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Brianne K. Sherman

Long Reimer Winegar Beppler

Brianne K. Sherman

Long Reimer Winegar Beppler

Brianne K. Sherman

Long Reimer Winegar Beppler

Ms. Sherman is a Cheyenne native and focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, business planning, real estate, oil and gas, and trust and estate administration, with an emphasis on asset protection and Medicaid planning.

When she is not in the office, Ms. Sherman enjoys spending time with her husband and two young sons and taking advantage of the great outdoors here in Wyoming.

Education and Licensure: Ms. Sherman received a B.S. in Finance, cum laude, from the Metropolitan State College of Denver in 2006, and then her J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law with honors in 2011. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado, North Dakota and Wyoming.

Community Service:

  • Member of the Board of Directors for Meals on Wheels, Inc. of Cheyenne
  • Served from February 2016 to March 2017 as a Member of the Governor’s Elder and Vulnerable Adult Task Force, appointed by Gov. Matthew H. Mead

Memberships:

  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Member
  • Wyoming Bar Association, Elder Law Section, Member
  • Southeast Wyoming Estate Planning Council, Member
  • Colorado Bar Association, Member

Firm Description

While elder law intersects many other areas of law, during the last thirty years it has grown into a large practice area in its own right, largely because members of the baby boom generation have come of age. The law provides a number of useful tools to provide and plan for the medical, financial, and other needs of aging and disabled individuals. LRWB’s attorneys provide assistance and advice regarding the following:

  • Advance Health Care Directives and Durable Powers of Attorney.
  • Conservatorships and Guardianships.
  • Estate planning tailored to elderly and disabled clients, including special needs trusts and supplemental needs trusts.
  • Guardian ad litem services.
  • Long-term care.
  • Medicaid planning.
  • Medicaid estate recovery.
  • Medicare.
  • Funeral and burial arrangements.

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Main Office

2120 Carey Avenue
Suite 300
Cheyenne, WY 82001

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. For those who can afford it and who can qualify for coverage, long-term care insurance is the best alternative to Medicaid.

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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