Advocates in Aging: Law Office of Wiesner Smith

Practicing in Sarasota since 1983, Advocates in Aging: Law Office of Wiesner Smith works from North Rhodes Avenue and describes itself as a small boutique firm. Its attorneys, Ira Stewart Wiesner and Daniel Hooper Smith, serve clients throughout Southwest Florida.

Elder law services include Medicaid eligibility, nursing home care, long-term care planning and guardianship. Estate planning covers wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care surrogates and living wills, along with advice on avoiding probate and on the probate process itself.

The firm states that Ira Wiesner is Board Certified as an Elder Law Specialist by the Florida Bar, and that its attorneys have more than 46 years of combined experience. Many of its clients first make contact after a difficult diagnosis or when a parent can no longer live alone.