Amanda M. Buzo
Amanda Buzo
Cleveland
Ohio (OH)
Estate Planning & Probate
Elder Law
Profile
Attorney Amanda M. Buzo focuses her practice on the issues surrounding individuals with disabilities. She practices in the areas of estate planning, special needs trusts, guardianships, decedents’ estates, and other probate matters. Amanda works with individuals or their attorneys to provide advice regarding the impact of settlements on government benefits, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income, and to probate minor, adult incompetent, or wrongful death settlements. Amanda will advise on the necessity of guardianship, special needs trusts, wrongful death trusts, qualified settlement funds, and/or Medicare and Medicaid lien resolution. She also counsels matrimonial attorneys and their clients regarding the legal impact of divorce on government benefits for spouses or children with disabilities
Selected To
Ohio Rising Stars 2010
About Amanda Buzo
Admitted: 2005, Ohio
Blog: www.hickman-lowder.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=10&Itemid=19
Professional Webpage: www.hickman-lowder.com/FirmStaff/AmandaBuzo.htm
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Ohio State Bar Association, 2012
- Lorain County Bar Association, 2012
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), 2012
- Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, 2012
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2012
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Presentation at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation on the funding sources available for children with disabilities., Speaker, 2011
- Medicare Part D update., Speaker, Medicare & Immigration Law, Ohio State Bar Association, 2011
- Presentation on the topics of guardianship, special needs estate planning, and government benefit eligiblity., Speaker, Special Needs Estate Planning, 2011
- Presentation on the responsibilities and duties of trustees under the Ohio Trust Code., Speaker, OhioRights & Duties: What Trustees and Beneficiaries Should Know, Lorain County Bar Association, 2011
- The Changing Faces of Medicare & Medicaid., Speaker, Medicare Updates, 2012
- Overview of funding sources, eligiblity for government benefits, and special needs estate planning., Speaker, Mental Health Issues, Social Workers And Mental Health Professionals, 2012
- Review of issues relating to people with disabilities, specifically developmental disabilities. The legal items addressed include eligibility for government benefits, special needs estate planning, and guardianship., Speaker, Planting the Seeds for a Successful Future, Board Of Developmental Disabilities, 2012
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