Mary Frances M. Price is a shareholder with Maser, Amundson & Price, P.A., helping to lead the firm’s Elder Law Department. She helps families make difficult decisions and work through complicated financial, legal, and medical issues that arise when a family member is in a time of transition or when families are planning for the future.

Price has said that she chose a career in elder law because helping people inspires her and the work allows her to make a real difference in peoples’ lives. “I wanted to do something where I was going to have a lasting impact,” she says. Price works with families and individuals on a variety of different elder law issues, including planning for incapacity and disability, Medicaid planning, asset preservation, estate planning, and two new niche areas—veterans’ benefits and Life Care Planning.

While she has said that she always knew she’d be happy in a helping profession, Price knows that her drive to focus on elder law was driven by a personal connection. “I have seen family deal with memory loss, aging issues, and dealing with the elder law maze,” she said, adding that some of the complex legal processes can leave people frustrated. “I want to empower people.”

Prior to joining the firm, Price was in private practice and served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Diane M. Hanson in Minnesota’s First Judicial District. Before attending law school, she also worked as a sales engineer for several large corporations for eight years.

Price is an accredited attorney for veterans’ benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs and is a representative member of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association (LCPLFA). She is a board member and Committee Chairperson for Marketing and Outreach for LCPLFA, as well as an Advisory Board member for Business & Estate Advisers, and the Advisory Board of Ethics for North Ridge Masonic Homes. Price is also a member of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, the Cooperative Practice Network of Minnesota, Inc. and the Minneapolis Woman’s Club.

Price is a frequent speaker on an array of elder law issues, such as estate planning, asset protection, medical assistance planning, and veterans’ benefits. She has been a guest presenter for Mt. Olivet Day Services, University of MN Caregiver Conference, North Memorial Hospice and Home Health Care, Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Minnesota Veteran’s Home Family Council, Dakota County, Cargill, Best Buy, Park Nicollet, 7500 York Cooperative in Edina and others.

A graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, Price received her undergraduate degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section and is licensed to practice in Minnesota State Court.

When not at work, Price enjoys running and spending time with her family, which includes her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.

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