Cape Girardeau, MO Medicaid Planning Attorney
About Mark McMullin
About Me: I grew up in Cape Girardeau and the majority of my family still lives in the area. As an estate planning lawyer, I have been consulted as a subject matter expert by the Southeast Missourian and KFVS12. I am a Member of Southeast Missouri State University’s Planned Giving Advisory Council and supporter of Southeast’s River Campus.
You can trust my experience to design the right estate plan for you and your loved ones. It will provide you peace of mind and bring you financial benefits as well.
Achievements And Recognition
- Recipient of CALI Awards for “Appellate Advocacy” and “Professional Responsibility” – University of Missouri
- Outstanding Instructor – University of Missouri – School of Business
Reported Cases
- In re: Marriage of Adams. (414 S.W.3d 29). MO Southern District. On appeal, was successful in preserving favorable judgment for client.
- Morgan v. Wallace. (2014 WL 3557643). US Eastern District. Appointed by US District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh to represent plaintiff.
Client Success Stories
“Do you mind if I ask you a question about my mom?”
A man came to see me about getting his own affairs in order. Near the end of the meeting, almost as an afterthought, he asked whether he could ask me something about his mother.
She had been in a nursing home for two years. She had Alzheimer’s, but her doctor had told the family that apart from that she was healthy as a horse — she could live another ten years. They had already spent down her entire life savings. They were about to sell her house.
Everyone in the family had assumed it was gone. That is what they had been told, and it is what most families believe.
We were able to protect about half the value of that home.
He was not a man who cried easily. He had tears in his eyes when he talked about what it meant — and not for himself. For his brothers and sisters.
That is the work. Most weeks somebody comes in believing it is too late, and most weeks it is not.
Details of this matter have been kept general to protect the family’s privacy. Every case depends on its own facts; no particular outcome is promised or implied, and results vary.
Mark wrote the guide on this: Little Known Strategies to Avoid Nursing Home Poverty.
Ask about it at any of our seminars.
Knowing this ‘necessary chore’ is complete is very reassuring. The difference with Mark is that he does so with a genuine concern and caring for his clients … now we also consider him a friend.”
— Carolyn & Chris T.