Chiamaka Ekwueme
Founding partner, downtown office
Chiamaka plans for parents who want to stay in their own homes, and for the ones who can’t.
Admissions, courts and education
Bar admissions
Wisconsin
1991
Courts
Wisconsin circuit courts
1991
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
1994
Education
J.D., Marquette University Law School
1991
B.A., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
1987
Languages
English
Igbo
Fluent
Memberships
State Bar of Wisconsin, Elder Law and Special Needs Section
Milwaukee Bar Association
Kitchen-table meetings and careful reading
Chiamaka grew up translating letters from Social Security for her own grandmother, which is where she learned that most of elder law is reading the mail carefully. Her office is still on Water Street, where the firm began.
She does most of the firm’s Medicaid planning. Her first question is usually about the house, and her second about the spouse who’ll still be living in it. She writes every plan as a one-page list a son or daughter can follow.
Meet Chiamaka on Water Street
At the office, at home or by video.