Our speaker on Thursday will open up the new year with a discussion of legal issues we’ll all face at some point, if we haven’t already. She is a lawyer with an extensive background in government and the private sector and is now managing her own firm specializing in elder law. Her biography (edited) appears below.

Ms. Anne Elizabeth McGowin earned her BA from the University of Alabama and her JD from Cumberland School of Law. Ms. McGowin’s private law practice included two healthcare law firms in Birmingham and Montgomery. Thereafter, she served as General Counsel of Jackson Hospital for nine years.

In 2003, she accepted a position as a deputy attorney general in the Finance Director’s office. She continued to work in state government for numerous finance directors and governors, serving in many legal and management roles.

Ms. McGowin began her tenure as the Assistant General Counsel of Medicaid in 2013. While there, she represented the agency in public hearings, reviewed trusts, assisted program integrity, and addressed medical necessity and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) issues. She ended her public career in the Department of Transportation, serving as an Assistant Counsel and defending the agency on property, employment, environmental, and other legal issues.

In 2017, she formed Senior Law Solutions, LLC, an elder law and life care planning firm. SLS strives to make a difference in the lives of all the people it serves by focusing on dignity, quality of life, and care. Life Care Planning is a holistic approach that helps families with legal and healthcare planning.

Both healthy families and those with challenges benefit from life-care planning. Life Care Planning Law Firms (LCPLF) rely on an interdisciplinary team to identify present and potential legal and care needs and to assist in locating appropriate, high-quality care. Combining legal and healthcare assistance is unique to Life Care Planning Law firms.

Ms. McGowin is married to Bill McGowin, and they have two daughters. She is a Montgomery Sunrise Rotary Club member, is the immediate past president, and serves as the chair of their fundraiser. She and her husband are active members of St. James Episcopal Church in Alexander City, Alabama.