Molly M. Wood
Areas of Practice
- Elder Law
- Medicaid/Long-Term Care Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship of Adults
- Remedies for Financial Exploitation of Impaired Adults
- Estate & Trust Administration
BAR ADMISSIONS
Kansas Bar, 1991
U.S. District Court, Kansas, 1991
10th Circut Court of Appeals, 2007
EDUCATION
University of Kansas (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1991)
ABOUT MOLLY
As a partner at Stevens & Brand, Ms. Wood limits her practice to Elder Law. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Elder Law and has received an AV Rating from Martindale – Hubbell. She is a member of the Douglas County and Kansas Bar Associations, the Kansas Women Attorneys Association, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Listed in:
The Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-present
Super Lawyers, Missouri & Kansas, 2007-2012
Elder Law Clinic, University of Kansas School of Law, Visiting Professor, 1995 – 2006
Kansas Bar Association, Outstanding Service Award, 2002 and 2010
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Outstanding Kansas Chapter Member 2010
Member:
Douglas County Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association (KBA)
Continuing Legal Education Committee of the KBA
KBA Elder Law Section Member
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), 1996 – present
Kansas NAELA Chapter President, 2006 – 2007
Kansas Advocates for Better Care, Board Member 1996 – present
- Advising the Elderly Client, Thompson/Reuters, 2002 – 2015 (4-volume reference manual, updated annually)
- Editor (with Emily Donaldson), Kansas Long-Term Care Handbook, KBA 2008
- Elder Law, chapter for the Kansas Annual Survey (with Patrick H. Donahue) KBA 1998 – present
- Legalese, 60 AND BETTER, monthly column for Douglas County Senior Services’ newspaper, May 1994 — present
- Medicaid Long-Term Care Update: The Basics, Estate Recovery, and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, 75 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 8 (2006)
- Medicaid Eligibility for Long-Term Care: The Basics, Recent Developments, and Some Thoughts on the Future, 16 PREVENTIVE LAW JOURNAL 1 (Summer 1997)
- Estate Recovery: A New Challenge for Estate Planning, 63 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 24 (1994)