Attorney Profiles
 Mark E. Clements
Elder Law Firm of Clements & Wallace, P.L.
Mark Clements is an attorney with 30 years of experience in the areas of estate planning, wills and trusts, tax planning, probate and guardianship. He has extensive experience in helping families plan for long-term care for a loved one through asset protection. Mark has represented hundreds of Florida seniors qualify for Medicaid benefits for long-term care. Mark is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation.
Mr. Clements is a third generation native of Lakeland, Florida. He graduated from Florida Southern College with high honors in 1976. He received his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law with honors in 1979. Mark was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1979 and is a member of the Elder Law Section and the Wills, Estates, and Probate Section of the Florida Bar. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Mark is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by the Supreme Court of the State of Florida.
 Carol J. Wallace
Elder Law Firm of Clements & Wallace, P.L.
Carol Wallace has dedicated her career to serving the legal needs of seniors. Carol practiced many years in Alabama before relocating to Florida in 2008. She is certified as an elder law attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation in 1996. She was the first attorney in Alabama with this distinction.
Carol was a partner in the Elder Law Firm of Glass & Wallace, P.C. with offices in Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama, from 1997 to 2009. That law firm was the first in Alabama dedicated to serving the legal needs of seniors.
She is now a partner in The Elder Law Firm of Clements & Wallace, P.L. She practices in the areas of estate planning, wills and trusts, guardianship and probate, and asset protection planning for long-term care.
Carol served on the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Association in Huntsville, Alabama for nine years, and on the Board of Directors for the Mid South Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. She is a frequent speaker to senior groups and also to professional associations and attorney’s who serve seniors.
Carol holds a B.S.W. from The University of Alabama with a concentration in criminal justice. She received her J. D. from Cumberland School of Law in 1979. She was Director of Legal Counsel for the Elderly, a component of the Clinical Programs at The University of Alabama School of Law from 1990 to 1997. In that position, she taught and supervised second and third year law students in the “hands on” practice of law, and provided direct legal service to seniors.
Carol is a member of Alabama State Bar and the Florida Bar. She was a charter member of the Elder Law Section of the Alabama Bar. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She is licensed to practice law in Florida and Alabama.
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