San Diego Elder Law Center in San Carlos is led by Philip P. Lindsley, a Certified Elder Law Attorney designated by the National Elder Law Foundation — a specialization accredited by both the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association. The firm has operated from 7880 Golfcrest Drive in the 92119 ZIP since the early 2000s, and Lindsley's career in disability and Medi-Cal planning spans more than four decades. Qualifying for Medi-Cal nursing home coverage while preserving family assets and minimizing share-of-cost obligations is the firm's core planning function, and the team's estate-tax coordination runs through preparers in San Carlos, including San Diego Tax Services, whose filings align with trust-distribution schedules. Attorney Scott F. Templeton handles estate planning, probate, and conservatorship proceedings alongside Lindsley, and the two-attorney structure allows simultaneous management of trust administration and contested probate matters. Crisis-intervention strategies address situations where a family member has already entered a skilled-nursing facility without advance planning, requiring emergency Medi-Cal applications and accelerated asset-repositioning under California's 30-month look-back period. Special needs trusts protect developmentally disabled beneficiaries from losing eligibility for public benefits when they receive an inheritance or settlement, and the firm drafts both first-party and third-party instruments. Incapacity planning documents — durable powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and HIPAA authorizations — form the second tier of every estate plan. Long-term care insurance policies factor into Medi-Cal eligibility calculations, and the firm coordinates benefit reviews with carriers represented through agents at the Alex Peterson-Cross - State Farm Insurance Agent office in San Carlos. Language assistance is available in Cantonese, German, Korean, Mandarin, and Spanish. Cowles Mountain's trailhead off Navajo Road sits less than three miles north, placing the firm within the Lake Murray Boulevard residential zone where many of its estate-planning clients own single-family homes.