Faculty Profile: Timothy Takacs

Timothy TakacsMemento Law
Previous Courses Taught (60)
  • Elder Law Basics 2022: Life Care Planning
  • Court Square CLE Series 2023: Jamestown, TN
  • Virtual Elder Law Basics 2022
  • Elder Law 2020: Business Continuity Planning in Response to COVID-19
  • Elder Law Forum 2020
  • Elder Law Basics in Jamestown
  • Succession Planning for Your Law Firm or Practice Workshop (Online Version)
  • Elder Law: Avoiding Pitfalls Involving Families & the Evolving Legal Market
  • Succession Planning for Your Law Firm or Practice Workshop (Online Version)
  • Succession Planning for Your Law Firm or Practice Workshop
  • Special Needs Trusts
  • Court Square Series 2017 in Columbia
  • Court Square Series 2017 in Clarksville
  • Court Square Series 2017 in Cookeville
  • Elder Law Forum 2017
  • VA Benefits: Claims, Accreditation, and Appeals
  • VA Benefits: The Veterans’ Dependents
  • VA Benefits: Service and Non-Services Connected Disability
  • CHOICES: Medical Eligibility and Safety Determination New Rules for 2015
  • VA CLE Credits: Pensions, Procedures and Appeal Rights
  • VA CLE Credits: Accreditation
  • VA CLE Credits: Compensation
  • Court Square Series 2014 in Clarksville
  • Elder Law: How To Clean Up Your Mess
  • Elder Law: Special Needs Trust
  • Elder Law Forum 2014 (Day 1 - Intermediate)
  • Life Care Planning: Caring for the Elder in the Practice of Law
  • Elder Law Forum 2013
  • VA Benefits Part III
  • VA CLE Credits: Pensions, Procedures and Appeal Rights
  • VA CLE Credits: Compensation
  • VA Benefits Part II
  • VA CLE Credits: Accreditation
  • VA Benefits Part I
  • From Solo To CEO: Cash Flow Analysis
  • From Solo To CEO: A Strategic Plan
  • Court Square Series 2012: Cookeville
  • Revised TRPC 1.14 and the Client-Lawyer Relationship
  • Elder Law Forum 2012
  • Creating & administering Special Needs Trusts: Process
  • Creating & Administering Special Needs Trusts: Public Benefts
  • VA Benefits Part III:2011
  • VA Benefits Part II: 2011
  • VA Benefits Part I: 2011
  • From Solo To CEO: Cash Flow Analysis
  • From Solo To CEO: A Strategic Plan
  • Elder Law Forum 2011
  • Ethical Issues in Planning for Medicaid Eligibility
  • Can My Trust Buy Me a House?
  • VA Benefits Part III:
  • VA Benefits Part II:
  • VA Benefits Part I:
  • TSC: Tanner Decision
  • General Practice 2009: VA Benefits & Social Security
  • Elder Law Forum 2010
  • General Practice Summit 2009
  • General Practice: Elder Law
  • Elder Law 2009
  • General Practice Summit 2008
  • Elder Law Essentials
Biography

Timothy L. Takacs is in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee, limiting his practice exclusively to elder law. A Certified Elder Law Attorney, Tim was one of the first elder law attorneys in the nation to assemble an inter-disciplinary team of experts to provide integrated client care. His innovations have transformed the practice of elder law in the United States and have set a new standard of excellence in the field.

Tim has taught the fundamentals of life care planning practice to hundreds of lawyers throughout the United States. He is a founding member of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association (LCPLFA) and was the Association's first president.

Tim Takacs is also a founding member of the Special Needs Alliance, an organization of the nation's leading lawyers on issues pertaining to persons with disabilities and special needs. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and was a member of NAELA's Board of Directors from 2004-2008. He organized the Tennessee Bar Association's Elder Law section and was the section's first chairperson.

Tim Takacs has been certified by the National Elder Law Foundation as a Certified Elder Law Attorney.

Tim Takacs is the founder of The NAELA eBulletin, an e-mail newsletter for elder law attorneys published by NAELA. He is also the author of Elder Law Practice in Tennessee (Lexis/Nexis, 1998; supplemented annually) and A Guide to Elder Law Practice (Lexis, 2007).