Serving Clients in Richmond, TX and throughout the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land Metropolitan Area

Benecia Flores

Attorney at Law

• (281) 344-9455
• [email protected]

Benecia Flores joined the Petrosewicz Law Firm in 2017 and has nearly 30 years of experience helping the elderly and disabled citizens of Texas obtain long term care Medicaid benefits.

Benecia is from Floresville, Texas and now lives in McCoy, Texas. In 1996, she obtained her bachelor's degree from Trinity University, with a double major in psychology and sociology. After a brief period of employment in the office of a warden of a private prison, she landed a job with Texas Health and Human Services (then known as the Texas Department of Human Services) as a Medicaid caseworker for the aged and disabled. It was here that Benecia's passion for the field of Elder Law was born.

After working for HHS in San Antonio for nine years, Benecia moved to Houston in 2006 to work as a paralegal for Wright Abshire, Attorneys. While working full time for the law firm during the day, Benecia attended South Texas College of Law at night and obtained her J.D. in May 2016. She concentrated her studies in estate planning, probate, and income, estate and gift tax and now uses that knowledge to practice in estate planning, probate, public benefit planning, and special needs planning.

Benecia is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar College, San Antonio Bar Association, Fort Bend County Bar Association, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (“NAELA”). Benecia also serves on the boards of the Texas Chapter of NAELA (as Secretary, then Treasurer) and Courage Ranch, an equine-assisted mental health center in Floresville, Texas (as Secretary).

Benecia has presented on the topics of estate planning, probate, and Medicaid eligibility for various financial advisors, non-profit organizations, churches, schools, hospitals, support groups, realtors, and chambers of commerce. She has also presented at continuing legal education conferences, including the following:

· Top Ten Things I Have Learned Working for a Seasoned Attorney at the State Bar of Texas's 2018 Texas Minority Attorney Program;

· SNT Lagniappe – Forms to Support Your SNT Practice at the 2021 University of Texas School of Law 17th Annual Changes and Trends Affecting    Special Needs Trusts;

· Elder Law Forms – Estate Planning and Medicaid at the 2021 Summer Conference of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law       Attorneys;

· Business Property Exclusion in Medicaid Cases at the 2021 University of Texas School of Law Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Elder Law          Conference;

· Initial Client Meeting Guidance and Resources at the 2022 University of Texas School of Law 18th Annual Changes and Trends Affecting Special    Needs Trusts;

· Pesky Problems at the State Bar of Texas' 2022 Handling Your First (or Next) Medicaid or Elder Law Case and 2022 Advanced Elder Law                Conferences;

· Redlining the Basics of a SNT at the 2023 University of Texas School of Law 19th Annual Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts;

· Medicaid Planning Nuts and Bolts – A Case Study at the 2023 and 2024 Summer Conference of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of        Elder Law Attorneys;

· Public Benefits in End of Life Planning at the State Bar of Texas's 2023 Handling Your First (or Next) End of Life Planning Case Conference;

· Elder Law Essentials at the State Bar of Texas's 2023 Advanced Elder Law Conference; and

· Transitioning Between Public Benefits at the 2025 Summer Conference of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

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