Barbara S. Schlichtman
Barbara helps clients prepare for life events by designing estate plans that help clients retain control and carry out their wishes. Her practice areas focus on preparing wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and trust and estate administration. She focuses on organizing clients’ plans so that the clients are confident that their estate plans reflect their wishes.
Focusing on quality of life is important to Barbara’s practice. She develops collaborative relationships with her clients, as well as their financial advisors and other professionals to craft plans that meet the individual’s needs and provide security. Barbara also places a high priority on being available when crisis occurs. She is very comfortable helping families deal with issues such as dementia, mental illness and developmental disabilities.
Barbara is a shareholder with Perkins Thompson. Her previous firm, Maine Center for Elder Law, merged with Perkins Thompson in 2019. She and her colleagues continue to offer elder law services that include pre-planning and crisis planning for transfers to nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
More About Barbara
University of Missouri-Columbia
J.D.
Bachelor of Journalism
Maine
Missouri
Barbara is on the executive committee for Legal Services for the Elderly in Maine, the Maine Justice Action Group, and a member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners. She also teaches elder law as adjunct faculty at University of Maine School of Law.
Practice Areas
Elder Law
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Estate Planning
Perkins Thompson’s Trust and Estate Practice Group assists clients as they confront the familial and tax related issues in planning for the management and disposition of property and businesses in the event of disability or death. We also assist personal representatives and trustees in handling their legal responsibilities including probate proceedings, trust administration, accountings, and […]
Medicaid (MaineCare) Planning
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Special Needs Planning
If you currently provide care for a loved one with special needs (such as mental or physical disabilities), you must have contemplated with concern about what may happen to them when you are no longer able to provide and care for them. While you can certainly provide that they receive money and assetsf, such a […]
