PI-YI MAYO

Attorney At Law

5223 Garth Road

Baytown, Texas 77521

Phone: (281) 421-5774

Fax: (281) 421-1103

 

EDUCATION:

 

Lee College, Honor Graduate, 1978

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Outstanding former student of Lee College, 1987

Bachelor's Degree from University of Houston,

Magna Cum Laude with Finance Major, Minor in Accounting, 1980

Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society

 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

 Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society

 Mortar Board Honor Society

Outstanding undergraduate College of Business Administration, 1980

Law Degree from Bates College of Law at University of Houston, 1983

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

 

C.E.L.A.           Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation (which is the only organization authorized by the American Bar Association to provide certification in elder law), November 30, 2001

 

V.A.

Accreditation    Accredited attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs, September 24, 2008

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 

University of Houston, Bates College of Law, formerly an adjunct professor teaching Elder Law.

 

Lee College of Baytown, former Associate Professor for 8 years teaching Real Estate Law, Finance, and Mathematics

 

Member of:       American Bar Association

American Bar Association, Elderlaw Committee-Past Vice Chairman       

State Bar of Texas

            Houston Bar Association

East Harris County Bar Association

Houston Bar Association Elder Law Committee - Past Chairman

Member of Disabilities and Elder Law Attorneys - Past President

Member of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Texas Chapter of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys -Past President

The Supreme Court of Texas Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee

 

Instructor for National Elder Law Foundation Certification Course - 2002 and 2003

 

AUTHOR OF SEMINAR MATERIALS:

 

Using Medicare for Long- Term Care, PESI, July 25, 1991

Key Considerations in Elder Law,South Texas College of Law Wills, Probate Institute;


Primer on Elder Law, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Introduction to Elder Law in Texas, San Antonio, November 14, 1991;

Introduction to Elder Law-A Practice Comes of Age, American Bar Association, February 1, 1992;

 

 

 

Medicare:  What Every Lawyer Should Know, Houston Bar Association, South Texas College of Law, April 3, 1992;

Family Relationships by Judicial Decree and Legislative Action, Co-Author, San Francisco, 4th Annual Symposium on Elder Law, 1992            

Primer on Elder Law, National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc., March 11-13, 1993, El Paso, Texas

Medicare and Medigap Instead of Medicaid, Houston Bar Association, April 23, 1993

Seventh Annual Wills and Probate Institute, South Texas College of Law, September 23 and 24, 1993, Houston, Texas

Medicare and Medicaid Issues for Attorneys, National Business Institute Inc., November 5, 1993, Houston, Texas

Medicare/Social Security Entitlements, State Bar of Texas, March 25, 1994, Dallas, Texas

Miller Trusts, State Bar of Texas, November 3-4, 1994, Austin, Texas

Medicare/Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), PESI, March 30, 1995, Dallas, Texas and March 31, 1995, Houston, Texas; State Bar of Texas - Guardianship Institute, January 12, 1996, Houston, Texas and January 19, 1996, Dallas, Texas;

New Horizons in Elder Law and Medicaid Issues, PESI, January 18, 1996, Dallas, Texas and January 19, 1996, Houston, Texas; Wills & Probate Institute, Southwest Legal Foundation, May 2-3, 1996, Dallas Texas.

Elderlaw Planning for Longterm Care for your Elderly Client - Medicare, State Bar of Texas, September 28-29, 1995, Houston, Texas

Texas Medicaid Law & Practice, 19th Annual General Practice Institute, Baylor University, April 12, 1996, Waco, Texas; State Bar of Texas – 14th Annual Advance Tax Law Course, September 18-20, 1996 - Houston, Texas.

Administration of Supplemental Needs Trusts, State Bar of Texas, Elder Law Institute 1996, Oct. 3, 1996 - Houston & Oct. 18, 1996, Dallas; Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, November 7, 1996, Fort Worth.

Elder Law and Medicaid Issues in Texas, PESI, May 1, 1997, Dallas and May 2, 1997, Houston.

Evaluating Long Term Care Insurance, Houston Bar Association 1997 Elder Law Institute, Houston.

