Theodore Robert Schofner

We assist families avoid impoverishment from long term care and nursing home expense by qualifying their loved ones for Medicaid and VA benefits. We prepare Wills, Trusts and Durable Powers of Attorney and settle Estates and Trusts. We seek maximum recovery when loved ones are abused or neglected in a Nursing Home or ALF. Ted moved to Florida in 1960 from Michigan and began his firm in 1990. Over the 32 years that he has been in practice, Ted has helped many hundreds of families qualify for Medicaid and protect the assets that they have worked a lifetime to save and pass on to their loved ones. Ted is a frequent lecturer to a variety of civic and professional organizations, and on television, on legal issues affecting the elderly. His wife, Michelle, is a Civil Engineer and works as a Project Manager for Atkins Engineering Worldwide. Together, they are raising two sons, Robert and Riley. We invite you to visit our firm web sites to learn more about our firm's areas of practice and to learn more about the expert legal services we provide.

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1985

Florida

Since 1983

Illinois

Since 1982

7th Circuit

Since 1982

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1988

Partner/Owner

Schofner Law Firm

1990 - Current

Elder Law

Mediator

Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Circuit County Mediator

1990 - Current

Civil Circuit/County Mediator with an emphasis on Probate/Trust Settlement, Fiduciary Fraud and Abuse, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect and Probate and Trust Litigation

International Department

Jauch, Kunz, von Wahlert and Partner

1988 - 1989

Attorney Advisor

Federal Trade Commission

1986 - 1988

Bureau of Consumer Affairs: Office of Policy and Rules

Attorney Advisor

Federal Communications Commission

1984 - 1986

Broadcast Bureau

London Business School

Sloan Fellow (1990) | Business/Management

1990 - 1990

Universitat Stuttgart

1987 - 1988

Germanistik: German Language and Culture

DePaul College of Law

J.D. (1982)

1980 - 1982

Honors: Moot Court Board

Georgetown University

BS Foreign Service (1978) | International Economics

1974 - 1978

Honors: Cum Laude

Participant

Trial Lawyers College

2000

The Thomas E. Pennick, Jr. American Inn of Court

Master

2017 - Current

Southern Trial Lawyers Association

Member

2003 - Current

Melvin E. Belli Society

Member

2001 - Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

1985 - Current

Florida State Bar  # 381357

Member

1983 - Current

Probate Creditor Claims, The Probate Process from Start to Finish, Tampa, Florida

February 10, 2020

National Business Institute

FINAL ACCOUNTING in Estate Administration: Everything You Need to Know, Tampa, Florida

October 11, 2019

National Business Institute

How to Organize Your Office for Fun and Profit, Southern Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisana

October 1, 2003

Southern Trial Lawyers

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany, Forty Year Perspective, German-American Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 1, 1991

German-American Chamber of Commerce

Real Estate Broker

Florida Department of Professional Regulation