Heidi W. Isenhart
Shareholder

Heidi is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney who specializes in elder law, Medicaid planning, guardianship, probate and trust administration, estate planning and special-needs trusts.

Typically working with families at their worst because of death or illness, she is often at her best as a sincere, eager champion of the underdog. While emotions run high in those crises, she diligently works to find answers that comfort. Much of her work centers on the transfer of assets to children, spouses, loved ones and charities through a variety of tax-advantaged trusts. Her work also includes protecting the rights of incapacitated elderly people as well as minors and the legally disabled.

Her philosophy: “I’m not afraid to fight a good fight to do the right thing.”
Among several other groups, Heidi is a member of the Florida Bar’s Elder Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust sections; past chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s Estate, Guardianship and Trust Law Committee; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; and Florida State Guardianship Association.

In addition, Heidi is a community leader, speaking to local groups and mentoring law students as a professor at the Barry University of Law in Orlando. Her biggest message: Caring, along with ethics and effort, equals success.

Admission
Admitted to bar, 1997, Florida; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Education
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1993); Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia (J.D., Fall, 1995).

Member
The Florida Bar (Member, Elder Law Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Section); Orange County Bar Association (Chairperson of the Estate, Guardianship and Trust Law Committee, 2004-2005; Co-Chairperson of the Estate, Guardianship and Trust Law Committee, 2003-2004; Member, Elder Law Committee); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Florida State Guardianship Association.

Awards
2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007, Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine; 2005, Best of the Bar, Orlando Business Journal.

Civic
Professor, Barry University School of Law, Orlando, FL (Course taught and co-authored, Florida Probate Practice; Classes taught, Elective Share and Advanced Directives); Member, Task Force, Florida-Georgia District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 2004; Rotary Club of Orlando (President, 2008-2009; Board of Directors, 2005-2007; Speaker Chair, 2010-2011, 2007-2008 Rotary Leadership Institute Graduate, 2007); Guest Panelist, WMFE "Ask-A-Lawyer" Channel 24 Broadcast, 2001-2002; Planning Committee, WMFE "Ask-A-Lawyer" Broadcast, 2003.

Martindale-Hubbell Rating
AV

Speaker

Speaker and panelist at the first annual Bench and Bar Conference, Orange County Bar Association 2009, Orlando, FL; “I’m Worried About My Parents”, Learning Day, Valencia Values 2009, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL; “Caring For the Caregiver”, Presentation to Local Church Group 2009, Orlando, FL; "Coping With Aging Parents", Learning Day, Valencia Values 2007, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL; "Advanced Directives and Changes in Governmental Benefits", Young Onset Support Group, Southeast Parkinson Disease Association, Inc., 2006; "Elder Law: Legal, Financial and Healthcare Issues", Sterling Education Services, 2004; Panelist, Orange County Television, Marks Street Center, Orlando, FL.