Janet L Lowder

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Areas of Practice
* Children with Special Needs
* Adults with Disabilities
* Elders & Their Caregivers

Hickman & Lowder Co LPA
1300 E 9th St #1020
Cleveland OH 44114
Tel: 216 861-0360
Fax: 216 861-3113
E-mail: jlowder@hickman-lowder.com

Certified Elder Law Attorney - National Elder Law Foundation

Attorney Janet L. Lowder has devoted her career to defining, promoting, and protecting the legal rights of the elderly, and of persons with mental and physical disabilities. Janet's activities have encompassed individual representation, litigation on a local and state-wide scale, representation of agencies and county programs serving people with disabilities and the elderly, legislation, and publication in professional journals. She received her law degree, summa cum laude, from Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Janet is a recognized authority on Medicaid issues and estate planning for families with special needs. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation.

Janet is one of the founders of, and counsel to, Community Fund Management Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides the Master Trust and the Pooled Medicaid Payback Trust for individuals with disabilities. She was the recipient of the Foundation's 1999 Amicus Award, as well as the Cuyahoga County Board of MR/DD's 2000 Top Hat Award. Janet also serves on the Bioethics Committee of the Hattie Larlham Foundation, and is a member of the Special Needs Alliance, a national network of lawyers dedicated to disability and public benefits law. For the fifth year in a row, Janet was named one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers in the January 2008 Law & Politics magazine as a result of a general survey taken by attorneys across Ohio. After screening the top nominees, a blue-ribbon panel of lawyers used a scoring formula to make its final selections. Janet has also been named in Best Lawyers in America®* since 2005. She was also named one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Ohio in 2005 and 2006.

Janet often speaks on topics related to Disability and Elder Law. See our Events Calendar for upcoming events or click here for her past speaking engagements.