Top Elder Law Experts 2025

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Jeff Burr has been recognized as one of the top tax and estate planning attorneys in Southern Nevada and has been practicing for over 40 years. Through his years of community service and continual hard work, his personal client list contains many of the most prominent families in southern Nevada. Under Jeff's leadership, the firm has received the highest and most prestigious AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. Jeff's community involvement includes having been elected to the Clark County School Board and serving on boards such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, KLVX Planned Giving, St. Rose Dominican Foundation, Nevada State College, The Giving Tree, LDS Philanthropies and others. Jeff has been named by his peers as one of the top estate planning attorneys in Southern Nevada in every edition of Best Lawyers in America.

I’m Paul Deloughery (also known as Paul E. Deloughery), an estate planning attorney and Certified Family Wealth Advisor with over 25 years of experience helping families protect their wealth and legacy. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, I specialize in creating customized estate plans and family governance strategies to prevent family disputes, protect autonomy, and preserve harmony across generations.Want to discuss how to protect your family’s legacy? Feel free to reach out!

Anvayaa provides trusted Elder Care Services in India at Home, ensuring safety, dignity, and compassionate support for your loved ones. Anvayaa Elder Care offers the best elder care in Hyderabad, providing a complete range of services that ensure seniors live safely, comfortably, and independently at home. With personalized care plans, dedicated care managers, medical support, trained caregivers, and 24/7 emergency assistance, Anvayaa delivers compassionate and reliable elder care. Families can trust Anvayaa for professional, holistic care that enhances the physical, emotional, and social well-being of their loved ones. https://anvayaa.com/

Angela B. Ryan, Esq. is an attorney, advocate, and educator working at the intersection of child welfare law, maternal and reproductive justice, and healthcare equity. A former public defender and law professor at Villanova University, she has represented parents and hundreds of children in child abuse and neglect proceedings, taught future lawyers, and contributed to policy efforts aimed at protecting vulnerable children, parents, and families. After experiencing severe medical mismanagement during childbirth, Angela began writing and speaking on patient rights, informed consent, and the systemic failures facing women in healthcare. Her work bridges law, policy, and lived experience to help journalists, lawyers, and policymakers understand how institutional breakdowns harm real families—and how accountability can be rebuilt. What systems write off, she writes back in. She is the author of Dispatches From the Middle, a widely read series on motherhood, maternal health, patient rights, and the lived experience of chronic illness.

Elizabeth Gavino, Medicare Strategist Lewin & Gavino Inc. | Medicare Transition Partners Elizabeth Gavino is a Medicare Strategist with 30 years of experience helping high-net-worth individuals, executives, and employers navigate Medicare transitions before they become costly, irreversible mistakes. She is the founder of Medicare Transition Partners and the creator of the CMTA (Certified Medicare Transition Advisor) credentialing program — the first professional credential designed to train advisors on Medicare transition strategy. Elizabeth has been cited as a Medicare expert source in over 100 articles for CNBC and CNN. She specializes in Medicare strategy and planning, IRMAA and income planning, retirement healthcare costs, and employer Medicare transitions. Based in La Jolla, California.

Brad A. Galbraith is the Managing Partner at GW Law, PLLC’s Naples and Indianapolis offices. He focuses on providing creative, cutting-edge estate, tax, and business planning advice to business owners and other wealthy individuals. Brad is board certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates by The Florida Bar Association. Brad began his professional career as a Certified Public Accountant. After switching to the practice of law and seeing the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of traditional planning methods, he endeavored to find a better way to assist his clients with estate, tax and business planning. As an estate planning attorney, he developed a model designed to provide clients with comprehensive, personalized estate, tax and business succession plans that withstand the test of time. Brad maintains an Indiana CPA license and has taught estate and tax planning to CPAs and attorneys at conferences and continuing education events throughout the United States. Additionally, Brad is the co-author of an extensive continuing education program for CPAs which has been published and distributed nationally. That program, entitled Estate Planning for CPAs, has also been presented to thousands of CPAs throughout the United States. Brad is also the author of several books, including: Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts Line By Line, Family Limited Partnership Agreement Line By Line, Family LLC Operating Agreements Line By Line, and is co-author of Disinherit The IRS, Don’t Die Until You’ve Read This Book, The Four Corners: Where Your Estate Plan Becomes A Living Legacy, and The Florida Domicile Handbook.

Healthcare and business attorney licensed in California and Minnesota. I'm David ("DJ") Holt, a dedicated Healthcare Attorney and the founder of Holt Law - a boutique multi-state health law firm. I am the "surgeon" of attorneys - focusing on highly specific practice areas that I do very well. Coincidently, I also work with surgeons and medical doctors often! Also, I work well to team up with other attorneys who are the experts in their areas in order to serve as a one-stop-shop for my business-owner clients.

Mike is a senior wills and estates lawyer in British Columbia. He founded the firm Westcoast Wills & Estates in 2011. He regularly advises clients on estate planning and prepares Wills, Trusts, Representation Agreements and Powers of Attorney. He also advises and helps clients apply to court for probate orders. Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from UBC in 2002 prior to earning his Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie Law School in Halifax in 2006. A practicing lawyer, Mike is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Canadian Bar Association’s Wills & Trusts and Elder Law subsections. He has earned the TEP designation as a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Canada). He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Vancouver. He is also a past board member of the Marineview Housing Society and sat on an advisory panel for the BC Cancer Agency. He regularly presents at continuing education courses and also frequently presents publicly on trusts and estate planning for financial institutions, charities and educational institutions around Vancouver. He has been interviewed and featured in numerous publications over the years.

