Thom L. Cooper, CELA

Founder of the Thom L. Cooper Company

For the past several years, Attorney Cooper has focused his practice on estate planning, including tax planning, nursing home planning and the comprehensive use of trusts (e.g. living trusts, charitable trusts, remainder trusts, insurance trusts and supplemental care trusts.

Attorney Cooper is certified as an Elder Law Specialist, by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF) under certification guidelines as established by the American Bar Association. NELF is approved by the Ohio Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists. In Addition, NELF is the only Elder Law Certification program approved by the American Bar Association.

Attorney Cooper is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). In 1995 he was among the charter members of the NAELA professional organization to become certified as an Elder Law Specialist. Attorney Cooper is also a current member & former president of the prestigious American Association of Trust, Estate and Elder Law Attorneys (AATEELA). AATEELA is an invitation only, professional association of estate planning and Elder Law attorneys from across the United States. Members are selected on the basis of their professional reputation, ability and creativity in the fields of trusts, estates and elder law. Each has made substantial contributions to these fields through lecturing, writing, and continuing education instruction.

Attorney Cooper is a frequent speaker and consultant in the area of Elder Law. Attorney Cooper has also taught continuing education courses, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Department of Insurance, to attorneys and insurance agents on Nursing Home Planning.

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Mitchell Adel

Senior Partner

Attorney Mitchell J. Adel is a Senior Attorney in the statewide Elder Law practice of the Thom L. Cooper, Co. LPA where his areas of practice include estate planning, trusts, probate and veterans’ benefits. Attorney Adel is among a select group of attorneys in the State of Ohio, who have been admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals For Veterans Claims in addition to receiving accreditation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Attorney Adel has lectured to groups of elderly individuals and their families throughout Ohio about how to preserve their homes & farms in nursing home planning, advanced estate planning, tax planning and estate administration.

Attorney Adel graduated from Ithaca College in Ithaca New York, in 1997 earning an undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology.  Following his studies in New York State he attended Capital Law School where he received his Juris Doctorate in 2000.  Attorney Adel joined the Thom L. Cooper Co. in 2005 and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association.

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Ashley R. Sorgen

Associate Elder Law Attorney

Attorney Ashley R. Sorgen is an Elder Law Attorney in the statewide Elder Law practice of the Thom L. Cooper, Co. LPA where her areas of practice include estate planning, trusts, probate and veterans’ benefits. Attorney Sorgen is among a select group of attorneys in the State of Ohio who have been admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals For Veterans Claims in addition to receiving accreditation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Attorney Sorgen represents elderly individuals and their families throughout Ohio in nursing home planning, advanced estate planning, tax planning, and estate administration.

Attorney Sorgen graduated from the Ohio State University earning an undergraduate degree in both English and Political Science, with a focus in Rhetorical Theory.  Following her studies at OSU, she attended Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in Ada, Ohio from which she received her Juris Doctor.  Attorney Sorgen joined Thom L. Cooper Co., LPA in June 2008 and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association.

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