Elder Law of Nashville helps seniors and their families with the legal and financial side of aging. Its attorneys prepare wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney and living wills, handle probate and conservatorships, and plan for long-term care costs, including TennCare (Medicaid) eligibility. The firm also offers life care planning, pairing families with an elder-care coordinator who helps arrange care alongside the legal plan. Founder Barbara Moss started as a trial lawyer, has practiced in Nashville for more than 30 years, and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2005. Attorney Adam Berk is also listed. Best Law Firms 2026 ranks the firm Tier 2 for Elder Law in Nashville. The office is on Hillsboro Pike in Green Hills.
Good to know
Wills, trusts, probate and conservatorships
TennCare/Medicaid and long-term-care planning
Life care planning with an elder-care coordinator
Starts with a short discovery phone call (per firm)
Services
Estate planning (wills and revocable trusts)
Medicaid/TennCare planning
Life care planning and care coordination
Probate
Conservatorships
Planning for family members with special needs
Questions people ask
How does the process start?
With a short phone call about your loved one's situation, then a consultation and, if needed, care coordination (per the firm's About page).
Can they help with TennCare (Medicaid) for nursing-home or assisted-living costs?
Yes. Medicaid planning is one of their listed services, and client reviews on their site describe help getting a spouse approved for TennCare.
Do they handle probate after a death?
Yes. Probate and estate administration are listed services, per their website.
A Green Hills boutique focused on wills, trusts, estate administration and trust litigation, ranked Tier 1 in Nashville for Trusts & Estates (Best Law Firms 2026). Partner Jeff Mobley is an ACTEC Fellow and co-author of the Pritchard treatise on Tennessee wills and estates.
Best Law Firms 2026: Tier 1 Nashville, Trusts & Estates
Jeff Mobley: Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (per firm)
Jeff Mobley: co-author, Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates
A consumer-bankruptcy practice dating to 1976 and now led by Mary Beth Ausbrooks, licensed since 1996. It is BBB-accredited A+ since 2010 with no complaints in three years, and consultations are free, in person or virtual.
Consumer bankruptcy practice established 1976 (BBB)
BBB A+, accredited since 2010; 0 complaints in 3 years
TBPR: Mary Beth Ausbrooks active since 1996, no public discipline
David Raybin wrote the Tennessee Criminal Law treatise and has been licensed since 1974. He heads the criminal practice at this downtown firm, which Best Law Firms 2026 ranks Tier 1 in Nashville for general and white-collar criminal defense. BBB A+, accredited since 2014.
Best Law Firms 2026: Tier 1 Nashville, Criminal Defense: General Practice
Best Law Firms 2026: Tier 1 Nashville, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
David Raybin: author of the treatise Tennessee Criminal Law (per firm)