ELET Partners with Financial Planning Association of East Tennessee

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Written By Amelia Crotwell, JD

This September, Elder Law of East Tennessee joined the Financial Planning Association (FPA) of East Tennessee as a professional partner.  FPA partners are companies who do not necessarily offer financial planning themselves but whose services dovetail with financial planning.  As a partner, we participate in meetings, events, and continuing education with FPA members (who do provide financial planning services).  Relationships formed through this organization can help both companies better serve their clients by offering comprehensive, coordinated services.The core values of the FPA are competence, integrity, relationships, and stewardship – values which are very much in line with ELET’s mission to deliver comprehensive expertise with honesty, respect, and compassion.  Both ELET and members of the FPA are committed to high ethical standards, increasing public awareness about the benefits of proactively planning for the future, and actively pursuing continuing education so that we can provide accurate, up-to-date guidance on ever-changing legal and financial issues.At ELET, we enjoy opportunities to collaborate with a wide range of professionals in other industries to better serve our clients.  These include financial planners and advisors (both within and outside the FPA organization); Medicare advisors; in-home care providers; hospice agencies; hospital discharge planners and social workers; and residential care facility professionals, to name a few.  A large part of our role in serving our clients is making sure they are aware of all their options and are connected with the other resources in the community that can help them plan for financial and care needs and get appropriate care in the right setting when they need it.If you are a financial planner or advisor or are in another professional role serving clients who are elderly or planning for old age or disability, we would love to hear from you and learn about your services and values.  Our goal is to serve as a resource for the community and help fellow service providers and families work through the legal, financial, and care challenges of aging and disability.  By working collaboratively, we can help families achieve their financial and care goals and rest easy knowing that they have the right plan in place. 

Amelia Crotwell, JD

Amelia Crotwell, founder and managing partner at Elder Law of East Tennessee, has guided families through long-term care and special needs challenges for nearly two decades. Specializing in Life Care Planning and special needs trusts, Amelia also collaborates across all areas of elder law, including wills, trusts, Medicare, Medicaid, probate, and veterans benefits planning. Certified as an Elder Law Attorney since 2011, she is president-elect of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association and co-chair of their strategic planning committee. Amelia is deeply involved in the Special Needs Alliance and a prominent member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She played a key role in founding the Tennessee chapter of NAELA, serving as its first president. A member of the Tennessee Bar Association and past chair of its Elder Law Section Executive Council, Amelia also dedicates time to pro bono work and community education. She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Law and teaches Elder Law there as an adjunct professor since 2018.

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