Meet Our Team

One less thing for you to worry about. Let us handle it.

 
 
 

Improving our Clients' Experience

LawyerLisa focuses on estate planning, elder law, long term care planning, life care planning, special needs trusts, real estate loan closings, probate law, and trust planning.

Experienced.

Lisa Hostetler Brown has been practicing law since 2007 and was a shareholder, department head and committee chair at her prior law firm.  She started LawyerLisa in 2014 to provide thoughtful and creative solutions to her clients' needs. Lisa is a certified specialist in elder law. This designation is through the National Elder Law Foundation and is an ABA accredited specialist certification.

Client Centered.

At LawyerLisa, the focus is on you. Individualized attention. Additional legal minds assessing your matter. Comprehensive services. We think outside the box to achieve your legal objectives.

Convenient.

We are here for you. Home and hospital visits. Flexible scheduling. Quick turn times.

Accommodating.

We can handle the unexpected to help ease your mind. We have the flexibility to accommodate your needs.

 

LawyerLisa has a dedicated team of lawyers, legal professionals, and Elder Care Coordinators that utilize our skills and experience to deliver timely results when our clients need us most. Our knowledgeable team navigates trusts, social security issues, Medicaid applications, Medicaid penalties, Medicaid repayment, placement options, caregiver options and payment, intent to return home, house clean outs and sales, power of attorney issues, budgeting, home safety checks, approved expenses, spend downs, paying for long term care, and so much more!

  • Cassandra Ignatowicz, CDP, Director of Care Coordination

  • Robyn Young, MSW, CDP, Elder Care Coordinator

  • Monica Aldridge, Medicaid Benefits Coordinator

  • Melissa Ainslie, CRCFA, Marketing Coordinator

  • Diane Brazier, Operations Manager

  • Joanne Leonard, Paralegal

  • Madison Rogers, Paralegal

  • Susan Nystrom, Paralegal

  • Alyssa Hall, Junior Paralegal

  • April Hix, Front Office Manager

  • Michelle Covington, Client Services Coordinator

  • Idalia Ibarra, Intake Coordinator

  • Jamie Creagh, Intake Coordinator

  • Sara Everly, Intake Coordinator

  • Beth Barker, Receptionist

  • Donna Horton, Receptionist

  • Brandi Askew, Bookkeeper

 
 

Super Lawyers Rising Star Designation: Lisa Hostetler Brown Selected 2014-2023

Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Rating: Lisa Hostetler Brown AV rated

Free times Best of Columbia: Best Law Firm Runner-Up 2017; Best Law Firm 2018; Best Law Firm 2019; Best Law Firm 2020; Best Law Firm Runner-Up 2021; Best Estate Planning Attorney (Lisa Hostetler Brown - LawyerLisa) 2022; Best Law Firm Honorable Mention 2022

AVVO Rating: 10.0 Rating for Lisa Hostetler Brown for 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021, 2022, 2023

NELF Certified Elder Law Attorney: Lisa Hostetler Brown Certified in 2016; renewed in 2021

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional: Lane Cook

Certified Dementia Practitioner: Cassandra Ignatowicz is a CDP in good standing.

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