Medicare Basics, University of Texas Law School, June 19-20, 1997, Houston and Austin, Texas

Financing Long Term Care in Texas, NBI, November 11, 1997, Houston, Texas, Pi-Yi Mayo, Attorney (Presenter) and Clyde Farrell, Attorney (Author)

Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations, South Texas Law Review, Houston, Dec. 1997

Advanced Medicaid Planning, State Bar of Texas, February 12, 1998, Dallas, Texas, and February 26, 1998, Houston, Texas.

Avoiding Guardianship, State Bar of Texas, Feb. 13, 1998, Dallas, and Feb 27, 1998, Houston

Fibromyalgia and Disability: An Attorney’s View, The Fibromyalgia Assoc. of Houston, Inc., 1998.

The Landscape of Elder Law, University of Texas School of Law, June 4-5, 1998, Austin & Dallas.

Medicaid and Longterm Care, Guardianships & Ad Litems in the Probate Courts Certification Course and Elder Law, May 7, 1999, South Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas

Handling Medicare Administrative Hearings, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., San Diego, CA, May 19-23, 1999.

The Big Four: SSI, SSD, Medicare and Medicaid, Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, Galveston, TX, Aug.  26, 27, 1999, University of Texas School of Law

Initial Estate Considerations: Guardianships, Medical  Lien Recovery Issues, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Sept.  16, 17, 1999, Las Vegas, NV, Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference

Initial Estate Considerations: Guardianships, Medical  Lien Recovery Issues, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Jan. 12, 2000, Houston, TX; Jan. 13, 2000, Dallas, TX; Jan. 14, 2000, San Antonio, Tx.

Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, University of Texas School of Law, Galveston, Tx, August 17,18,  2000.

Nursing Home Discharges, State Bar of Texas Elder Law Course and Guardianship Program, Houston, TX, December 7, 8, 2000

Estate Considerations: Medical Lien Recovery Issues; Texas Nursing Home Negligence Conference, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Jan. 24, 2001, Houston, TX, Jan. 25, 2001, Dallas, TX , Jan. 26, 2001, Austin, TX

Family Law on the Front Lines: Family Law and Government Benefits; University of Texas School of Law; April 26, 27, 2001; Galveston, Texas

Public Benefits Seminar - The Florida Bar CLE Committee and Elder Law Section, April 13, Miami, Florida

Elder Law Overview - State Bar College ‘Summer School’ Sun, Surf & CLE, July 26-28, 2001 Galveston, Texas

New Ways To Get Paid - Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference; August 16 - 17 2001, Galveston, Texas

Medicare- Building Your Practice: Case and Client Development: Tracks To The Future,2001         Advanced Elder Law Institute November 1-4, 2001, St. Louis, Missouri

Estate Considerations: Medical Lien Recovery Issues - Nursing Home Negligence- Professional Education Systems, Inc., Jan. 16, 2002, Houston, TX; Jan. 17, 2002, Austin, TX; Jan. 18, 2002, Dallas, TX.

Families of Children with Disabilities - Merrill Lynch Seminar, Feb. 7, 2002, Houston, TX.

Resident’s Rights - State Bar of Texas Elder Law Course - March 22, 2002 - Austin, TX

Medicare Basics - National Academy of Elder Law Attorney’s, Inc. - April 17th & 18th, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland

Elder Law 2002 - General Practice Institute - Baylor Law School, May 10, 2002 - Waco, TX

Long Term Care: Qualifying for Public Assistance -Midland Business and Estate Council, Midland, Texas, December 10, 2002

Wills & Probate Institute - Supplemental Needs Trusts - Houston Bar Association, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, January 23, 2003

Court Created Trust Seminar - Texas Bankers Association, Specific Distributions Under Special Needs Trusts; February 13, 2003 - Dallas, Texas.

Long Term Care; Qualifying for Public Assistance - Wednesday Tax Forum, Houston Club, Houston, Texas; February 18, 2003.

Special Distributions for Supplemental Needs Trusts - Elderlaw Seminar, Marriott Suites-Market Center, Dallas, Texas; March 8, 9, 10, 2003

Medicare and Social Security Disability (what do you get and how do you get it?) - Elderlaw Course, State Bar of Texas. Dallas, Texas; March 14, 2003.

