Ann Green |

Anderson Desimone & Green, P.C.

Ann Green | Anderson Desimone & Green, P.C.

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Ann has been an attorney for more than 30 years and focuses her practice on the areas of elder law and estate planning, guardianship, estate and trust administration, Medicaid and Special Needs Planning. In January 2007, she was invited into the prestigious Special Needs Alliance, an organization comprised of America’s leading Disability and Public Benefits lawyers. Since 2009 she has been named the best elder law attorney in Southwest Virginia in Our Health Magazine. Each year since 2008 she has been chosen by her peers to be listed for estate planning and probate in the Virginia Super Lawyers publication, an honor given to only 5% of attorneys. Every year since 2010 she has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America. She has been quoted in two articles in the Roanoke Times about the challenges facing the elderly entitled “The Age of Uncertainty: The Costly Years” and “The Costly Years: Most Common Financial Myths.”

Ann has led a variety of estate planning seminars on Estate Planning, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, Special Needs Trusts and Guardianship for organizations such as Senior Law Day, the League of Older Americans, the Special Needs Symposium, the State of Virginia Procurement Annual Meeting, the State of Virginia Department of General Services, Bedford Memorial Hospital, Wall Residences, Blue Ridge Independent Living Center, Modern Woodmen of America, General Electric, Virginia Baptist Autism Association, Alzheimer’s Association, Virginia Baptists, Care Connection for Children, and a wide variety of local churches and other community organizations.

Ann graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia with a degree in Economics. After spending two years as a legal assistant in Washington D.C., she returned to the University of Virginia to complete law school in 1986. After graduation, she served five years as the Executive Director of an urban ministry in Richmond, Virginia. In 1991, she began her private legal practice.

Ann is a member of the Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Sections of the Virginia Bar Association, She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), where she is a member of the Trust Special Interest Group, the Virginia Chapter of NAELA, and is a member of the Virginia State Bar, Trusts and Estates Section. She currently serves on the Elder Law Council for the Virginia Bar Association. She is a Trustee for HopeTree Family Services. She is also a Veteran’s Accredited Attorney.

Ann is an active member at Bonsack Baptist Church, where she teaches a Sunday School class for PURE adults, those individuals who have an intellectual disability.