ELDER LAW - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Center for Mental Health, Member, Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Elder
- Instructor
- Attorney / Law Firm -
- Attorney at Law / Chicago Elder Law Attorney Providing Simple, Clear, and Straightforward Strategies to Help.
Mr. Erde has been an Instructor/Lecturer on topics including: Estates and Trusts, Elder Law, Guardianships, Probate, Medicaid, Medicare, and Ethics in Elder Law at numerous accounting, religious, corporate, and educational institutions including: the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), Lorman Educational Services, U.S. Customs Service, the Controller of the Currency, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Business Institute (NBI), the John Marshall Law School, television and radio news, and a major cruise line. I am also the Author of numerous articles on Elder Law, Medicaid, Trusts, and Asset Protection.
Michael Erde lives in Highland Park, Illinois with my wife of 42 years. They have two daughters who have followed my lead into law. I was a member of the Ravinia Festival Community Relations Commissions and volunteers for the Chicago Bar Association Senior Will Program. I have been appointed by the probate court of Cook County as Guardian Ad Litem on Guardianships and as special administrator on probate (decedent) matters.
Michael H. Erde was a Pioneer in the area of law known as Elder Law. His focus has not changed in the four decades he has been in practice. While the law relating to elder law, tax, probate, and estate planning may have changed, his commitment to safeguarding your future and making the process as comfortable and as easy as possible has remained the same.
Protecting your assets from a nursing home and probate is what he concentrates on. Michael H. Erde is an elder law attorney who founded the Chicago Bar Association Asset Protection Committee and was a former chairman of the Chicago Bar Association Elder Law Committee. He is a prolific writer and speaker in the areas of Avoiding Probate and a Guardianship, as well as in finding your way through the Medicaid, Nursing Home, Special Needs, and Supplemental Needs Trust Complexities/Maze. He also concentrates his time on assisting with simple as well as complex Estate Planning, Probate, and Guardianship matters. Mr. Erde is one of only a few Certified Elder Law Attorneys in the State and across the country, a certification provided by the National Elder Law Foundation.*
Michael H. Erde knows Elder Law, so you can be more comfortable in your retirement.
Michael H. Erde also served as a tax officer in an accounting firm. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and the Council for Advanced Practitioners.
Michael H. Erde, P.C. is an Elder Law Firm that practices in long-term care planning, including Medicaid Application's diverse benefits programs, Nursing Home Benefits, Nursing Home and Assisting Living, Asset preservation including reviewing Gifts, Lookback periods, spend downs, Medicaid Compliant Annuities, Disability including Special Needs Trusts and Guardianship, Pooled Payback Trusts, Estate Planning including Trust and Wills and Powers of Attorney for Health and Property, and Probate as well as Trust and Estate administration and contested matters.
Michael H. Erde has been practicing elder law for over 40 years. Mr. Erde is often called upon to mentor other lawyers, accountants, and residents in the community on the complexities of elder law. He is, simply put, an elder law attorney first. That is where he sees the need in our community, and has 40 years of experience and knowledge to back that up.
Mr. Erde will help you make the decisions and take actions that are right for you, including guardianship matters. Whether you need a trust, want to determine which living situation will be best for you, or have nursing home concerns, he has the experience to answer your questions so you can make decisions that are right for you.
Michael H. Erde, P.C. for clear answers to your elder law, estate planning, and probate questions. Let Michael H. Erde be your attorney of choice for your wills, trusts, estate planning, elder law issues, and probate.
Michael H. Erde has been practicing law for over 40 years, with a focus on elder law. I am one of only a few Certified Elder Law Attorneys in Chicago, a certification provided by the National Elder Law Foundation.* The success of my firm is based on my people first approach. My compassionate approach makes discussing personal issues such as family and finances much less stressful for my clients.
Michael Erde is committed to helping you navigate the complexities of elder law, nursing homes, keeping your home, asset protection, and estate planning. I will answer your unique questions on wills, trusts, guardianship, powers of attorney, Medicaid, and more. I will create an individually tailored plan for preserving your estate that protects your interests now and in the future.
I will take the worry out of creating trust and asset protection plans. Michael H. Erde teaches seminars and regularly lectures to the community, fellow attorneys, and accountants on the issues involved in estate planning and elder law. See the seminar section for past/upcoming lectures.
*The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and such is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois, but I am still proud to have such a certification (CELA or CAP) designation.