Roughly one in six people in Louisiana is 65 or older, and families in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Lafayette are going to need attorneys who can guide them through Medicaid planning, succession and long term care with real confidence. Louisiana’s civil law tradition already sets it apart from every other state on this list, and elder law here rewards attorneys who take the time to master it properly. The Elder Law Coach gives Louisiana attorneys that depth through one on one elder law coaching with Todd Whatley, delivered by phone and video.
Law school rarely spends much time on Medicaid planning, so Louisiana attorneys who choose to build an elder law practice are usually left working out Louisiana Department of Health eligibility rules and spend down strategies mostly on their own. Elder law coaching closes that gap with real mentorship instead of trial and error.
Todd has spent more than 25 years building and eventually selling his own elder law practice, and his coaching program is centered on real fact patterns rather than lecture theory. Whether you practice solo outside Lafayette or inside a larger New Orleans or Baton Rouge firm, the same question follows every attorney in this field: how do you serve a family through a long term care crisis with 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 sat 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 Louisiana, who want to grow a confident, thriving elder law practice.”
That combination of legal depth and hands on business experience is what separates his coaching from a typical CLE course.
Coaching happens entirely by phone and video, so an attorney in Shreveport or Lake Charles gets the same direct access as someone practicing near Todd’s own office.
Premium Coaching pairs a full 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 for the fact patterns that cannot wait. Elite Coaching adds weekly calls and scheduled in office visits, built for Louisiana attorneys ready to transform an existing practice.
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. Louisiana administers Medicaid through the Louisiana Department of Health, with managed care delivered through Healthy Louisiana, and coaching includes help applying Todd’s core planning strategies to the rules Louisiana attorneys actually work under, including how the state’s civil law framework shapes succession and estate matters.
This is also where Todd steps in as an elder law consultant. Some attorneys call about one tough Louisiana Department of Health fact pattern. Others stay in ongoing coaching for years, treating every new case as a reason to check in.
Legal knowledge is only part of building a thriving practice. Todd also works as an attorney business coach, helping Louisiana attorneys with marketing, intake, staffing and the everyday 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 Louisiana, this business side is exactly what most training leaves out. Todd built and sold four practices himself, so his advice comes from someone who ran the business, not someone who studied it from the outside. Attorneys chasing elder law business mastery coaching, not just legal instruction, tend to land in Elite Coaching, where Todd works alongside you more like 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 evolve. 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 Louisiana attorneys from New Orleans to a small parish 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana, including how the Louisiana Department of Health handles eligibility and long term care benefits within the state’s civil law framework.
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 Louisiana practice stands today and which coaching level fits where you want to take it.
