Amy Dow Elder Law

If you are trying to figure out Medicaid on your own, just stop right now and call Amy Dow! I tried for months to figure out Medicaid long term care for my mother and kept hearing a different story with every phone call. So time consuming and got nowhere!! I finally called Amy and my life literally calmed down! She guided me through everything and did even more than I asked or expected. Her team of experts are so knowledge and sort through all the nonsense out there! Anita, one of her amazing specialists, guided me through every step, submitted all of the paperwork for me and made the phone calls I dreaded. One thing that was so comforting is that they call or email you back immediately. I appreciated that so much! Thank you Amy, Anita and Kim for answering all of my questions and getting mom approved for Medicaid! Worth every penny!!! I’ll be contacting you next year for renewal!

Amy did a great job at helping me set up a trust and apply for Medicaid for my father. She went OUT OF HER WAY to help me and was very responsive during the entire process. Amy and her team (Anita) made the entire process much easier, and her rates were fair. I highly recommend Amy Dow Elder Law and will definitely hire her for any future needs!

I recently worked with Amy and her team to set up a Special Needs Trust for a family member. I was very happy with Amy's highly professional managing of the process. She is an exceptionally knowledgeable, patient, and respectful attorney. She was always available for questions which was especially important for me trying to navigate a complex set of rules governing such a trust. Her humanity is especially on display, which is perhaps the most critical aspect of working with people who are often contending with emotionally difficult circumstances on behalf of family members.
I recommend Amy Dow Law without reservation.

Amy and her staff are simply amazing! My husband was unexpectedly put on hospice care. I called the office and Amy went right into action to get important legal and medical papers drawn up. She emailed everything I needed that day. She made provision for the papers to be signed and notarized in my home. Amy provided all the necessary people to be at my house at a designated time. Everything was taken care of within 24-36 hours. Everyone connected to this endeavor were so very nice, thoughtful, helpful, sympathetic, efficient, knowledgeable and very caring. Amy and her staff got everything done that needed to be taken care of and they did it in record time. They did it with a positive attitude and a willingness to alleviate a burden at such a difficult time. Amy...the BEST! I am forever thankful and grateful for you!!

We were introduced to Amy at a talk she gave at our community clubhouse on the importance of documents for our health advocacy and inheritance concerns.
She was direct and clearly presented the pros and cons of everything but did not try to sell anything and offered free phone consultation.
We contracted with Amy for all my documents that were needed and a change in the deed on our home too.
We were very happy with the service and capability her team showed in providing us what we needed to ensure my wishes for my health care and estate.
I would highly recommend Amy for legal work.

At the advice of my sister who had work done by Amy Dow, we had Amy work up a complete Trust package. When completed, we took all the documents to our bank. The bank advisor was so impressed he asked for Amy's info as his parents need elder attorney assistance. Was more than happy to recommend Amy.

Amy Dow was so wonderful to work with. My Husband and I are newly married and needed help navigating our plans. For peace of mind, we wanted to make sure our affairs were in order. Amy was highly recommended by a colleague of mine.

Amy was awesome to work with. She works with ease, humor, and makes the estate/will/trust planning process stress free. She is prompt, has great communication, and made us feel like our needs where not only important but also a priority. My husband and I both highly recommend Amy Dow. Thank you for everything, Amy!

Amy and her staff were very accommodating. They took their time to communicate with us and guide us thru the process. Amy made some suggestions from her experiences that we implemented. She took my phone calls and responded timely to my emails. Her staff were very responsive at all times. Amy is a true professional and sensitive to the needs of others.

Dealing with aging parents is a very difficult and emotional time. Fortunately, my family retained Amy Dow (Amy Dow Elder Law) to guide us through the legal procedures and insurance confusion. After discussing our situation, she explained available options and provided recommendations in an easily understandable way. She is incredibly responsive, patient and easy to work with. Amy assisted us in navigating the legal and insurance mazes and prepared the necessary legal documents. We were very pleased with and can confidently recommend her.

