Law Offices of Daniel H. Maloney

My family found Daniel Maloney on a list of elder law specialists put out by the Contra Costa County Bar. Our 75 year old mom needed to retire and was facing a second change in housing due to real estate development. My family was trying to get an idea about what her options would be in the future for housing and care. Daniel met with us for an initial visit for a set fee, and we left with a more realistic sense of how to move forward with a retirement plan for our mom. A few years later, we contacted Daniel again because our mom needed estate planning, and he proposed a reasonably priced package that included a will, living trust, and durable power of attorney documents. We met again and Daniel listened to everyone's concerns, spoke privately with my mom, engaged her as a client, and prepared the package of documents. Within a year of this second meeting our mother was diagnosed with dementia, and we had to move her to an apartment near my brother for a year and then into residential care. By using the documents that Daniel prepared, we were able to manage her medical and financial affairs while her disease progressed, and fund the trust before my mom passed. Because of Daniel's skill and experience working with elder law, we were able to move though some very difficult times and avoid many of the legal and financial log jams that can occur for families at the end of a parent's life.