Elder Law: Estate planning, both planning for and planning to avoid probate, guardianship and conservatorship, and planning to avoid them through powers of attorneys, trusts, and other methods, nursing home disputes. Special needs: Planning for, establishing and using special or supplemental needs trusts. Medicaid: Eligibility planning, applications and appeals, maximizing spousal benefits through planning or administrative or judicial proceedings, defending against post-eligibility claims and recoveries. Recent success: Obtained from the Federal agency, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, a determination that Medicaid beneficiary can use current income to pay old (pre-Medicaid eligibility) nursing home bills with Medicaid covering all of current cost of care