About Thomas Mullen

Thomas R. Mullen has been an attorney since 1977 and has devoted his practice exclusively to elderlaw since 1988. He is nationally recognized as one of the foremost experts on Medicaid planning. His additional Practice areas include estate planning and trusts for disabled people, as well as assisting attorneys with Medicaid lien allocations and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act. In the Spring 2013 issue of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Journal, Attorney Thomas R. Mullen of Quincy, Mass. was described by the Academy’s Massachusetts past president and law professor William J.Brisk as being “a prominent and innovative elderlaw attorney.”

Tom’s sense of commitment started at an early age. In 1965, while still in high school, he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King. In 1997 he helped introduce a Federal Bill in the U.S. Congress insuring that attorneys could continue to advise seniors of their Medicaid rights. A few years later in 2003 Tom Mullen successfully tangled with then-Governor Mitt Romney, and helped the Massachusetts State Legislature repeal a law that could have forced widows out of their homes if their husband had been on MassHealth. In 2005 Tom Mullen visited Chicago to learn about that city’s FLAG (Financial Law Enforcement And Government) program. FLAG is a joint partnership of police, prosecutors and banks which is designed to educate bank personnel on how to prevent their senior customers from being exploitation victims. Tom successfully lobbied Norfolk County District Attorney (now U. S. Congressman) Bill Keating, who fully embraced this program.