*Mary Alice Jackson, Esq.
Mary Alice Jackson is an AV rated, Florida Bar board certified Elder Law Attorney and is a partner in the firm of Boyer & Jackson, P.A. in Sarasota, Florida. She practices exclusively in the area of elder law, with an emphasis on Medicaid, long term care and incapacity planning, special needs trusts, advance directives, probate and end-of-life issues. She is a frequent lecturer on these topics.
Mary Alice is currently on the Board of Directors for the Pines of Sarasota, a long term care facility and the Board of Governors for Senior Friendship Centers, Inc. She is a professional past President, having served as President or Chair of the following organizations: 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 (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys) Senior Rights PAC, an organization dedicated to supporting national political candidates with a commitment to aging Americans and serves as its Chairperson. Mary Alice nows serves as Vice-Chair of the Public Policy Committee for NAELA.
A member of the NAELA since 1993, Mary Alice is also a member of 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 is the 2004 recipient of the William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award given by Stetson University College of Law. Mary Alice 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 Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiations, and Law Practice Management.
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. She now lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Bob, who is Texas State Director for AARP, and who is also an attorney. She continues her practice in Sarasota by commuting and telecommuting, with the assistance of a top-notch staff. Mary Alice is the proud mother of Andrew Ferrell, who passed away in 2001 after a courageous battle with leukemia. She is a native of Winter Park, Florida.
