Molly M. Wood

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)

AFFILIATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

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

Publications

  • 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)

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