Attorney Profile
Founder of The Peninsula Center for Estate and Lifelong Planning, Helena S. Mock represents clients throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia who need legal services related to estate planning. An accredited estate planner with an Avvo rating of “Superb”, Ms. Mock is also accredited to aid military veterans of the United States with obtaining benefits from the VA by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Within the legal focus of estate planning, Ms. Mock handles the following types of cases: estate and trust administration, business planning, charitable planning, retirement asset planning, elder law and long-term care planning, life care planning, Medicaid and veteran’s benefits, and guardianships and conservatorships. She also handles legal issues for nonprofit organizations, fiduciary accounting issues, estate and gift taxes, trust reformation or modification, and business exit planning.
Admitted to practice by the Virginia Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, Ms. Mock is also an adjunct professor of law at the College of William & Mary School of Law and directs the law school’s Elder & Disability Law Clinic. She also holds the designation of Accredited Estate Planner from the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, Ms. Mock went on to Old Dominion University to study for a Master of Arts, then on to the College of William & Mary Law School to earn her Juris Doctor. She is a member of the Clinical Legal Education Association, the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association, the Trusts and Estates Section of the Virginia State Bar, The Virginia Bar Association, the Williamsburg Bar Association and the Peninsula Estate Planning Council.
Estate Planning & Probate (60%): Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills
Elder Law (20%)
Closely Held Business (10%)
Tax (10%): Tax Law
Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Power of Attorney, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills, Tax Law
Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2018 Rising Stars: 2007 - 2008
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Admitted: 2000, Virginia
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Last Updated: 12/4/2017