Ms. Patricia M. Shumaker

Patricia M. Shumaker practices primarily in the areas of complex estate planning, trust and estate administration, elder law, and long-term care planning. Ms. Shumaker provides comprehensive planning for the costs of long-term care including the application and appeal for Medicaid benefits. Ms. Shumaker is a cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law where she was the articles editor for the ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Journal and was named to the Order of the Coif.  She is an undergraduate of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.    Areas of Practice ·         Estate Planning ·         Trust and Estate Administration ·         Elder Law and Long-term Care Planning Bar Admissions ·         Massachusetts ·         North Carolina ·         South Carolina Education ·         University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, SC, J.D. cum laude ·         Law Journal: ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Journal, Articles Editor ·         Moot Court Bar, Competition Team Member ·         President of Women in Law Organization ·         University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Honors and Awards ·         CALI Award in Professional Responsibility , 1999 – 2000 ·         Karen Lee Scholarship Award, 1998 – 1999 ·         Order of the Coif Professional Associations and Memberships ·         Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA), Member ·         Nat. Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and (MANAELA), Member ·         Boston Estate Planning Council (BEPC), Member   ·         Trusts and Estates Consortium