Hedda Kolbeck
Founding partner, elder law
Hedda works with older clients and the grown children who help them: planning for long-term care costs, the Medicaid application, and guardianship when a parent can no longer decide alone.
Works on
- Medicaid applications
- Spending plans
- Guardianship petitions
- Powers of attorney
Hedda’s admissions, courts and schools
- Bar admissions
- Florida1996New York1991
- Courts
- Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties1996
- Education
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law1990B.A., German, Vassar College1986
- Languages
- EnglishGermanFluent
- Memberships
- The Florida Bar, Elder Law SectionSarasota County Bar Association
She starts with the parent
Most first calls come from a son or daughter, after a fall or a new diagnosis. Hedda asks to meet the parent too, partly alone, to learn what they want and whether they can still sign.
If they can, she drafts powers of attorney and a health care directive and signs them at home, in hospital or in a care home. If they can’t, she explains guardianship, files the petition and goes to the hearing with the family.
When care begins, she writes the spending plan and files the Medicaid application. She meets German-speaking clients in German.
Talk to Hedda
The first meeting takes about an hour, at the office or by video.