Because The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education confirms zero (0) Board Certified Elder Law Specialists physically headquartered inside Franklin County (or neighboring Gulf and Wakulla Counties), seniors and family caregivers in Alligator Point (32346 — located 38 miles south of Tallahassee via US-98 / US-319), Lanark Village (32322), Carrabelle (32322), Eastpoint (32328), St. George Island (32328), and Apalachicola (32320) rely on the Second Judicial Circuit's six Florida Bar Board Certified Specialists (B.C.S.) in Tallahassee — including three Past Statewide Chairs of The Florida Bar Elder Law Section: (1) The Sketchley Law Firm, P.A. (Florida Sunbiz Document #P12000072006, 3689 Coolidge Court, Unit 8, Tallahassee, FL 32311, (850) 894-0152 / (850) 894-0476, https://sketchleylaw.com — positioned on the south side of Tallahassee directly off the US-319 / Capital Circle SE corridor closest to Franklin County), led by Principal Attorney Twyla Lawrene Sketchley, Esq., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #478822, admitted April 18, 2001; University of Montana School of Law J.D.; Board Certified in Elder Law, Past Statewide Chair of The Florida Bar Elder Law Section, and Past Chair of the NAELA Florida Chapter [AFELA]; 0 disciplinary actions); (2) McConnaughhay & Rudd, P.A. (formerly Waldoch & McConnaughhay, P.A., Florida Sunbiz Document #P15000077274, 1632 Metropolitan Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32308, (850) 222-3533 / (850) 385-1246, https://www.mclawgroup.com), led by Managing Partner Jana Elaine McConnaughhay, Esq., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #995487, admitted January 7, 1994; Vanderbilt Law J.D.; Board Certified in Elder Law, Past Statewide Chair of The Florida Bar Elder Law Section, and VA OGC-Accredited Attorney; 0 disciplinary actions) and Partner Kandace Elaine Rudd, Esq., M.S.W., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #1003917, admitted September 2017; FSU Law J.D. & Master of Social Work; Board Certified in Elder Law & Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit-Civil Mediator; 0 disciplinary actions); and (3) Heuler, Wakeman, Solomon Law Group, P.L.L.C. (Florida Sunbiz Document #L08000037039, 1677 Mahan Center Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32308, (850) 421-2400 / (850) 270-2647, https://www.hwelderlaw.com), led by Partners Victoria Elizabeth Heuler, Esq., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #984825, admitted September 22, 1993; FSU Law J.D.; Board Certified in Elder Law & Past Statewide Chair of The Florida Bar Elder Law Section; 0 discipline), Max Jordan Solomon, Esq., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #300440, admitted 2018; Board Certified in Elder Law; 0 discipline), and Mary Lalley Wakeman, Esq., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #694703, admitted 1987; Stetson Law J.D.; Board Certified in Appellate Practice & veteran guardianship litigator; 0 discipline). Operating within the same 2nd Judicial Circuit and DOEA PSA 2 (Advantage Aging Solutions) jurisdiction as Franklin County, these three firms handle Florida DCF Institutional Care Program (ICP) and SMMC Long-Term Care (LTC) Waiver Medicaid crisis planning, Qualified Income Trusts (QITs / 'Miller Trusts'), 60-month look-back penalty remediation, First-Party (d4A) and Third-Party Special Needs Trusts, contested and uncontested Chapter 744 guardianships, and elder financial exploitation litigation (F.S. § 825.1035) (acceptsMedicaid: false).