Attorney Profiles

Danielle B. Mayoras
Troy, Michigan

Partner
phone	(248) 641-7070
fax	(248) 641-7073
email	Email Me

Danielle B. Mayoras is a shareholder of the law firm Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras. In 2001, she helped found two special divisions of the firm: The Center for Elder Law and The Center for Special Needs Planning.

Education & Professional Memberships

Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts Degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan .

Member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc and listed in the Academy's Experience Registry.

Member of the National Academy of Special Needs Planners.

Board member of the Senior Coordinating Aging Network (SCAN) of Oakland County .

Advisory Board Member of Smart Women's Coaching and Designated Daughter.

Member of The Michigan Dementia Coalition.

Publications

Extensively quoted in the Oakland Press August 18, 2006 article title, Take Legal Steps to Support Kids After You Are Gone.

Co-authored Looming Medicaid Changes Create a Cause for Concern, published in both Michigan Lawyer's Weekly and the Observer & Eccentric.

Quoted in the Oakland Press November 19, 2006 article, Workplace Progress Difficult for Women, and the April 29, 2007 article, They are Lawyersand Also Mothers.

Quoted in the Oakland Business Review July 2006 article, Estate Planning Grows Firm.

Profiled in the Detroit Free Press on December 3, 2006 as well as the Detroit News on December 9, 2006.

Contributing author of Michigan Contract Law published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education , April, 1998 and supplements through present.

Quoted in WWJ's HR Now June 6, 2007 article, Costs to Employers Increase as Aging Workforce Grapples with Eldercare Challenges.

Quoted in Crain's Detroit Business June 11, 2007 article, Elder Law is a Growing Practice.

Quoted in Michigan Lawyers Weekly October 29, 2007 article, $400K Grant Awarded to Help End Violence Against Older Women Project Will Train Police, Judges and Prosecutors.

Radio/Television Appearances

Guest on the Dick Purtan show and Metro Magazine with Ron T. on WOMC (104.3 FM) and guest on 950 AM's Ask the Attorney.

Guest attorney on Channel 4 (WDIV)'s television show Due Process.

Interviewed by Rob Davidach on WWJ.

Channel 4 (WDIV) interview by business editor Rod Meloni, airing on October 30, 2007.

Public Speaking

Keynote speaker at WOMC (104.3 FM)'s Be Elder Wise Expo and the Oakland County Probate Court Citizen's Alliance 's Removing the Mysteries of Probate Court.

Speaker at the Oakland County Planning & Economic Development Services Business Women's Conference.

Keynote speaker at the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE)'s Estate and Financial Planning for Elderly or Disabled Clients: Guardianship and Conservatorship Techniques educational seminar in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Lecturer on the topics of general estate planning, elder law, Medicaid planning and special needs planning. Audiences include a variety of public and private organizations including, but not limited to, the Alzheimer's Association, AAA, Macomb County Intermediate School District , Brain Injury Association of Michigan, the Older Person's Commission, the Special Olympics, and financial institutions such as banks and brokerage houses.

Elder Law
Estate Planning
Litigation
Estate Administration and Probate
Business Law
Real Estate Law

Areas of Practice:: Estate Planning and Probate; Elder Law; Medicaid and Nursing Home Planning; Estate Planning for individuals with disabilities/special needs

Education:: The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
J.D.; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.A.
Major: English

Published Works:: "Senior Talk Hotline" (Former Columnist), Quality Lifestyle Magazine; Michigan Contract Law (Contributing Author, Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Honors and Awards:: Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, 2000 - 2001; Who's Who Millennium 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Michigan State Bar Association; Member; Oakland County Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association; Member; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.; Member; FAR Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts; Former Member, Board of Trustees; Senior Coordinating Aging Network (SCAN) of Oakland County; Board Member