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About K.T. Whitehead's Practice
Kathleen T. Whitehead is a certified elder law attorney* and Texas probate lawyer in San Antonio. Her practice emphasizes
elder law issues like minor and adult guardianship, medicaid planning, estate planning and probate. In her law practice Ms.
Whitehead helps seniors, care givers and families to plan for their future legal and personal needs. She expands traditional
estate planning to include planing for life issues surrounding aging.
Ms. Whitehead entered private practice in 1992. She received her doctorate of Jurisprudence from Lewis and Clark College,
Northwestern School of Law, in Portland, Oregon, in 1985. She was licensed to practice law in Texas in May of 1990 and has
been a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys since 1994.
Prior to opening her elder law practice, Ms. Whitehead worked with seniors, first at Lutheran Social Services in Spokane,
Washington, then at Morningside Ministries in San Antonio, Texas. At Morningside, Ms. Whitehead obtained her Nursing Home
Administrator's licence (currently on inactive status).
Ms. Whitehead often speaks on elder law topics to both professional groups and lay people. Her speaking engagements have included
the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Texas Bar Association, San Antonio Young Lawyer’s Association, San Antonio
Bar Association Seminars, and seminars for nursing home administrators and nurses. She addresses topics such as decision making
standards in guardianships; how to avoid a guardianship; probate versus trusts; estate planning basics; medicaid planning;
and planning for long-term care.
* recognized but not certified by the Texas Board of Certification
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