Martin C. Womer is the founder, President and Managing Attorney of the Maine Center for Elder Law, LLC. He assists clients with Medicaid (MaineCare) planning and applications, planning for VA Aid and Attendance eligibility, and trust and estate planning and settlement. His specialty is crisis Medicaid planning.
Marty received his Bachelor’s degree, Cum Laude, from Colby College (1975), and his J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law (1997). After law school, Marty was a Senior Planner with the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission from 1997 to 1999, prior to entering private practice of law. He is a member of the bar of Maine and Connecticut. He is admitted but in inactive status in two additional New England states.
Marty is Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association, for which he often teaches seminars on long-term-care planning. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, MSBA Trusts & Estates and Real Estate Sections, Maine Estate Planning Council, York County Bar Association, American Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, and ElderCounsel, LLC. Marty is an instructor of legal-technical material for ElderCounsel's "Medicaid Immersion and Practice Building Camp", an intensive three-day course for members of ElderCounsel.
Marty is honored to be featured on the cover of the February 2009 bimonthly issue of NAELA News: www.naela.org/pdffiles/NAELANewsVol21No1.pdf published by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. The magazine contains an article about Attorney Womer and another article written by him.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging, and chairs the nonprofit agency's Planned Giving Advisory Committee. Marty was a founder and incorporator of York County Triad, Inc. – an organization dedicated to helping seniors avoid financial exploitation and other abuse – and serves as its Treasurer and a member of its Board of Directors.
Marty lives in Saco, Maine with his wife, Mary Keefe, the director of marketing for a Portland assisted living facility.
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