Amanda Owens

Ms. Owens is a Board Certified Specialist with the North Carolina State Bar in the area of Elder Law. She also assists clients with Special Needs Planning. Ms. Owens centers her practice on advocacy for older persons, persons with special needs, their representatives, and families. She offers advice for personal and health care planning for long-term care needs; asset protection and navigating the laws governing Medicare and Medicaid; litigation and administrative advocacy for those seeking public benefit and those who are victims of elder abuse (financial or consumer fraud); special needs counseling including Special Needs Trusts and other related issues. Ms. Owens practice area also encompasses Incompetency and Guardianship matters which often include children with disabilities transitioning to adulthood and continued advocacy of their specific needs. She is accredited for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veteran’s benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs and as a Veteran Marine spouse is proud to serve military families to receive benefits earned. Ms. Owens earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from The Ohio State University and her J.D. degree from the University of Toledo College of Law.