Janet Lowder
Special Needs Planner, Certified Elder Law Attorney, member and past president of Special Needs Alliance
- Role
- Co-chair, Long-term Care, Medicaid and Special Needs Planning Committee at American Bar Association
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Janet Lowder
Janet L. Lowder, a shareholder in the firm of Hickman & Lowder Co, L.P.A, has devoted her career to promoting and protecting the legal rights of the elderly and of persons with mental and physical disabilities. She received her law degree, summa cum laude, from Cleveland Marshall College of Law as a single mother with three children and while working full time. She is a recognized authority on elder law and Medicaid issues and estate planning for families with special needs. Janet is Certified in Elder Law (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation and is certified as an Elder Law Specialist by the Ohio State Bar Association. Janet received the 2012 NAELA Powley Award for leadership in promoting a greater understanding of the rights and needs of elders and persons with special needs. She was chosen as Lawyer of the Year – Cleveland in Trusts and Estates (2013) and in Elder Law (2016 and 2018) by Best Lawyers in America. She was named by Superlawyers to the top 25 female lawyers in Cleveland in 2015 and 2016 and to the top 50 female lawyers in Ohio for 2015. Janet is the former president of the Special Needs Alliance, and was Co-Chair of the Long Term Care, Medicaid and Special Needs Trust Committee of the American Bar Association for two terms. She is a ruling Elder and co-chair of the Mission and Urban Wellness committee at Old Stone Church. She serves a trustee for the Woodruff Foundation. Janet is married to David Kinkaid and has three adult children and one granddaughter. In her spare time, Janet enjoys family, gardening, boating and restoring her carriage house in Bratenahl. Janet’s parents live in a separate apartment at her home in the horse barn (where, as her father likes to tell people, they each have a stall and get a daily bale of hay.)
Experience
Co-chair, Long-term Care, Medicaid and Special Needs Planning Committee
Oct 2012 — Present
Education
Cleveland Marshall College of Law
JD
1989 — 1992
Baldwin Wallace University
Bachelor's degree, Psychology
Skills
- Llc
- Veterans Benefits
- Trust Management
- Social Security Disability
- Guardianship
- Special Needs Planning
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Trust Services
- Estate Tax Planning
- Disability Law
- Medicare
- Estate Administration
- Powers of Attorney
- Trusts
- Tax Law
- Gift Tax
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Trials
- Legal Assistance
- Family Law
- Probate
- Probation
- Preparation of Wills
- Medical Malpractice
- Charitable Trusts
- Conservatorships
- Civil Litigation
- Entity Extraction
- Courts
- Mediation
- Estate Law
- Estate Planning
- Wrongful Death
- Long-Term Care
- Special Needs Trusts
- Business Transactions
- Asset Protection
- Medicaid
- Legal Research
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