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Estate Planning

Elder Law

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The Elville and Associates Difference
Education and counseling are the foundations upon which Elville and Associates’ attorneys serves its clients, partners, and surrounding community. The firm counsels its clients based on the core principles of the Elville Legacy System™ — the six steps to perfect estate planning. Mr. Elville has also developed programs for clients who wish to streamline the planning process but still wish to enjoy the benefits of the educational component throughout, including Elville Self-Direct Select™ and Elville Self-Direct Protect™ a limited-attorney-assistance client education program for estate planning. The firm also offers an Advisors’ Forum every two months for its planning team partners, an continuing education series that covers the latest topics in the world of estate planning, elder law and special needs planning.
No matter what planning path our clients choose, Elville and Associates firmly believes in the “planning team concept” – a concept that ensures clients’ attorneys, advisors and CPAs work collaboratively on their behalf during the planning process to provide their family peace of mind and confidence. The attorneys at Elville and Associates work with the top Certified Financial Planners, financial advisors, CPAs and other professionals around the country and work to be a reliable partner to them.
Elville and Associates’ attorneys frequently offer free educational workshops throughout central Maryland. Our attorneys are seasoned speakers and share their knowledge over 100 times each year with the communities we serve about a wide range of topics – from our popular “Estate Planning Essentials” workshops, to workshops delving into elder law, retirement planning, estate and trust administration, special needs planning, aging in place versus Continuing Care Retirement Community living, the latest topics of interest in estate planning, and many, many more. Elville and Associates’ attorneys present regularly at financial services firms, libraries, senior centers, employee benefits meetings for companies, expos, special needs organizations, and many more.
The firm also firmly believes in client care and client lifetime maintenance and updating to ensure that planning works as intended. The mission of our Client Care Program (“planning that works”) is to provide our clients with the comfort and assurance that their estate and elder law plans will work no matter how their goals situations may change, and to ensure planning remains consistent with changes in the laws. Elville and Associates is currently one of only a handful of law firms in the country to have an accredited and designed Client Care Program through the Client Maintenance Academy located in Boston.
Elville and Associates – Providing practical solutions to clients in elder law, estate planning, and special needs planning through counseling, education and leading-edge legal technical knowledge.
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The attorneys at Elville and Associates engage clients in a multi-step educational process to ensure that estate, special needs and elder law planning works from inception, throughout lifetime, and at final administration. Clients are encouraged to take advantage of the Planning Team Concept for leading edge, customized planning. The education of clients and their families through counseling and superior legal-technical knowledge is the mission of Elville and Associates. Proudly serving clients in central Maryland, the Washington metro area, and the Eastern Shore.

Stephen R. Elville, J.D., LL.M.
President and Principal Attorney

Our Story
ELVILLE AND ASSOCIATES ESTATE PLANNING, ELDER LAW AND SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING
What is Estate Planning?
Estate Planning is not just for the disposing of assets, it is also a way to pass on your values and ideas – your intellectual capital, as well as lifetime beliefs, possibly multi-generational in nature, the things that you (and your ancestors) hold dear.

What is Elder Law?
Elder Law is estate planning for those persons who are ages 55 or above or for those persons who have a disability or illness. Put another way, generally, Elder Law is estate planning for older adults who do not have taxable estates but who are concerned about asset protection in the “Medicaid” context. An Elder Law consultation helps address older clients’ concerns regarding disability and long-term care planning rather than estate tax avoidance. Our Elder Law clients generally do not have estate tax problems – they have long-term care and asset preservation concerns, as well as incapacity management needs.


What is Estate and Trust Administration?

What is Special Needs Planning?
When addressing a special needs planning situation, be sure to speak with an attorney who understands the nuances of the special needs planning process. Elville and Associates’ Stephen R. Elville, J.D., LL.M., Principal, is a member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners and is highly experienced in the special needs planning arena. Contact our office today with any questions related to your special needs situation.

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“Just Do” Your Estate Planning – Perfection Will Come Through a Lifetime Process
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