Brian W. Ritter Jr.
Ritter Elder Law & Estate Planning
I practice in all aspects of estate planning and elder law. I have over a decade of experience in these and related areas of law. Some of the services I provide include:
· Planning for high net-worth individuals
· Handling nearly all types of probate, guardianship, and trust administration cases
· Representing Personal Representatives of estates in every step of the probate process
· Providing Powers of Attorney for healthcare and financial decisions
· Preparing property deeds
· Creating Last Wills and Testaments and Codicils
· Assisting in formation and succession planning of family businesses
· Navigating nursing home and assisted living facility arrangements with families
· Managing long-term care Medicaid issues, including application, asset spend-down, and asset protection planning
I have also been the petitioner, court-appointed counsel, or the permanent guardian in countless guardianship cases. I have written and lectured on legal topics relating primarily to Medicaid rules, application, and spend-down strategy, the guardianship process in general, guardianship and Medicaid and how they interact with each other, and Social Security benefits planning. I am also accredited to provide Continuing Legal Education and have done so on multiple occasions, including presenting for various bar associations and teaching other attorneys for Lorman Education Services. I am rated by SuperLawyers and a member of ElderCounsel, which provides me access to some of the most sophisticated drafting software on the market.
In addition to my elder law/estate planning practice, I also represent physicians in a wide array of legal matters, including employment contract review and negotiations. I earned my J.D., Magna cum laude, in 2011 from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and my B.A., Magna cum laude, in 2007 from the University of South Carolina.
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Estate Litigation
- Social Security Retirement Planning
- Credit Cards Accepted
- District of Columbia
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- Maryland
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- Federal District Court of Maryland
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- Federal District Court of the District of Columbia
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Owner
- Ritter Elder Law & Estate Planning
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- Owner/Of Counsel
- ERA Law Group, LLC
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- Managing Attorney - Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law Group
- Ferrante & Dill, LLC
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- Attorney
- Byrd & Byrd, LLC
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- Program Analyst in the Medicare Appeals Division
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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- Law Clerk
- MEDVAL, LLC
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- Law Clerk
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Office of the General Counsel
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- University of Baltimore
- J.D. (2011) | Law
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Student Award
- Activities: Law Forum - Assistant Managing Editor UB Health Law Group - President
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- University of South Carolina - Columbia
- B.A. | Political Science
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
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- ElderCounsel
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- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
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- Calvert County Bar Association
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- Prince George's County Bar Association
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- Maryland State Bar Association
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- WealthCounsel
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