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Monica Ann Benson - Fort Worth, TX
Overton South Professional Bldg4763 Barwick DriveSuite 100 Fort Worth, TX 76132 - 1500
Katten Benson Zachry Golightly, LLP
Fort Worth Elder Law Lawyer
Overview
Monica A. Benson is a Certified Elder Law Attorney* who has spent her almost 20 year career assisting clients with elder law needs. She represents clients in a number of different areas, including drafting estate planning documents such as wills, trusts, and powers of attorney; probate matters for estates of all sizes, whether the decedent died with or without a will; guardianship matters, where she represents guardians, wards, or serves as a court-appointed attorney; and Medicaid planning, helping clients determine, obtain and maintain eligibility. Monica also helps teach the next generations of attorneys as an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, teaching Elder Law, and helped start a practical skills Wills and Estates Clinic.
About Monica Ann Benson
Current Employment Position(s)
- Managing Partner
Languages
- English (Primary)
Practice Areas
- Elder Law 30%
- Estate Planning 20%
- Probate 20%
- Guardianship 10%
- Medicaid Planning 20%
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2005
Specialties and Certifications
- Certified Elder Law Attorney, National Elder Law Foundation, 2012
Other Affiliations
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2005 - Present (Member)
- Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, 2005 - Present (Member)
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Elder Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2013 - Present
- Medicaid and IRAs, Disability and Elder Law Attorney Association – Houston, March, - 2019
- "Elder Law", Fort Worth Paralegal Association, November, - 2015
- "Guardianship and Divorce", UTCLE, 2019 Elder Law Conference, August, - 2019
Pro Bono Activities
- Chancellor, Trinity Episcopal Foundation
- Board of Directors, Cliburn 180, Van Cliburn Foundation, 2016 - 2018
Past Positions
- Katten Benson, Associate, 2005 - 2012
Education
- Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas, 2005
J.D. - Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2002
B.A.
Major: History
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
Overton South Professional Bldg4763 Barwick DriveSuite 100 Fort Worth, TX 76132 - 1500
Phone
Fax
- 817-263-5197
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Included on the 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list
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