Calvin C Curtis

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We are Utah's premier law firm for elder law issues and special needs trusts. We have helped hundreds of clients - just like you - obtain Medicaid and other assistance to help a spouse or parent pay for nursing home care. And we have provided estate planning services and special needs trusts to hundreds of additional individuals with disabilities and to families with children with disabilities.

We also handle a variety of additional legal matters, including guardianship and conservatorship petitions; traditional estate planning services (wills and trusts); estate and trust administration, including probate and estate and trust litigation; Medicaid estate recovery claims; veteran’s benefits; claims involving financial exploitation of seniors; and contested federal tax matters.

Learn more about our practice areas:
* LONG-TERM CARE & MEDICAID PLANNING SERVICES
* SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS & PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
* TRUST & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION–PROBATE & LITIGATION
* TRADITIONAL ESTATE PLANNING (WILLS & TRUSTS)
* GUARDIANSHIP & CONSERVATORSHIP PETITIONS
* MEDICAID ESTATE RECOVERY CLAIMS INITIATED BY THE STATE OF UTAH
* VETERAN’S BENEFITS, INCLUDING AID & ATTENDANCE
* FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF SENIORS & ELDER ABUSE
* CONTESTED FEDERAL TAX MATTERS

Calvin Curtis Attorney at Law PLLC
299 S Main St #1300
Salt Lake City UT 84111
Tel: 801 534-4430
Fax: 801 534-4431
E-mail: calvin@curtiselderlaw.com

As a young lawyer at the Department of Justice, Cal was involved in significant tax cases. In private practice, Cal has helped clients with important legal matters, such as obtaining Medicaid coverage for nursing home care; recovering stolen funds; defeating “estate recovery” efforts, and obtaining Medicare coverage for artificial heart implantation.

Calvin C. Curtis is Utah’s preeminent attorney in elder law, special needs trusts, and estate planning for seniors and for families with a family member with a disability. His practice is limited to the following areas of law:
* Elder law, including planning for a spouse, parent or other family member needing nursing home care;
* “First party” special needs trusts for personal injury victims and individuals wanting to maintain eligibility for government benefits like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income;
* “Third party” special needs trusts created by parents, grandparents and others wanting to leave an inheritance to a family member with a disability;
* Estate planning, including wills, revocable or family living trusts, powers of attorney and medical directives;
* Estate and trust administration, including will contests and family disputes, mediation and litigation;
* Guardianships and conservatorships;
* Veterans benefits, including Aid & Attendance and veterans’ appeals; and
* Federal tax disputes, including IRS controversies and litigation.

Cal is a member of the Utah State Bar and American Bar Association. He was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2009 & 2010) and selected as a Mountain States Superlawyer in 2008. He is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell “Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers.” His peers have awarded him the highest rating possible for his professional legal abilities and ethics (AV, Martindale-Hubbell) and Utah Business magazine has named him one of “Utah’s Legal Elite” for six consecutive years. He has been quoted in Utah Business magazine and in The Enterprise, and has discussed elder law issues on Good Things Utah (KTVX Channel 4, ABC Television).

Cal is a member of the prestigious Special Needs Alliance, a national network of select attorneys focusing on special needs trusts. Cal is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and is Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. Cal is also the program chair for the annual “Utah Elder Law, Estate Planning and Medicaid Planning” seminar, held each fall in Salt Lake City.

Cal graduated with his J.D. degree from the University of Utah College of Law, and later obtained an advanced LL.M degree in Tax Law from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He began his legal career as a Trial Attorney in the Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. He later worked as a shareholder at two of Salt Lake City’s largest and most prestigious law firms, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker and Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy.

Cal has served as Board Chair of Easter Seals Utah (2001-2002) and also served on the Planned Giving Committee of the University of Utah. He speaks frequently to professional groups and disability organizations on elder law and special needs trusts. He resides in Davis County with his wife, Melanie, and their two children, Kaitlyn and Ethan.