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	Sherri Murray Habiger & Associates Elder Law Office 2010 West Woodriver Drive Suite 100 Carbondale, Illinois 62901

Sherri Murray is our Director of First Impressions, the "face and voice" of HAELO. If you call or come to the office, Sherri pleasantly greets you. She will listen to your concerns and will direct you to the person who can best assist you. Sherri graduated from Southwestern Illinois College in December of 2002 with an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Office Administration and Technology.
 

At the age of 15, when her maternal grandmother was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, Sherri cared for her.  Sherri and her mother took her grandmother into their home so that Sherri could personally continue to care for her.  Later, Sherri also assisted in caring for her paternal grandmother who was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.  Sherri, herself, was diagnosed with cancer in 2004.  She is a cancer survivor and has become an active member of the American Cancer Society, participating in several Relay For Life fundraising events throughout the Southern Illinois region.

Sherri developed special bonds with the residents in a care facility where she worked while in high school.  Also, she really enjoys the work that she does at our law firm and finds it very fulfilling to assist seniors.   In addition, since joining the firm in 2003, Sherri has participated in each of the annual Memory Walks for the Alzheimer's Association of Southern Illinois.

Sherri has a very positive attitude and is a person of faith. Sherri's greatest joys are her husband and her son. Sherri understands the importance of family and tries to spend as much time with them as possible.

Habiger & Associates Elder Law Office (HAELO) provides legal services to elderly or disabled persons in Southern Illinois. The founder of the firm, Richard Habiger, is an elder law attorney with more than 30 years experience. We are an Elder Law and Life Care Planning Law Firm that provides legal and care coordination assistance, including: Medicaid planning; asset protection; estate protection; Medicaid applications; Medicaid appeals; VA pension benefits planning and applications for veterans and their surviving spouses; planning for those with Alzheimer's, dementia, or other forms of memory loss, and those who have suffered a stoke; Hospice planning; and special needs planning, including special needs trusts and supplemental needs trusts.

HAELO is located in Carbondale Illinois, and serves clients in twenty-seven Southern Illinois counties south of Interstate 70 highway. Southern Illinois Counties: Jackson County, Williamson County, Union County, Franklin County, Perry County, Saline County, Jefferson County, Hamilton County, Johnson County,  Randolph County, Wayne County, White County, Washington County, Edwards County, Monroe County, Wabash County, Richland County, Clay County, Marion County, Clinton County, Bond County, Fayette County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Crawford County, Massac County, Pulaski County, Alexander County, Pope County, Hardin County, Gallatin County, and Lawrence County.
Southern Illinois Cities & Towns: Carbondale, Murphysboro, Carterville, Herrin, Marion, Anna, Vienna, Metropolis, Harrisburg, West Frankfort, DuQuoin, Benton, Chester, Pinckneyville, Mt. Vernon, McLeansboro, Carmi, Fairfield, Nashville, Waterloo, Centralia, Salem, Albion, Mt. Carmel, Flora, Olney, Lawrenceville, Newton, Robinson, Jonesboro, Eldorado, Shawneetown, Ridgway, Sparta, Golconda, Johnston City, Marissa, Coulterville, Carlyle, Ullin, Tamms, Elizabethtown, Galatia, Wayne City, Cobden, Lake of Egypt, Goreville, Brookport, Olive Branch, Cave-in-Rock, Carrier Mills, Energy, Cambria, Zeigler, Royalton, Christopher, Rosiclare, Sesser, Okawville, Woodlawn, Thompsonville, Steeleville, Raleigh, Olmsted, Baldwin, Villa Ridge, Mounds, Tunnel Hill, Red Bud, Trenton, New Baden, Ewing, Dix, Norris City, Creal Spring, Bridge Port, Sumner, Waltonville, Breese, Aviston, Germantown, Whittington, Vandalia, and Ina.