Planning with Special Needs Trusts in Texas - National Business Institute, Dallas, Texas; March 18, 2003.

Practical Medicare and Medicaid Skills in Texas - Half Moon, Houston, Texas, March 28, 2003

Medicare Liens - Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, April 4, 2003.

Long Term Elder Care for Yourself and Your Parents - Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, May 1-2, 2003

Social Security Benefits - What do you get and how do you get it? - South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas May 7, 8, 9, 2003

Long Term Care Insurance - University of Texas School of Law, Galveston, Texas, July 24, 2003 and  at the 5th Annual Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, Galveston, Texas, August 14-15, 2003.

Long Term Elder Care - Qualifying for Public Assistance, Social Security Benefits, and Medicare Basics - University of Texas School of Law, 51st Annual Taxation Conference, Austin, Texas, October 1-3, 2003.

Planning With Special Needs Trust in Texas - Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 16, 2003.

Long Term Elder Care - Qualifying for Public Assistance, Social Security Benefits, and Medicare Basics  - Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network - Dallas, Texas, October 22, 2003.

Medicare Basics - National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Dallas, Texas, November 14-November 16, 2003.   

Long Term Care - Qualifying for Public Assistance - Houston CPA Tax Expo, Houston, Texas, January 12, 2004.

Social Security Disability - Texas Bar Association Guardianship & Elder Law Conference, Austin, Texas, April 1 and April 2, 2004

Long Term Care: Qualifying for Public Assistance and Planning with Special Needs Trust - Financial Planning Association, Dallas, Texas, May 7, 2004.

Social Security Disability and Social Security Benefits - Wills and Probate Institute, Dallas, Texas, May  13 and 14, 2004 and Houston, Texas May 20 and 21, 2004.

Medicare Benefits 2004 - Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,

August 12 - 13, 2004, Galveston, Texas.

Understanding Medicare Benefits 2004 - Practical Medicare and Medicaid Skills in Texas , Houston, Texas, August 20, 2004

Understanding Medicare Benefits 2004 - NAHO 2004 Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, October 17-20, 2004.

Understanding Medicare Benefits 2004 - National Business Institute, Houston, Texas, November 1q, 2004.

Long Term Care: Qualifying For Public Assistance - Houston CPA Society, Houston, Texas, January 25, 2005.

Medicare Benefits 2004 - 9th Annual Building Blocks of Wills, Estates, and Probate, State Bar of Texas Live Satellite Program, Dallas, Texas, January 21, 2005

Special Needs Trust in Texas - University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, February 9, 2005.

Primer on Elder Law - Houston Bar Association, Houston, Texas, February 10, 2005

Medicare Benefits 2005 and Medicare Part D 2005 - Practical Medicare and Medicaid Skills in Texas, Houston, Texas, March 31, 2005.

Medicare Benefits 2005 and Medicare Part D -State Bar of Texas Elder law Course, Houston, Texas, April 14, 2005.

9th Annual Florida Bar Public Benefits Seminar, April 15, 2005, at Tampa, Florida

What the Elder Law Attorney Said To the Family Law Attorney, Marriage Dissolution Conference, Galveston, Texas, April 22, 2005.

Medicare Part D - Texas NAELA, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, June 28, 2005

Medicare Part D - Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, Galveston, Texas; August 11 - 12, 2005.

Medicare Part D - 2005 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Texas NAELA, Dallas, Texas, October 29, 2005.

Planning with Special Needs Trusts in Texas and Special Needs Trust in Texas - Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Addison, Texas, November 30, 2005

Medicare Part D, 2005 - Medicaid and Elder Law Issues in Texas for Lorman Education Services, Houston, Texas, December 8, 2005

Medicare Part D, 2005 - By Area Satellite Group of Houston CPA Society, League City, Texas, January 26, 2006.

Drafting A Special Needs Trust in Texas - 2006 Special Needs Trust Conference, Austin, Texas, January 18, 2006.

Medicare Part D, 2005 and Planning With Special Needs Trust in Texas - 7th Annual Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate Course, January 20, 2006.

Medicare Part D - 2006 - FPA Houston, Houston, Texas, March 6, 2006.