Director of Operations at Loving Homecare Inc., and a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) based in Whittier, California. My passion lies in helping older adults live with dignity and comfort through high-quality, relationship-centered care. With over a decade of experience in operations, team leadership, and elder care strategy, I focus on equipping families with the tools and education they need to make confident decisions in complex caregiving situations. My background also includes time in corporate leadership and consulting, but I’ve found the most purpose in working closely with families navigating aging, memory loss, and end-of-life care. At Loving Homecare, I lead a team committed to providing personalized in-home support for seniors, from companion care and post-surgical recovery to dementia care and respite services. I believe in care that goes beyond task checklists, rooted in compassion, consistency, and meaningful human connection. Whether I’m advising on care plans, mentoring caregivers, or advocating for seniors’ well-being, my mission is to ensure every older adult we serve feels seen, valued, and supported.

I am a business attorney focused on working with Dentists, DSO's, Physicians, Entrepreneurs, and Small Business Owners. I founded Odgers Law Group in 2013 in Del Mar, California, and have since opened up offices in Poway, Mission Valley, and Los Angeles. My firm, Odgers Law Group, helps professionals and business owners in each step of their business life cycle: Formation, Growing, Protecting, and Exiting and plans for wealth preservation and transfer through comprehensive trust based estate planning.

Practicing attorney focusing on estate planning

Lori Selsberg, JD is the Co-Founder and CEO of DocuGuardian, an Intelligent Legacy Infrastructure company redefining how individuals and families organize, protect, and understand life-critical information. With over two decades of experience spanning law, financial services, and SaaS leadership, Lori brings a rare combination of legal expertise and operational execution to one of the most overlooked challenges facing modern families: the clarity and continuity of essential documents. A licensed attorney and former estate planning firm founder, Lori has deep domain expertise in the legal, financial, and emotional complexities that arise when critical information is disorganized, inaccessible, or misunderstood. Her career has focused on solving high-stakes problems at the intersection of compliance, technology, and human behavior, particularly in moments of crisis, transition, and generational change. Lori is the visionary behind DocuGuardian, a secure digital vault and intelligence platform designed to provide structured governance and plain-English clarity for financial, legal, medical, and personal records. The platform’s proprietary approach, including its read-only AI intelligence layer (LegacyIQ), reflects Lori’s commitment to trust, accuracy, and responsible innovation in an era where misinformation and fragmented data create real-world consequences for families. Prior to founding DocuGuardian, Lori built multiple businesses and has led large-scale transformation initiatives across both high-growth startups and Fortune 100 environments. She is known for her ability to translate complex regulatory and operational requirements into scalable, user-centric solutions that drive both business value and meaningful human impact. Lori is a frequent voice on topics including generational wealth transfer, estate and legacy planning, digital asset organization, and the role of AI in high-trust environments. She offers a uniquely practical perspective grounded in real-world experience, focused not just on technology, but on how people actually navigate life’s most important moments. Her work is driven by a simple but powerful belief: preparation is an act of care, and clarity is one of the greatest gifts you can leave behind.

Experienced, credentialed owner with a demonstrated history of working in the Home Care industry caring for older adults and those with disabilities, so they can remain independent in their homes. Credentials include: Certified Senior Advisor, Registered Respiratory Therapist and Certified Dementia Practitioner. Skilled in compassion, professionalism, caregiving, elder care, education and senior service resources, 20+ years in healthcare.

Ryan Duffy is a North Carolina and South Carolina attorney who helps families protect what matters most through clear, practical estate planning. As the founder of Estate Planning of the Carolinas, he focuses on wills, trusts, probate, and incapacity planning, offering a streamlined, virtual-first experience that makes quality legal help easier to access. Ryan also maintains a personal-injury practice and advises clients through complex real-world problems. Outside of client work, he operates Legal Verb, a content and SEO service for law firms looking to grow through better online visibility.

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Will Lane is a seasoned financial expert with over 20 years of experience across the financial sectors of banking, investments and insurance. He leads educational workshops across the country focused on helping Black families build, protect, and pass down generational wealth. Specializing in retirement planning, estate planning strategies and life insurance, Will is known for his ability to make complex financial concepts practical, relatable, and easy to understand. His work centers on empowering families with the knowledge needed to move from short-term financial planning to long-term financial security. Will has been featured in national publications such as Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, and American Business Stars, where he shares insights on the importance of financial literacy, legacy planning, and closing the racial wealth gap. A key aspect of his approach is helping individuals identify and overcome self-sabotaging financial patterns so they can make confident decisions about protecting their families, preparing for retirement, and leaving a lasting legacy. Through his education-first approach and no-nonsense delivery, Will has become a trusted voice for podcasts, panels, and publications focused on financial education, wealth building, and economic empowerment within the Black community.

I am an attorney and owner of Alpine Mortgage. As a seasoned mortgage banker and real estate attorney for over 20 years I can offer insights into real estate finance and law. Throughout my career, I have been committed to making the mortgage process clear and understandable so my clients are informed and confident in their financial decisions. My deep understanding of both the financial and legal side of real estate transactions allows me to contribute unique perspectives on mortgage trends to property laws. As a passionate advocate for transparent and ethical practices in the real estate industry, I am eager to share my knowledge and experiences through engaging articles that inform and empower readers on real estate and mortgage finance. Whether you're looking for expert commentary on mortgage trends, real estate market analysis or insights into property law, I offer practical advice from my years of real estate transactions and legal consultations.