Arlene Zarembka
Law Office of Arlene Zarembka
As an Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney, I provide comprehensive legal counsel and practical advice regarding your estate planning, as well as the documents that are necessary to protect you and your loved ones. I advise clients as to Medicaid planning, where that is a concern.
Documents are customized to your needs and wishes.
My experiences helping to care for my mother during her 16 years of decline from Alzheimer's, and handling her financial and legal matters after my father died, provide me with insights that I bring to my Estate Planning and Elder Law practice.
I also handle Name and Gender Marker Changes, and Co-Parent Adoptions. A substantial portion of my clientele are lesbian, gay, and transgender individuals and couples.
My law firm provides individualized, friendly service, with attention to detail. Each client is a person, not a case. Telephone calls usually are returned by my paralegal or by me the same day, or by the next business day. Free notary services are provided for established clients.
I have been a consistent advocate throughout my career for civil rights, civil liberties, and justice for all. I have over 30 years experience representing LGBT persons, and advocating for LGBT rights.
I graduated cum laude from St. Louis University Law School (1974), and from Swarthmore College with Honors (1970). I founded my law firm in 1987, after six years as an attorney in Legal Services, and six years in a private practice partnership.
The firm's paralegal, Linda J. Lewis, has been employed by the firm since 1995. She has an Associates Degree in Applied Science - Legal Assistant (St. Louis Community College, 1994), and a B.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice (University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1994).
YOUR LIVES RESPECTED, YOUR RIGHTS AND PRIVACY PROTECTED.
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- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- LGBT Family Protection Planning
- Co-Parent Adoptions
- Name Change and Gender Marker Change
- Medicaid Planning
- Powers of Attorney
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Credit Cards Accepted
Mastercard, Visa, and Discover accepted.
- Missouri
- Spanish: Written
- Attorney/Owner
- Law Office of Arlene Zarembka
- - Current
- Areas of Practice include: Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Estate and Medicaid Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Probate, Real Estate, Step-Parent Adoptions, Name Changes.
- Attorney/partner
- Gilchrist and Zarembka
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- General practice
- Staff Attorney
- Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
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- Primary focus: representing neighborhoods and individuals threatened with displacement by urban redevelopment corporations.
- Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer
- North Central West Virginia Legal Aid Society
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- Represented low income persons in variety of legal matters; also represented a community group fighting strip mining.
- Saint Louis University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Graduated Cum Laude, Order of the Woolsack.
- Swarthmore College
- B.A. | Economics, Russian
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- Honors: Graduated with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa.
- Order of the Fleur de Lis Hall of Fame
- St. Louis University Law School
- Ethics in Action
- St. Louis Ethical Society
- Diverse Business Leader
- St. Louis Business Journal
- Award for my advocacy for LGBT rights.
- Civil Liberties Award
- American Civil Liberties Union - Eastern Missouri
- Social Justice Hero
- Metro Theater Company
- National LGBT Bar Association
- Member - Family Law Institute
- - Current
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Cooperating Attorney
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- ACLU of Missouri (formerly ACLU of Eastern Missouri))
- Member of Legal Committee
- - Current
- Activities: Cooperating Attorney, 1986 to present
- Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee
- Member
- - Current
- Alzheimer's Association (St. Louis)
- Public Policy Committee
- - Current
- Over 90 Commentaries on civil rights, civil liberties, and social and economic justice published since 1986
- Various publications
- Medicaid and the LGBT Community: Paying for Long-Term Care
- National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
- Estate Planning for Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Clients
- St. Louis Bar Journal
- To Establish Justice: Citizenship and the Constitution (with Patricia M. McKissack) (Knopf, 2004)
- The Urban Housing Crisis: Social, Economic, and Legal Issues and Proposals (Greenwood Press, 1990)
- Greenwood Press
- Website
- Website
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