Cimarron Dru Gilson

Cimarron Gilson

I think this anonymous reviewer is S.M. from Schertz, TX. I recall meeting you and your brother K.W. in March of 2015 to talk about your dad D.W. First, I am sorry about your dad's passing. I hope he is at peace now. If my notes are correct, before meeting in March 2015, I gave you advice on the telephone in January 2014 about a problem you had with an RV sales retailer. I didn't charge you for that phone consult and believe that it was that friendly experience that led you to come back to my office in 2015 for advice about your dad. I'm surprised by your review. I rarely have a negative experience with a client, but when someone is unhappy, I do my best to remedy the situation if I can. And if someone doesn't understand something and they ask for clarification, I will gladly explain again. So lets review what we spoke about. You asked about how to prepare your dad to qualify for Medicaid. I advised that he did not qualify in April 2015 due to too many resources and too much income. Too much income could be handled with a Miller Trust. Too many resources could be handled by spending his resources down in a legal, non fraudulent way, or converting cash into resources that Medicaid won't count against the applicant. For example, when a Medicaid applicant doesn't have a car but has too much cash in the bank, one wise way to spend down his cash is to purchase a vehicle for the applicant's transportation. Another way is to purchase personal items, appliances, or cemetery plots for the family. All these new assets are not counted against the applicant by Medicaid and help preserve the assets from being paid (lost) directly to a nursing home. I can't explain why you now say you were "horrified" by it. From my recollection, you and your brother were quite interested in this approach at the time of our meeting, and even indicated permission to let me research more Medicaid issues for you. Unlike the insinuation of your negative review, none of the Medicaid planning advice I gave you and your brother was illegal or unethical. I am not in the business of giving that kind of advice, and what I said is the same advice any other elder law attorney would have given you. And I'd give you the same advice today. You make reference to scripture in your review and state that I don't act with scripture in mind. I am not a perfect person, I admit, but I certainly don't give unethical or immoral advice. We are a Christian law firm and do our best to act with integrity. Since you bring up scripture, though, the "good book" says that if you have an issue with your brother, approach your brother alone. If your brother doesn't listen, take one or more brothers with you to approach the one you have issue with, and if that still doesn't solve it, take the church elders with you to address your brother. You and I have attended the same church for the last two plus years. The birthday card confusion was a simple, innocent mishap, and could have been handled with a one minute phone call rather than a negative and misleading review. We try to send out birthday cards to all our clients. We have only had positive responses to this act of remembrance. We won't send out a card, however, if we know that a client is deceased. In your father's case, we had no knowledge from you or any other source that your dad has passed away. Nevertheless, we will remove his name from our birthday and contact list immediately. I hope I have addressed your complaints satisfactorily, and if I have, you should agree with me that your review is misleading to readers. I kindly ask you to do me the courtesy of removing it immediately from avvo.com.