Ralph John Conrad

I hired Mr. Conrad in February 2014. My mother needed to go to a nursing home. Initially I just wanted info on the sale of the home. He began telling me things such as how we could keep Medicaid from taking all of my mothers money. And that she was allowed to gift half the house to the kids. He said ...he would do all the dealings with Medicaid as far as filing, the phone interview, setting up a trust for the house and so forth. He would handle all of it for the large sum of $3000. I was exhausted from taking care of my mother for 2 years and didn't have the energy to deal with it all so I hired him. He filed the Medicaid application in around mid February. He told me the spend down would start from the 1st of that month as long we spent down her money before the end of the month. Well that wasn't true it started the date of the filing I think because we were penalized more than suppose to. After he did phone interview, I had already given him all the paper work necessary to turn in. He called and said I did phone interview now you need to put money back in moms account and pay me so that she wouldn't be penalized for that amount. So I paid him in full. After I paid him he stopped taking my calls. Wouldn't return my calls. I had no idea if my mom had been approved or not till the nursing home told me. He never set up any trust for the house. Its now July and I haven't spoken with him since April. He still has a bunch of receipts of mine that show money put into the house. When I would try to call his mailbox was always full I couldn't even leave a message. Before I paid him he was Johnny on the spot I didn't even have to leave a message he would call me back within minutes. This man took a large sum of my mothers money and did not preform the duties he had promised. Filing a application and emailing papers to me does not warrant $3000.