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Longnaker Law
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JOHN W. LONGNAKER III is an attorney in Anderson, Indiana, where he has practiced for 30 years in 2023, now limited to the areas of estate planning & administration, trusts, guardianships, elder law, Medicaid planning, real estate and business. He and his wife were born and raised in Anderson and Pendleton, respectively, and have three children. His interests include: baseball, drumming, music, zoology, reading, sailing, and fishing.
He is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation, since 2009, an accredited law specialty in Indiana, and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He also became a National Certified Guardian by the Center for Guardianship Certification in 2021, and a member of the National Guardianship Association in 2020.
He has appeared on local radio stations WHBU and WMDH and Channel 8 News as an expert on Elder Law issues. He was author and presenter of “Guardianships – Law Changes, forms & procedures” – Madison Co Bar (Attorneys) Assn July 19, 2019; “Unprogram” Indiana Chapter of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – Feb 2016; “Elder law Updates” – Madison Co Bar Assn July 2015; “Use of Trusts in Benefits Planning” – Advanced Elder Law Seminar 2014 (Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, ICLEF, Healthcare Reform Law: Changes Affecting Older Adults – Elder Law Institute, (ICLEF) October 2010 & October 2012); Post-Mortem Options – Elder Law Institute, (ICLEF) October 8-9, 2009); Fundamentals of Will & Trust Drafting – Elder Law, ICLEF Nov. 2006 & 2007); Probate: Beyond the Basics – Law Update & Probate Ethics, (National Business Institute (NBI) 2005, 2006 & 2007); Indiana Medicare & Medicaid Law (Half-Moon LLC 2005); Estate, Financial & Health Care Planning for the Elder Clients in Indiana (NBI 2005); Pre-filing Process of Estate Administration (ICLEF Oct. 2001); Estate Planning: (if we had only known) (American Cancer Society Estate Planning Seminar, May 2000), and Antenuptials, Do’s and Don’ts, (ICLEF, Law Day Seminar, Anderson, IN., May 1996); and co-author of: Builta and Longnaker, Law and the Householder: Sales, Contracts, and Warranties (ICLEF, Annual Real Estate Institute, November 1997); Freeman and Longnaker, Mechanic’s Lien Foreclosure Procedures (ICLEF, 1995 & Nov. 1999).
John Longnaker III
Owner
Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation
Amber Longnaker
Office Manager
Kim Smith
Paralegal
Ellyn Morgan
Paralegal
Legal Receptionist