Sara A. Schimke, Esq.

Sara A. Schimke is an attorney in the Southfield, Michigan office of Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices. She practices in the areas of long-term care planning and advocacy, including estate planning, special needs planning, elder Law, Medicaid planning, Veteran’s benefits, and benefit appeals. Sara also counsels and represents clients in probate litigation and financial exploitation matters.

Sara is the immediate past Chair of the Elder Law and Disability Rights Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and has served on the Section Council for nine years. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Parkinson Foundation and is a professor at Oakland University.

Sara graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and received her Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Bar Admissions

• Michigan

• United States District Court - Eastern District of Michigan

• Department of Veterans Affairs Accredited Attorney

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Council Member, State Bar of Michigan, Elder Law & Disability Rights Section

• State Bar of Michigan, Probate & Estate Planning Section

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)

• Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) Elder Law Advisory Board

• Board of Directors for the Michigan Parkinson Foundation

• Oakland County Bar Association

• Macomb County Bar Association

• Wayne County Probate Bar Association

• Financial & Estate Planning Council of Metro Detroit

• Member of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Chapters)

Honors and Distinctions

• Awarded “2018 Up & Coming Lawyer” by Lawyers Weekly

• Named a “Rising Star” Michigan Lawyer in Super Lawyers Magazine 2017 and 2018 (2.5% of lawyers)

• Named as a “Leading Lawyer” in Elder Law by Super Lawyers Magazine 2017 and 2018