As an experienced Chicago Elder Law Attorney, I provide an array of services for seniors, including planning for health care decisions, end-of-life issues, and meeting possible long-term care needs, as well as general estate planning and administration, and guardianship proceedings.

I offer efficient and respectful service when locating the appropriate type of care, coordinating private and public resources to finance the cost of care, and working to ensure that clients receive quality care.

I provide comprehensive elder law services to meet a wide range of seniors' needs. I have assisted hundreds of clients in Chicagoland and throughout Illinois, in the following practice areas:

• Elder Law
• Estate Planning
• Powers of Attorney
• Probate - Estate Administration
• Guardianships - Conservatorships
• Wills - Trusts
• Medicaid Planning
• Assistance to Enforce or Pursue Health Care Benefit Claims
• Advance Medical Directives
• Assistance with Real Estate Transactions and Problems
• Estate Planning for the elderly, the disabled and their families, including Wills, Probate and Estate Administration
• Medicaid eligibility and planning, including Medicaid crisis planning
• Asset Protection
• Wills, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies
• Special Needs Trusts to plan for children and adults with disabilities
• Preparation of  Trusts, including Revocable Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts and  Medicaid Qualifying Trusts
• Real Estate Transactions as part of estate plans

I handle Medicaid issues and disputes, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, nursing home issues and comprehensive estate planning through wills, trusts and other techniques.

It is always important to consider such things as estate taxes, capital gains taxes, income taxes, and how loved ones will be taxed on their inheritance. Many of my clients are also concerned with the cost of probate. To avoid probate, I use a variety of trusts that avoid the necessity of probate. Where probate is required, I handle all aspects of probate and estate administration.

One of the most serious problems that the elderly face is the possibility that they may be placed in a nursing home at a cost that will substantially deplete their assets. A major part of my practice is protecting those assets and still allowing clients to qualify for Medicaid nursing home and Medicaid home coverage.

Credit shelter trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts and supplemental needs trusts can be important tools in these situations. As a skilled Chicago Elder Law Attorney, I will assist you in limiting these periods of ineligibility as much as possible. By the use of certain transfers, I am able to qualify clients for Medicaid nursing home and Medicaid home care coverage, thereby preserving assets and obtaining necessary care for my clients.

If you or a loved one anywhere in Illinois needs the services of an experienced Chicago Elder Law Attorney, contact Kerry Peck today at 866-707-0081, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your initial consultation.