SRQ Magazine | Elite Top Attorneys September 2021

Ira Stewart Wiesner

HONOREE ELDER LAW

BIO

Ira Stewart Wiesner is founder of Advocates in Aging, Sarasota’s first dedicated Elder Law firm. For almost 40 years he has guided clients on issues of aging and disability, preserving assets and accessing care. He was a founding member and Chair of the Florida Bar Elder Law Section. Ira’s contributions to the emerging field earned him election as President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and selection as a Fellow of the Academy.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Recipient of the First Theresa Award of the Theresa Foundation, 1995. Witness before Congressional Older Americans Caucus, Chair Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, III. Guest on Today Show, Bryant Gumbel, October 1996.

MISSION

Our mission is to help protect the assets, preserve the independence, and maintain the dignity and security of our clients as they confront the issues of aging or illness.

CONTACT INFORMATION

ira@wiesnerlaw.com

328 N Rhodes Ave Sarasota, Florida 34237

(941) 365-9900

wiesnerlaw.com

DEGREES

SUNY at Buffalo, B.A. in political science and philosophy, cum laude, 1973. JD 1976.

University of Florida, LL.M. Master of Laws in Taxation, 1978.

FLORIDA BAR DATE OF ADMISSION

1976.

Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law.

ADVOCATES IN AGING LAW OFFICE OF WIESNER SMITH ELDER LAW & ESTATE PLANNING