Admitted to: Kansas Bar, 2003 Email: edonaldson@stevensbrand.com

Practice Areas:

• Elder Law/Medicaid
• Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts)
• Estate & Trust Administration
• Guardianship & Conservatorship
• Family Law (Divorce/Child Support)
• Adoption

Publications and Presentations:

• Author, Getting Admitted and Staying There: Nursing Facility Admission Practices
  Elder Law Advisory (Thomson/West, Rochester, New York)
  April 2008, Number 206 at 1
• Author, An Alternate Source of Payment for Long-Term Care: Lawful Third Party Guarantees
  Elder Law Advisory (Thomson/West, Rochester, New York)
  September 2006, Number 187at 1
• Author, Advanced Directives: What Direction Does Kansas Allow?
  The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association
  March 2006, Volume 75, No. 3
• Author, Filial Responsibility Laws: Requiring Children to Support Aging Parents
  Elder Law Advisory (Thomson/West, Rochester/New York)
  February 2007, Number 192 at 1

Education:

• University of Missouri - Columbia (B.A., 1997)
• City University of New York School of Law (J.D., 2000)
• University of Missouri - Kansas City (Coursework completed for LL.M., 2003)

Recipient:

• Estate Planning Society Estate Planning Prize (second place - non-tax category), University of Missouri - Kansas City
• John Regan Elder Law Fellowship, City University of New York School of Law

Member:

• Kansas Bar Association (Member KBA Professional Ethics Panel)
• Kansas Women's Attorney Association
• Judge Hugh Means American Inn of Court
• Leadership Lawrence Class of 2006