Law Elder Law / Law Hesselbaum LLP

Law Hesselbaum was the perfect firm for helping my wife and I develop a trust. My father often shows me his personal estate planning. It has always felt so complicated and an overwhelmingly daunting task to set one up, so I avoided doing it myself for so long. After our third child, I came to terms that I needed a trust for my family to have piece of mind. I've personally known the partner for a few years now. Zach Hesselbaum is heavily involved with the community and is a great individual. The initial meeting was about an hour and came with some homework. Another hour at home to gather and fill out some documents. Another hour meeting to finalize paperwork. Follow up questions were answered promptly by the support staff, and the trust plan was extremely thorough, covering every base you could think of. Only three hours to give my family peace of mind that our finances and end of life planning are taken care of... worth it. Some additional notes: Brought the kids along to all meetings, felt like a family environment the whole time. Answered all my questions with a high level of professionalism and compassion, no matter how basic. I learned a lot about the legal and financial benefits a trust can do, the law firms involvement after initial setup / future maintenance, and what my relatives can expect when we are gone.

We hired Law Hesselbaum to prepare a Medicaid application for our father in January 2025. He passed the week before we were to put in the application. However, I feel the work we did was exceptionally valuable as it uncovered (for example) short-term health insurance policies we didn't know our parents had taken out that have helped us cover his care, and helped us prepare for his passing and for our mom's financial security. Our lawyer was exceptionally knowledgeable and helpful. Our initial paralegal was not a good fit. She made a number of minor errors on documents and didn't seem to understand our answers to her questions to the point of maddening frustration and making us do more work than was actually required. In stepped Bonnie Stinson, who is a verified angel and 1000% on the ball at all times. She took over managing the back and forth of the case, made sure no balls were ever dropped again, and kept everything on track. Even things that were not in her department she stayed on top of so that we always felt completely taken care of for the rest of the process. It's scary to pay such a large fee to a law firm before you know how things will turn out, but having gone through this, and even though no Medicaid application will be submitted, I feel it was absolutely the right path to follow. And I am very, very grateful that Bonnie was there to help us do this properly, with her skillful, caring approach.

I highly recommend Law Elder Law! They have been amazing and have walked me though each step in helping my family members and also myself, personally. Shelby is extremely organized and helpful, and makes sure all paperwork is turned in, in a timely manner! Each member of the team is always ready to help in any way possible.

All the folks I interfaced with at Law Hesselbaum have been consummate professionals. It was quite the journey but made much easier and less stressful with their coaching from the sideline as I closed up the estate of my friend. I worked very closely with paralegal Kathe whose assistance and wisdom was stellar and who was a delight to work with.

I had a great experience working with Law Hesselbaum. Their team was consistently prompt in replying and kept me well-informed throughout the entire process. From contract to closing, they were helpful, professional, and made everything go smoothly. I truly appreciated their responsiveness every step of the way. Highly recommend!