McGuire Wood & Bissette Law Firm is pleased to announce that Kathleen Rose Rodberg has earned the designation of Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law by the North Carolina State Bar and a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF). She received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law. The Certified Elder Law Attorney exam is a full day and requires knowledge of health and personal care planning, estate planning, fiduciary representation, public benefits, and other topics related to serving elderly clients.
In receiving these certifications, Kathleen becomes one of only seventeen attorneys in the state and one of only three in Western North Carolina who has received the Certified Elder Law Attorney designation by the National Elder Law Foundation. She is one of only twenty-two Board Certified Elder Law Attorneys as certified by the North Carolina State Bar.
Kathleen concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, elder law, guardianships, and special needs law. This includes frequently serving as fiduciary for clients, appointment as guardian ad litem in adult guardianship and estate matters, advising clients on long-term care Medicaid planning, and traditional estate planning and administration.
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