This week's guest on How to Move Your Mom (and still be on speaking terms afterward), @KenKossoff of Panitz & Kossoff, LLP, has been an attorney for over 35 years. With experience and compassion Ken helps his clients negotiate the labyrinth of legal issues that inevitably arise as people age into their later years. Based in Westlake Village, CA, he’s a certified estate planning probate and trust law specialist in California and has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, and other media outlets because he's such an expert. Ken is also the co-founder of Solo Aging Solutions, which provides health care agents to uphold their client's healthcare wishes should the need arise.

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What you will learn from this episode:

• How estate planning and life-care planning are the focus of his legal work
• What people should be asking when interviewing attorneys about putting together their estate plan
• What he loves most about what he does and how he developed his more human approach to the law 
• Why he launched Solo Aging Solutions, who it serves, and how
• What kind of training Solo Aging Solutions’ health care agents go through to qualify, and the ideal background for someone considering this work
• When someone should consider engaging a health care agent and Solo Aging Solutions
• What kind of things go into a health care directive
• Ken’s expert advice on estate planning and how it's not just about drawing up a will

Connect with Ken Kossoff:

Website: https://mysoloagingsolutions.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenkossoff/

Connect with Marty Stevens-Heebner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martyheebner/
Website: https://howtomoveyourmom.com/
Email: [email protected]