Planning With Special Needs Trusts in Texas and Drafting a Special Needsd Trust - Advanced Medical Malpractice, San Antonio, Texas, March 16-17, 2006.

Social Security Benefits and Social Security Disability for 2006 - Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, and Dallas, Texas, May 11 and 12 and 18 and 19, 2006.

Special Needs Planning, Medicare, and Medicaid - Estate and Business Strategies for Northwest Mutual, Houston, Texas, June 13, 2006.

Medicare Part D - CPE Family Conference, Galveston, Texas, June 23, 2006.

Medicare Part D and Long Term Care Insurance - CLE Live Webcast, Dallas, Texas, July 13 and 14, 2006.

8th Annual Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Elder Law Conference - Galveston, Texas, August 10 and 11,2006.

Medicaid and Long Term Car Planning after the Deficit Reduction Act - PESI, Dallas, Texas, October 4, 2006.

Handling Medicare Appeals: The Almost Perfect Case - Paramount Symposium, Galveston, Texas, October 28, 2006.

Medicare Part D - State Bar of Texas Webcast - Austin, Texas, November 15, 2006.

Medicare Set-Asides - 2007 Special Needs Trust Conference - Austin, Texas February 15-16, 2007.

2007 Advanced Elder Law  - Houston, Texas, March 8, 2007.

Baylor Law School  - Elder Law Update, Waco, Texas, April 20, 2007.

Medicare Facts and Questions, presented at the 9th Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship and


Elder Law Conference - Galveston, Texas, August 9 and 10, 2007.

One Other Issue to Remember Before Approving A Settlement, Houston Bar Association Civil Court Ad Litem Conference- Houston, Texas, December 7, 2007.

Medicare Facts and Questions, State Bar of Texas 9th Annual Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and          Probate- Austin, Texas, January 8. 2008.

Long Term Care: Qualifying for Public Assistance, Southeast Texas Society of CPAs- Beaumont, Texas, January 15, 2008.

Structured Settlements and Special Needs Trusts, National Structured Settlement Trade Association Regional Convention- Austin, Texas, January 17, 2008.

When Good Trusts Go Bad, University of Texas School of Law 2008 Special Needs Trusts Conference- Austin, Texas, January 31, 2008.

Responding to Estate Recovery When There is No Estate, State Bar of Texas Advanced Elder Law Course- Dallas, Texas, March 6, 2008.

Structured Settlements and Special Needs Trusts, Texas Guardianship Association Spring Conference- Corpus Christi, Texas, April 22, 2008.

Medicare Set-Asides, Stetson University College of Law Annual Fundamentals of Special Needs Trusts Administration–Clearwater Beach, Florida, April 24-25, 2008.

Medicaid Estate Recovery/Medicare Set Asides, Midland Memorial Foundation Estate Planning Seminar- Midland, Texas, May 8, 2008.

10th Annual Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Elder Law Conference - Galveston, Texas, August 14 and 15,2008.

Medicare Set-Asides, Special Needs Alliance and Stetson Special Needs Trusts Basics -Clearwater, Florida, October 16-17, 2008.

Medicare Set-Asides, State Bar Medicaid Webcast - Austin, Texas, November 5, 2008.

Special Needs Trusts and Child Support Payments, University of Texas School of Law 2009 Parent/Child Relationship Conference, Austin, Texas January 29, 2009.

Veteran’s Pension Benefits, State Bar Building Blocks–Austin, Texas, January 9, 2009.

Structured Settlements and the DRA, University of Texas School of Law Special Needs Trust Conference, Austin, Texas, February 19, 2009.

Qualified Settlement Funds/Structured Settlements, State Bar Evaluating, Negotiating, Proving and Collecting Damages and Attorneys’ Fees, Dallas, Texas, February 20, 2009.

Veteran’s Pension Benefits, State Bar Advanced Elderlaw and Guardianship Course, Houston, Texas, March 5-6, 2009.

Public Benefits: What They Are & Who Can Receive Them, Associate Judges Family Law Conference, Austin, Texas, July 6-8, 2009.

Medicare & Medicaid Liens/Qualified Settlement Funds, Texas State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Course, Dallas, Texas, July 15-17, 2009.

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