About Jim

Jim Koewler
The Koewler Law Firm
PO Box 443
Richfield, OH 44286

Jim is a native of Evansville, Indiana. Jim now lives in Richfield, Ohio, and has two children. (Both paying off student loans, so please be gentle.)

Jim’s last name is pronounced KAY-ler (rhyming with sailor and tailor,) but you’d never know that from the spelling. The Americanized pronunciation is nothing like the pronunciation back in Germany.

Jim has a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from Purdue University. (Go Boilermakers!) His law degree is from Indiana University. (Go Hoosiers! – except against the Boilers.) For fans of odd sports moments, Jim was in his first year of law school attending the game when Indiana Coach Bob Knight threw the chair. Ironically for Jim, it was the Purdue game.

Using his chemistry degree, Jim started his legal career in environmental law. Jim moved to elder law in 2007 after a family member got help from an elder law attorney.

Jim saw how the elder law attorney not only helped his relatives protect their life savings but also how the attorney helped relieve the emotional stress of a family member needing long term care. Jim changed his focus to elder law so that he can bring this same kind of financial relief and emotional relief to other families.

Finding a great deal of satisfaction helping people whose health issues have caused them to need long-term care, Jim expanded his focus to help people with special needs and people who have chronic illnesses (who want to hold off the need for long-term care) as well. Jim calls what he does now “life care services.”

Jim works with nurses as care and service coordinators to look after their clients. We want to make sure that we have as many issues covered for our clients as we can identify. We have each client’s back.

If a friend or family member needs long-term care, has a chronic illness.
or has special needs or a disability,
please remember that Jim’s mission is
“Protecting Seniors and People with Special Needs.”

For help with long term care, with deciding how to deal with chronic illness,
or with planning for someone with special needs,
call Jim, or contact him through this website.

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09-25-2020 Jim Koewler had been scheduled to participate in a National Business Institute seminar entitled “Protecting Assets while Qualifying for Medicaid” that was going to take place in Akron. Jim was going to discuss “Asset Transfer Strategies,” “Protecting Assets,” “Special Needs Trusts – Creation, Taxation and Administration,” and “Changes to the Medicaid and Long-Term Care Systems.” (Unfortunately, NBI had to cancel this program because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)

10-16-2020 Jim Koewler will make a presentation to the Akron Bar Association’s Estate Planning, Probate, & Elder Law Section regarding Qualified Income Trusts and STABLE accounts at a lunch and learn (via Zoom.) The presentation is expected to qualify for continuing legal education credit.

12-04-2020 Jim Koewler will participate in a participate in a National Business Institute seminar (via webcast) entitled “Family Assets in Medicaid Planning.” Jim will present “Estate Recovery Considerations” and “Legal Ethics of Medicaid Planning.”

12-15 & 16-2020 Jim Koewler will participate in a National Business Institute seminar entitled “Medicaid Planning: The Ultimate Guide” that will take place in Cleveland (subject to change because of the COVID-19 pandemic.) On day 1, Jim will present 3 topics: “Pre-Need Planning – Excluded v Countable Assets,” “Pre-Need Planning – Protecting Assets,” and “Crisis Planning – Asset Purchase and Transfer Strategies.” On day 2, Jim will present another 3 topics: “Using Special Needs Trusts,” Medicaid Estate Recovery – What can they Get?” and “Applied Legal Ethics.”

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