys and Serve as Liaison Throughout the Case
Plan for Any Recoveries to Protect Public Benefits

The Litigation Experts

Elder Law Associates PA also advises and represents our clients in guardianship, fiduciary, probate and trust & estate litigation. We work with clients regarding actions to remove fiduciaries, for accountings and to preserve beneficiaries’ rights. We also handle actions to assert or defend an expected inheritance, and we engage in litigation to protect and preserve homestead rights wrongfully removed. In addition, in guardianship litigation cases, we represent our clients while always keeping the best interests of the alleged incapacitated person or ward in mind.

Through these areas of practice, our firm enables our clients to avoid impoverishment caused by the escalating cost of long-term care, maintain control over their legal, financial, medical and testamentary affairs, and preserve their legal rights.

Our Mission, Vision & Values

At Elder Law Associates PA, we give families peace of mind. This is not just a tagline, it’s what we do. Our mission, vision and core values all revolve around this sentiment, and we are committed to providing peace of mind to our clients and their families.

Mission Statement

We give families peace of mind by providing exceptional, professional, tenacious, effective and efficient legal counsel, earning our clients’ trust and exceeding their expectations.

Vision

Our vision is to give our clients peace of mind in all facets of their lives and to be the go-to law firm for seniors, people with disabilities and special needs, and their families.

Core Values

Elder Law Associates PA provides exceptional legal counsel to our clients and their families. Our attorneys and staff members are ethical, compassionate, trusted, professional, effective, efficient, tenacious and proactive.

For more information, contact us or make an appointment with one of our attorneys today. At Elder Law Associates PA, we give families peace of mind.

Having gone through an extremely difficult Medicaid application process for my father in Florida years ago and with the recent passing of my mother I desperately needed to find a competent and understanding law firm that could expedite and help me with elder care legal issues for my uncle in Boca.

— Name withheld by request

Living in NYC with nobody to take care of my sick uncle 1,400 miles away, I found the expertise and compassion of Howard Krooks and his wonderful firm to be incredible. I would highly recommend them to anyone and already have.

— D.L., New York, NY

When my mom had a stroke -- and unfortunately due to her diabetes -- needed to be moved full time to a nursing home, I needed to qualify her for Medicaid, as the cost of proper care is prohibitive. Ellen and her team did an outstanding job, helping to reallocate my mom's assets and quickly qualifying her for Medicaid benefits. It would be almost impossible for the typical person to get through this process in such a short period of time.

I truly thank Elder Law Associates PA for making this happen.

— M.L., Syosset, NY

Very well satisfied. The service was great in communicating all documents and proceedings with us to fully understand everything. The staff was AWESOME! In the future, (if) I know anyone, I will refer you.

— J.M., Boca Raton, FL

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Our Attorneys

You can rest assured that our highly trained attorneys are adept at navigating all the complexities of elder law and have received praise for their superlative work from clients, peers and other professionals. They’ve received countless awards and have been consistently named in peer-rated surveys such as Super Lawyers in New York and Florida, Top Lawyers and Florida Legal Elite. Elder Law Associates PA maintains a 10.0 (Excellent) Avvo rating and has an AV® Preeminent Rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest peer rating afforded to attorneys. Only 10 percent of all attorneys hold an AV Preeminent Rating.

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If you would like more information about Elder Law Associates PA and our services, or would like us to get in touch with you to discuss a legal matter, please send us a message.