About
Melissa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations. Melissa is a Certified Elder Law Lawyer as specified through the National Elder Law Foundation. She is a Board has club of the Missouri Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Lawyers, a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Lawyers, a member of Elder Counsel, and a member of the Greater St. Charles Chamber of Commerce. Melissa is also a VA-permitted lawyer.
Prior to turning into an lawyer, Melissa served as the Uptown Coordinator for the City of Collinsville, Illinois where she labored with businesses and citizens in a low-profits district to broaden rules and methods that also benefit Collinsville’s ancient vicinity nowadays.
Melissa represents customers in Medicaid and VA eligibility cases in addition to topics regarding the Missouri Department of Social Services, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), other Social Security Administration programs, and Veterans Administration. Melissa’s VA-accreditation authorizes her to symbolize clients at once of their initial claims and appeals for Veteran Benefits. She allows clients and their families with a extensive-range of long-term care issues, consisting of Medicaid, Veteran’s Benefits, other authorities applications, tax and estate making plans, asset safety and Special Needs Trusts, and Probate topics.
?Melissa has 3 very cool youngsters, Jessica, Gabe and Clara, who preserve her busy and glad.
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- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Elder Law
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- English: Spoken, Written
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