*Mary Alice Jackson, Esq.
Mary Alice Jackson is a Florida Bar board certified Elder Law Attorney and has been a partner in the firm of Boyer & Jackson, P.A. in Sarasota, Florida since 1995. Ms. Jackson has achieved Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating as an AV® Preeminent™ Attorney. She has been named as one of Florida’s Legal Elite by Florida Trend Magazine and has also been named as a Florida Super Lawyer annually since 2006. Her practice focuses exclusively in the area of elder law, with an emphasis in special needs trusts for persons with disabilities, long term care and incapacity planning, guardianship, probate and end-of-life issues. Ms. Jackson is a frequent speaker on these topics.
Ms. Jackson presently serves as chair of the Grass Roots Advocacy Committee for the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), on the Public Policy Committee for the Special Needs Alliance, and as President of Senior Friendship Centers, Inc., a lead agency, and she is on the Board of Directors for The Pines of Sarasota, a long term care facility. Ms. Jackson is a Past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar; the Sarasota County Bar Association, the Board of Trustees of Tidewell Hospice of Southwest Florida, Inc., Senior Solutions of Southwest Florida, an Area Agency on Aging, the Board of Directors of Legal Aid of Manasota, Inc., and the founding Board of the NAELA Senior Rights PAC, an organization dedicated to supporting national political candidates with a commitment to aging Americans.
A member of the NAELA since 1993, Ms. Jackson is also a member of the Special Needs Alliance, the Florida Bar Elder Law Section, the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, the Sarasota County Aging Network and the Florida Council on Aging. In November, 2003, she was honored to receive the NAELA Powley Award for public service, and was the 2004 recipient of the William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award given by Stetson University College of Law. Ms. Jackson was the 1998 recipient of the Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Award for the 12th Circuit and has been an adjunct professor at Stetson University College of Law, teaching Long Term Care Planning in its Elder Law LL.M. distance law program. She is a co-author of Planning for the Elderly in Florida, a Lexis Nexis publication.
Mary Alice Jackson received a B.S. in Government and a M.S. in Public Administration from Florida State University, and a J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law. In 2006, she relocated to Austin, Texas with her husband, Bob, who is Texas State Director for AARP, and their two standard poodles, Biscuit and Max. She continues her practice in Sarasota by commuting and telecommuting, with the assistance of a top-notch staff. She is a native of Winter Park, Florida.
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