Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) in Michigan
When it comes to planning your estate, your Medicaid, your wills, trust and benefits, and many other things which you want to be done while you are still at a peaceful time in life, getting help from a Certified Elder Law Attorney would be best. The Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) Christopher J. Berry is dedicated to helping Michigan seniors, veterans, and their families plan for and cope with the many issues that come with growing older.
Christopher J. Berry is a native of the southeast Michigan and focuses on the areas of elder law, Medicaid planning, Veterans Benefits, and estate planning. He is the only Certified Elder Law Attorney in Livingston County and just one of the 17 CELA in the state of Michigan. He was the second youngest lawyer in the nation to achieve the designation of Certified Elder Law Attorney, which is the gold standard for elder law attorneys.
Attorney Berry is one of the highest ranked estate planning and elder law attorneys in the Michigan state and has founded The Elder Care Firm where he exhibits his skills with the help of his team to provide service to families and elders who have problems or need help with the issues of growing older. He is also an adjunct professor at WMU Cooley Law School, where he teaches 2nd and 3rd year law school students elder law. His peers chose him as a Best Lawyer for Elder Law & Estate Planning on the list of the Best Lawyers in America and the DBusiness Magazine.
Attorney Berry serves and has served as the Board of Trustee for The Michigan Presbyterian Villages, Oakland Woods’ Villages, and an Easter Seals of Michigan Board of Directors, the Champion-level member of the Alzheimer’s Association’s AEDA, a Probate and Estate Committee of Oakland County Bar Association’s member.
He’s also a Member of the Veterans Committee, Member of the Disability and Elder Law section and the Probate section of the Michigan State Bar, Legal Services Network of AARP member, NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys) Tax section’s member, Member of Government Assistance Planning for NAELA for Wealth Counsel, Elder Counsel, and the Alliance for Elder Care Matters, Member of the Unauthorized Law Practice Committee of Michigan’s State Bar, Member of the spearheading committee of Governmental Benefits section of NAELA and a Board of Directors member for the NAELA-MI (Michigan National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys).