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Kyla Groff Kelim
About Kyla
Biography
Kyla Kelim has practiced law in Alabama and Florida for more than 20 years. Her firm, Aging in Alabama, focuses on consultation and advocacy for seniors, their families, caregivers and professionals assisting them who are in need of long term care planning or facing crisis due to catastrophic injury or illness that is affecting their healthcare, their wellbeing and their legacy, typically through disputes regarding nursing home Medicaid eligibility and related difficulties.
Practice Areas
5
Practice Areas
Elder Law
24%
21 years | 600 cases
Guardianship
24%
30 years | 100 cases
Probate
24%
30 years | 200 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Alabama for 31 years
State: Alabama
Acquired: 1994
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2016
Licensed in Florida for 32 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 1993
Location
Aging in Alabama
P.O. Box 109, Fairhope, AL, 36533-0109
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Kyla Groff Kelim's Reviews
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10 Client Reviews
Kyla Groff Kelim's Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer."
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Estate planning lawyer
Experience
Professional misconduct
This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2016.
Reprimand issued in AL, 2016
updated on 04/03/2017This means the attorney did something wrong, but the State did not suspend the lawyer. Typically in this case the lawyer's poor behavior is exposed to the public in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.
Work Experience
2012 - Present
Owner/Attorney, Aging in Alabama
2005 - Present
Attorney, Davis & Neal
1997 - 2005
Attorney, Alec Brown & Associates
1995 - 1997
Attorney, Levin, Middlebrooks, et al
1993 - 1995
Assistant Public Defender, 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida
Associations
2005 - Present
Mobile Bar AssociationMember
1995 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Heard v. State
Capital Murder overturned
JLN v. State
Community Notification Act unconstitutional
Doe v. Pryor
Community Notification Act unconstitutional
Education
1993
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1990
University of New Orleans
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2013
March 7, 2013 - Teleconference
Establishing Special Needs Trusts
2012
Teleconference
Alabama Update: Medicaid Law
2012
Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security Update 2012
Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security
2012
Live National Webcast
Medicaid: From Qualifying Clients to Applying for Benefits
2011
Medicaid Update 2011
Nursing home Medicaid
2011
Caring for the Caregiver
Avoiding Legal Problems for Caregivers
2010
Orange Beach Senior Center
Elder Law Issues
2010
Estate Planning Basics
Estate Planning
2010
Caregiver Conference
Seven Deadly Sins of Nursing Home Medicaid
2010
Annual Luncheon
Elder Law Update
2009
Legal Issues for Caregivers
Nursing home Medicaid
2009
Caregiver Conference
Legal Issues for Caregivers
2009
Annual Social Worker luncheon/CEU
Elder Law
2008
Caregiver conference
Elder law for the caregiver
2008
Caregiver Conference
Legal Issues for Caregivers
2007
Caregiver Conference
Legal Issues for Caregivers
2006
Baldwin County ACES Conference for Caregivers
Legal Issues for Caregivers
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers