Mississippi’s senior population keeps growing, with roughly one in five residents now 65 or older. Families in Jackson, Gulfport, Hattiesburg and small towns throughout the Delta and beyond are going to need attorneys who genuinely understand Medicaid planning, guardianship and long term care, not attorneys who picked up a few pointers at a weekend seminar. The Elder Law Coach was built for Mississippi attorneys who want that depth. Todd Whatley delivers one on one elder law coaching by phone and video, wherever in the state you practice.
Law school rarely covers more than the basics of Medicaid, so attorneys who choose to build an elder law practice in Mississippi are often left to work out Division of Medicaid eligibility rules and spend down strategies on their own, case by case. Elder law coaching closes that gap with a mentor who has already made those mistakes and learned from them.
Todd has spent more than 25 years building his own elder law practice, and he built his coaching program around real fact patterns rather than lecture material. Whether you are the only elder law attorney in a smaller Mississippi county or part of a growing firm in Jackson, the same challenge applies: earning a family’s trust during a long term care crisis, then building a practice sturdy enough to keep serving families like them.
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 Mississippi, who want to grow a confident, thriving elder law practice.”
That mix of legal depth and real business experience is what separates coaching from a typical CLE course.
Coaching happens by phone and video, so attorneys in Gulfport, Southaven or a small Delta town get the same direct access to Todd as someone working two doors down from him.
Premium Coaching combines 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 questions that cannot wait until next week. Elite Coaching goes further, adding weekly calls and scheduled in office visits for Mississippi attorneys ready to rebuild an existing practice.
Training with Todd covers Medicaid planning, VA benefits, guardianship, trust work and the everyday business of running a firm built around aging clients. Mississippi administers Medicaid through the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, and coaching includes help applying Todd’s core planning strategies to the rules Mississippi attorneys work under every day.
This is also where the elder law consultant relationship comes in. Some attorneys reach out about one specific Division of Medicaid fact pattern. Others stay in coaching for years, treating him as a standing resource whenever a hard case lands on their desk.
Understanding the law only gets you halfway to a thriving practice. Todd also serves as an attorney business coach, helping Mississippi attorneys work through marketing, client intake, staffing and the daily decisions that determine whether a young elder law practice grows or stalls out.
If you have been searching for how to grow an elder law practice in Mississippi, this is the piece most training leaves out. Todd built and sold four practices himself, so this comes from someone who has actually run the business, not just studied it. Attorneys chasing elder law business mastery coaching, not just legal education, usually end up in Elite Coaching, where Todd works alongside you more like an of counsel partner than a course instructor.
A seminar teaches you what the law says right now. Elder law mentorship helps you apply it again and again as both the rules and your practice change. That ongoing relationship is what separates The Elder Law Coach from a weekend course.
Attorneys who finish Todd’s programs leave more prepared for the Medicaid fact patterns that show up in their office, steadier in front of a frightened family, and clearer on how to build a practice that can support that work for the long haul.
No. Coaching happens entirely by phone and video, so attorneys anywhere in Mississippi can take part without leaving their office.
No. Premium Coaching works well for attorneys transitioning into elder law, while Elite Coaching is built for established Mississippi practices ready to grow further.
CLE programs cover the law. Coaching applies it to real client situations and helps you build the business behind it, with ongoing access to Todd rather than a single day of instruction.
Todd’s coaching is built on core Medicaid and elder law planning principles that apply nationwide, then helps you layer in the rules specific to Mississippi, including how the Division of Medicaid handles eligibility and long term care benefits.
If you are ready to move past wondering how to grow an elder law practice and start actually building one, book a free consultation. Todd will talk through where your Mississippi practice stands today and which coaching level fits your next step.
