Sean is one of three managing attorneys at Advanced Legal Planning, PLLC. Sean serves as lead attorney in the firm’s Medicaid Planning and Elder Law practice. Having spent much of his youth in Idaho, Sean attended Idaho State University, where he studied Russian, Spanish, and Political Science, and the University of Idaho College of Law. During law school, Sean interned at the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, worked at an international law firm in Moscow, Russia, and spent a semester as a law clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. After earning his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 2008, Sean worked for Ada County as a staff attorney to the District Court, and then as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Sean worked in multiple practice areas before finding his passion in Special Needs Planning. Sean’s current work focuses in the areas of Elder Law, Medicaid, Disability Law, and Estate Planning. Sean frequently provides current and relevant information to attorneys, the legislature, and lay persons on Special Needs Planning, Medicaid Planning, Estate Planning, and Probate matters.
Sean is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) and is a graduate of the Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers. He holds membership in the Trust and Estate Professionals of Idaho, the Tax, Probate, and Trust Law Section of the Idaho State Bar, and is an active member of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association. Notably, Sean is one of only two Idaho attorneys to be a member of the Special Needs Alliance. Sean’s legal advocacy serves clients well in administrative, state, and federal proceedings, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts, District of Idaho, and the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho.
A dedicated family man, Sean resides in Boise with his wife and three children, whom he prioritizes above all else. Having coached over 20 seasons of youth sports, when not on the field or courts, he continues to plan new adventures in Idaho’s wilderness, as well as in other countries and cultures.
Personally, he enjoys participating in various adult sports leagues, tackling home construction projects that are out of his league, keeping (and using) his season pass to Bogus Basin, and playing musical instruments. Ever mindful of public perception and first impressions, Sean remains extremely proud of the fact that his new acquaintances “would never have guessed” that he works as an attorney.