Melanie Bean Bradford

I focus my law practice on: Estate Planning, Long Term Care Planning, Asset Protection (including trust planning and business entities), Medicaid Planning & Appeals (asset protection, preparing and submitting the Medicaid application, appeals), Retirement Stretch-Out Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Estate and Gift Tax Planning, Probate matters, and Business Law regarding: Limited Liability Companies, Corporations, Non-Profit Corporations, and Partnerships. My offices are located in Scottsboro, Alabama and Pelham, Alabama. I am able to serve Jackson County, DeKalb County, Madison County, Marshall County, Shelby County, and Jefferson County.

• Sole Practitioner

• Alabama, 2005
• Tennessee, 2013
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 2005
• U.S. Tax Court, 2008

• Alabama State Bar
• Alabama State Bar, Elder Law Section, 2006 - Present
• Alabama Family Trust, 2012 - Present (Advisory Board Member)
• American Bar Association
• National Academy Elder Law Attorneys
• Tennessee Bar Association
• American Association of University Women
• Kiwanis
• President of the Alabama State Bar Elder Law Section, 2010 - 2011
• Secretary for the Alabama State Bar Elder Law Section, 2008 - 2010
• President of Scottsboro-Jackson Branch of American Association of University Women, 2007 - 2009
• Board Member for the Jackson County Charitable Trust, 2006 - 2009
• Adjunct professor of paralegal studies at Northeast Alabama Community College
• Chairman of the Jackson County Charitable Trust, 2010 - 2012