This review comes late but it is well worth the effort. Amy has been our lawyer for many years now and each year she out does herself. My husbands aunt is in a nursing home and with Amy's help Medicaid was covering the bill. When it was time to reapply for Medicaid last year, my husband got diagnosed with Cancer. Understandably, we ignored Amy's reminders that we had to file for the new year. Unfortunately, the home applied for us. The bill went up 700 dollars. The increase was being paid from her small trust. Although my husband was getting Chemo, I contacted Amy. She and her staff understood and went to work to correct this. After a few months the price went down and her Medicaid payment was enough to cover the home expense again. Thanks to Amy and her staff, her trust wont run out that quickly. The next part of this review speaks about Amy's personality. Not only is she an excellent lawyer but she excels as a person. We live in another state and most of our contact has been by phone or text. Every and I mean every contact was started with "how is your husband". A gracious conversation occurred before any business was spoken. Lawyers do not always have a good reputation but how often do you find a lawyer who is excellent at her work and also kind and compassionate. Amy, thank you from the bottom of my heart. P.S. My husband is doing well.

Sincerely,
Sandy Schneider

Ms. Dow helped us sought through our estate plan options in simple terms.

Ms Dow and her assistant Kim are very professional and helpful

Amy offered excellent service during a time that was difficult in assisting a family member with high medical costs. Her knowledge and expertise were invaluable. She made herself available, was patient, caring and understanding and thorough. Her competent legal service gave me peace of mind and was well worth it.

I learned more about "elder" care, laws, finances in my first phone call with Amy Dow than I ever knew or could have thought about. I hired her immediately and was even more impressed after meeting her in person. She navigated our case through some muddy waters, and we came out squeaky clean. Her and her staff are knowledgeable, reliable, and get the job done!!!!

Streamlined the estate planning process making it a pleasurable experience. Highly recommend this firm for your estate planning needs!

I worked with Amy to have estate documents done for me, and to have advance directives done for my college age kids. Amy and her staff made the process easy from beginning to end. They took time to explain each document to us and to help us make decisions about they should be filed out. They even went out of their way to accommodate us during COVID. I highly recommend Amy Dow Law!

I came to Amy rather "green" in elder law seeking assistance with getting my mom's affairs in line. Amy was very receptive, warm and attentive and I immediately felt confident in her.
She is full of knowledge, organized and pleasant...and explained things to me in "layman's terms" which was so very refreshing. That, coupled with her compassion and patience, was a set-up for a very successful experience.
I highly recommend Amy to anyone seeking a smooth, reassuring experience in elder legal affairs.

I was very happy to have Amy Dow complete my estate planning documents. She is very knowledgeable and made the whole process easy and understandable. I also greatly appreciated her patience and sensitivity to my concerns and needs. I highly recommend her and would not hesitate to use her again for any legal counsel.

Amy Dow and her associate Carolyn were able to help my husband and I during an extremely difficult and stressful time. They were very patient with all my many questions and made both our Medicaid Planning and Estate Planning so clear, and we are so grateful for her expertise, kindness and care. They couldn't have been more helpful and were my one light at the end of the dark tunnel. I recommend them with absolutely no hesitation.

I met Amy when she spoke at an at Emunah Women’s meeting about the importance estate planning. It was particularly important, she said, for northerners who now live in Florida to update their documents to reflect the specific Florida laws. As a New Yorker who had recently declared Florida residency, this rang a bell.
When I called Amy, she came to our residence and explained all the ins and outs of Florida estate planning. She was very patient, explaining everything well. She then drew up the documents, which my husband and I signed.
When the process was over, we both had a feeling of relief that we would now be properly prepared for the future.

I wish Google had a 6 star option for those really, really special businesses out there! We hired Amy Dow Law, to do my parent’s estate planning under Florida law. Amy explained everything to us in simple non-lawyer terms, ensuring we understood everything. She was so thorough and patient, taking into account my father’s Alzheimers condition. I never thought I would say this about an attorney, but I feel like Amy undercharged us for all the work she did, especially when I compare her to the big fancy law firm we used prior to moving to Florida!

We left the signing feeling like Amy was not only our attorney for life, but a very caring member of our family.

Amy, if you ever read this - THANK YOU!!!