Patricia M. Shumaker

When my parents first hired Attorney Tricia Shumaker to prepare their estate plan, they had no idea they were running out of time and on the precipice of needing far more than estate planning. Within a few weeks of working with Tricia, unexpectantly, my father became gravely ill. Fortunately, they ...picked the right attorney! Tricia came to the house for the convenience of my 90+ year old parents. She patiently and compassionately listened to my parents’ wishes, asking questions, attending to all the details, and making sure that she fully understood my parents’ goals and that they understood her role. She explained to my parents all the financial issues they were faced with and provided prudent guidance through these complicated decisions. Tricia and her team went into immediate action, creating all legal documents, including wills, power of attorneys, health care proxies, trust and all the legal work behind these documents, all completed in record time. Goal accomplished! Tricia’s command of Elder Law, Estate Planning and the Massachusetts legal and Medicaid health systems is second to none. Then, when my mother could no longer remain at home alone, Tricia worked her magic again, successfully navigating the Massachusetts legal and medical systems with huge success. Throughout the entire complex process, Tricia explained each detail/nuance, of which there were many, making sure I fully understood each step. This was a difficult time for us, yet she was stalwart, persistent, professional, and successful in settling our mother in an appropriate nursing facility. Another goal accomplished! Tricia is very precise, professional, thoughtful, compassionate, and thorough. She is a brilliant elder law and estate planning attorney. I have 1000% trust and confidence in Tricia and 1000% recommend her services.

My husband and I met with Tricia to create an estate plan. She explained everything to us with great detail and in terms we could understand. It was a lot to absorb for us but she guided us through every detail and we were given clear instructions on what we needed to do to get everything in order. ...We were then given copies of all our documents with instructions to read through them. We meet in 1 year to review our plan and follow up with any changes needed. She was wonderful to work with and made us feel very at ease throughout the process.

Attorney Shumaker Is clearly well versed in Elder Law and a very responsive caring and concerned attorney for her clients and their caregivers well being. We are very pleased to be working with attorney Shumaker collaboratively . She is a welcomed relief for our mutual clients and the staff at Answer...s for Elders. It is a pleasure working with this expert in the field of Elder Law, Attorney Shumakwr is compassionate, a great listener, advisor and advocate for clients . We highly recommend her. She is passionately committed to finding the best possible fiscally responsible plan for her clients and to providing the highest level of quality service in the industry. President & Owner Answers for Elders, LLC

We had recently moved from New York to the state of Massachusetts and learned through our CPA that our Will and Health Care Proxy was no longer valid here in this state. He highly recommended that we set up an appointment to meet with Patricia in handling our estate planning. In meeting with her, w...e found Patricia to very professional and extremely knowledgeable. Compared to New York, we were unaware of the many different estate planning laws here in the state of Massachusetts. Patricia was very patient and thorough in explaining detail in every issue and answered all of our many questions and concerns. She took the time to fully understand our needs in planning our estate. She was also very kind, genuinely caring, and trustworthy and made us feel very comfortable in knowing that we made the right decision in retaining her as our attorney. She guided us through the process from start to finish and in doing so, we developed a wonderful working relationship. Without a doubt, we highly recommend Patricia for your estate planning needs.

Patricia is a very knowledgeable, thorough, patient and pleasant attorney! She created and completed my entire estate planning. With all the complicated legal terms and situations, she explained in detail every issue and answered all my questions so that I could understand. She provides examples wh...en there are various options - which make my decisions easier. She always follows up with any questions and is extremely helpful to ensure that we (as clients) understand fully. Patricia is also very caring, takes great interest in her professional work and yet is down to earth. There are so many laws relating to estate planning and Patricia is always up to date with the latest rules and regulations. I am so grateful and thankful for Patricia's professional guidance, patience and her time in developing my estate planning and reviewing every year for any updates, changes, etc... that may be needed to make in any of the numerous documents. Although I may be one of her younger clients, I have peace of mind that my legal affairs and estate planning have been completed. You are never too young to have these important documents done. I consider Patricia as my "legal guardian angel" now! Patricia is truly an outstanding, knowledgeable and professional attorney! I strongly recommend her to all!