Patricia Nelson
Estate Planning and Elder Law
* LIFETIME PLANNING
Drafting and enforcing health care powers of attorney, living wills, medical authorizations, financial powers of attorney, and other advance directives.
* ESTATE PLANNING
Wills, trusts, living trusts, non-probate transfers, beneficiary designations, planning for retirement benefits.
* ESTATE & GIFT TAX PLANNING
Life insurance and other irrevocable trusts, gifting, charitable gift planning including charitable remainder trusts.
* LONG TERM CARE AND DISABILITY PLANNING
Title XIX (medicaid/medical assistance) planning; special needs and community trusts; Social Security, SSI, Medicare, nursing home and home care issues.
* ELDER ABUSE
Advice and litigation for victims of financial abuse.
* MARITAL PROPERTY PLANNING
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
* PROBATE & TRUST ADMINISTRATION
* GUARDIANSHIP, PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT & CONSERVATORSHIP
* PROPERTY AND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
Real estate, co-habitation and domestic partnership agreements.
* PARENTAGE PLANNING
* DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION
Patricia Nelson
Nelson, Irvings & Waeffler SC
2675 N Mayfair Rd #420
Wauwatosa WI 53222
Tel: 414 777-0220
Fax: 414 777-0140
Patricia J. Nelson is a founding shareholder in Nelson, Irvings & Waeffler. She concentrates her practice on issues of concern to the elderly, the disabled and their families. Pat’s goal is to help clients understand their choices in navigating through unfamiliar and complex systems. Her practice includes: special needs trusts; advance planning for illness and incapacity; nursing home and home care issues; Title 19 eligibility; Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and Medicare payment issues; and estate planning.
Pat received her law degree from Marquette University in 1974. She was a staff and managing attorney with Legal Action of Wisconsin until 1981, when she joined the faculty of Marquette University Law School and directed the Legal Clinic for the Elderly. Pat entered private practice in 1990.
Pat is an Adviser to the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Wisconsin Elder Law Section and is a member of the Milwaukee Bar Association Elder Law Section and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She co-authored the Medicaid Chapter of the State Bar publication, Advising Older Clients, and is a frequent speaker to professional and community organizations on legal issues relating to aging and disability. She has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale - Hubbell, awarded to lawyers recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity, and is listed in the Best Lawyers of America and Wisconsin Super Lawyers. She has been named by Milwaukee Magazine as one of Milwaukee’s Best Elder Law Attorneys.
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