Close to one in five people in Alabama is 65 or older, and that share is still rising. Families in Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville and Mobile are going to need attorneys who can actually navigate Alabama Medicaid, guardianship and long term care planning, not attorneys who dabble in it between other practice areas. The Elder Law Coach gives Alabama attorneys that depth through one on one elder law coaching with Todd Whatley, delivered entirely by phone and video.
Elder law rarely gets more than a passing mention in law school, so attorneys who decide to build a practice around it in Alabama are often left teaching themselves Alabama Medicaid Agency rules and spend down strategies with no one to check their work against. Elder law coaching exists to close that exact gap.
Todd has spent more than 25 years building and eventually selling his own elder law practice, and he built his coaching program around real fact patterns instead of theory. Whether you practice solo outside Huntsville or work inside a larger Birmingham firm, the same core question follows you: how do you serve a family through a long term care crisis with real confidence, while building a practice that can sustain that work?
Todd is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) who has personally built and sold four law practices. He has met with more than 15,000 clients, trained close to a dozen attorneys who went on to earn CELA certification themselves, and spoken at more than 100 events on elder law and practice growth.
In his words: “I’ve spent years honing my career as a nationally recognized elder law attorney, mentoring younger lawyers along the way. Now I want to bring that experience to attorneys across the country, including Alabama, who want to grow a confident, thriving elder law practice.”
That combination of legal depth and hands on business experience is what sets his coaching apart from a typical CLE course.
There is no travel involved. Coaching happens by phone and video, so an attorney in Mobile or Montgomery gets the same direct access as someone practicing near Todd’s own office.
Premium Coaching pairs a complete library of forms, slide decks and training content with two or more one on one calls each month, plus direct access to Todd’s cell phone. Elite Coaching adds weekly calls and scheduled in office visits, built for Alabama attorneys ready to reshape a practice that already exists.
Elder law attorney training with Todd covers Medicaid planning, VA benefits, guardianship, trust work and the practical side of running a firm built around aging clients. Alabama administers Medicaid through the Alabama Medicaid Agency, and part of coaching is applying Todd’s core planning strategies to the rules Alabama attorneys work under.
This is also where Todd steps in as an elder law consultant. Some attorneys call about a single tough Alabama Medicaid fact pattern. Others stay in ongoing coaching for years, using every new case as a reason to check in.
Legal knowledge is only half the picture. Todd also works as an attorney business coach, helping Alabama attorneys sort through marketing, intake, staffing and the day to day decisions that decide whether a young elder law practice grows or stalls.
If you are trying to figure out how to grow an elder law practice in Alabama, this business side is exactly what most training skips. Todd built and sold four practices of his own, so the advice comes from someone who ran the business, not someone who studied it from the outside. Attorneys after elder law business mastery coaching, not just legal instruction, tend to land in Elite Coaching, where Todd works alongside you closer to an of counsel partner than a distant instructor.
A CLE seminar teaches you the law as it stands today. Elder law mentorship helps you apply it case after case, as the rules and your practice both change. That ongoing relationship, not a single day of instruction, is the real difference between The Elder Law Coach and a weekend course.
Attorneys who complete Todd’s programs come away sharper on Medicaid fact patterns, steadier with worried families, and clearer on how to run a practice that can support that work for years.
No. Coaching runs entirely by phone and video, so Alabama attorneys from Birmingham to a small rural practice can join without leaving their desk.
No. Premium Coaching fits attorneys transitioning into elder law for the first time, while Elite Coaching serves established Alabama practices looking to expand.
CLE courses teach the law. Coaching applies it to real client situations and helps you build the business behind it, backed by ongoing access to Todd rather than a single seminar day.
Todd’s coaching is built around core Medicaid and elder law planning principles that apply nationwide, then helps you layer in the rules specific to Alabama, including how the Alabama Medicaid Agency handles eligibility and long term care benefits.
If you are ready to stop wondering how to grow an elder law practice and start building one, book a free consultation. Todd will talk through where your Alabama practice stands today and which coaching level fits where you want to take it.
