James R Barnes

I luckily was referred to Mr. Barnes by a friend. I needed a lawyer to help with a Medicaid application for my mother, whose funds were running out after she had been privately paying for the senior/nursing facility she was residing in. When I asked the facility upon her taking up residence how things worked when she could no longer private pay, they explained the Medicaid process that needed to happen when her funds ran low. Unfortunately, they gave me an unrealistic time frame as to when that was. If it wasn’t for Mr. Barnes and his legal assistant, Donna, my mom’s life, as well as my own (her daughter) could have been in total ruins. I was in fear that I would have to remove her for lack of payment and that she wouldn’t get the daily care she needed. During my first appointment with Mr. Barnes, he allayed those fears. He immediately assessed the abbreviated time frame involved with my request and let me know what and when everything on his end and my end needed to be pulled together. They got the application in so quickly that I finally was able to breathe a sigh of relief. As each ensuing DSS request came in they were there, quickly helping me to identify what I needed to provide, as well as writing support statements for DSS from me to approve/edit. When nerves got the better of me during this process and the long waiting period, both Mr. Barnes and Donna where there for me. They almost instantly responded, night or day, to all my calls and/or my frantic late-night emails, which was very much appreciated. I highly recommend Mr. Barnes services! I also recommend that anyone with a parent entering a senior/nursing facility contact him sooner than later for an assessment and a realistic time frame to prevent any problems personally or financially.