Damon C Glisson

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Practice Areas
* Probate & Wills
* Family Law
* Elder Law

Rather than being defined by technical legal distinctions, elder law is defined by the client to be served. In other words, the lawyer who practices elder law may handle a range of issues but has a specific type of clients--seniors.

Elder law attorneys focus on the legal needs of the elderly, and work with a variety of legal tools and techniques to meet the goals and objectives of the older client.

Under this holistic approach, the elder law practitioner handles general estate planning issues and counsels clients about planning for incapacity with alternative decision making documents. The attorney would also assist the client in planning for possible long-term care needs, including nursing home care. Locating the appropriate type of care, coordinating private and public resources to finance the cost of care, and working to ensure the client's right to quality care are all part of the elder law practice.

Mr. Glisson maintains membership in three sections of the Florida Bar to serve seniors with varying needs; Elder Law Section, Family Law Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. Additionally Mr. Glisson Maintains membership in both the National and Florida Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Damon C Glisson
Attorney at Law
5908 Fortune Pl
Apollo Beach FL 33572
Tel: 813 645-6796
E-mail: damon@glisson1.net

Growing up dividing his time between Florida and Alabama, Mr. Glisson majored in economics at Birmingham Southern College. After continuing on to Memphis State University School of Law and graduating with a Juris Doctorate Degree in 1974, he was admitted to the Florida Bar that same year. Having had life-long family and business interests in the area, he opened his law practice in 1982 in Apollo Beach and continues his practice in the same location.

As a sole practitioner, this law practice offers a range of services and includes the following areas: Elder law Issues (Probate, Guardianship, Wills, Trusts, Medicaid Planning and Application, and Elder Advocacy), litigation and general practice matters, including Family Law (dissolution of marriage, custody of minors, support, spousal injunctions, juvenile delinquency and dependency); Contracts and Real Estate (landlord and tenant, purchase and sale of real estate, preparation and review of all forms of contracts including management, residential ); Corporate (Corporation, Limited Liabilities Corporations, UCC Filing; sale of business); and General Practice (trials, including jury trials, and numerous contested bench trials and hearings in all areas listed.)

Mr. Glisson also works part time as a Traffic Hearing Officer/Traffic Magistrate for Hillsborough County where he presides at arraignments, motion hearings, and evidentiary hearings of civil traffic infractions which do not involve personal injury accidents or companion criminal charges.

Mr. Glisson is a frequent lecturer at seminars for attorneys and the public. This office has sponsored public seminars with topics including: Fraud and Scams Against the Elderly; Powers of Attorney; Living Wills and Life Prolonging Decisions; Appropriate uses for Living Trusts; Planning to Live Well at Home Instead of a Nursing Home. Mr. Glisson also lectures to attorneys for continuing education including ethical considerations in elder law, ethics in guardiansip and proper formalities in signing legal docuements and perserving homestead exemptions.