Born Knoxville, Tennessee, July 8, 1954. Admitted to: Kansas Bar, 1991 Email: mwood@stevensbrand.com

Practice Areas:

• Elder Law/Medicaid
• Guardianship & Conservatorship
• Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts)
• Estate & Trust Administration

Recent Publications and Presentations:

• Author of Advising the Elderly Client, West Group, 2006 (4-volume reference manual)
• Author of Elder Law: Readings, Cases & Materials, Lexis, 2007 (Law school textbook), Medicaid article for KBA
• Author of article entitled Medicaid and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
• Author of article entitled Ten Things You Should Know About the Medicare Prescription Drug Law featured in the Fall 2005 edition of the Stevens & Brand, LLP Estate & Elder Law Newsletter
• Visiting Professor, Elder Law Clinic, University of Kansas School of Law, 1995 - 2006

Education:

• University of Kansas (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1991)

Listed in:

• The Best Lawyers in America, Elder Law, Kansas
• ElderLawAnswers.com

Member:

• Douglas County Kansas Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Continuing Legal Education Committee of the KBA & Elder Law Section Chair
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 1996 - present
• Kansas NAELA Chapter President, 2006-2007