Samantha L. Shepherd is the founder and Managing Attorney of Shepherd Elder Law Group, an Elder Care and Special Needs Firm and practices exclusively in the areas of Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Special Needs Law.
Samantha is also the President & CEO of Assured Trust Company (ATC). As experts in the field of Special Needs Planning, ATC provides trust administration and care management services to those who need a helping hand.
Samantha received her B.A. from Tulane University and her J.D. from Boston College School of Law. She has also earned an LL.M. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She has been admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Maine, Kansas, & Missouri.
Samantha is a member of the Kansas and Missouri chapters of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and has been awarded NAELA’s Council of Advanced Practitioners. She has served on the National Board of NAELA, a peer-elected position. She is a Past-Chair of the Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee and Past-President of the Missouri Chapter of NAELA. She is a member of the Estate Planning Society of Kansas City, the Kansas and Missouri Bar Associations, the Johnson County Bar Association, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA) where she served as Chair of the Trust & Estates Committee. She also served on the board of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, volunteers on the board of directors of Down Syndrome Innovations, and is the Founder of the charity, Heartland Special Needs Foundation.