The State of Utah Division of Aging & Adult Services coordinates with Utah Legal Services, the Needs of the Elderly Committee of the Utah State Bar, individual bar members, and the twelve area agencies on aging (AAAs) throughout the state to provide the elderly with legal assistance, information, and referrals. We need periodically attorneys to handle cases, to take phone calls from older individuals concerning legal questions, to serve on the statewide guardianship/conservatorship pro bono panel, and to do presentations and/or consultations at senior citizen centers.

Contact Information

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Mary Jane Ciccarello, attorney, State Legal Services Developer, State of Utah Division of Aging & Adult Services, at 120 North 200 West, #325, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103, or , or 801/538-4641. She will answer questions and/or refer you to your local area agency on aging (AAA). Or you can contact directly your local area agency on aging (AAA) at the following numbers:

• District I: Box Elder, Cache, Rich
  Bear River Area Agency on Aging, 170 North Main, Logan, UT 84321
  Roger Jones, Director 435/752-7242
• District IIA: Morgan, Weber
  Weber Area Agency on Aging, 3564 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 6, Ogden, UT 84401
  Kelly VanNoy, Associate Director 801/625-3770
• District IIB: Salt Lake
  Salt Lake County Aging Services, 2001 South State, #S1500, Salt Lake City, UT 84190
  Shauna O'Neil, Director 801/468-2454
• District IIC: Davis
  Davis County Council on Aging, Courthouse Annex, 28 East State, Farmington, UT 84025
  Joyce P. Smith, Director 801/451-3370
• District IIT: Tooele
  Tooele County Division of Aging and Adult Services, 59 East Vine Street, Tooele, UT 84074
  Butch Dymock, Director 435/882-2870
• District III: Summit, Utah Wasatch
  Mountainland Dept. of Aging & Adult Services, 586 East 800 North, Orem, UT 84097
  Ted Livingston, Director 801/229-3800
• District IV: Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne
  Six County Area Agency on Aging, 250 North Main, Room 5, Ritchfield, UT 84071
  Ross Bumgardner, Director 435/896-9222
• District V: Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Washington
  Five County Area Agency on Aging, 906 North 1400 West, St. George, UT 84771
  Bob Rasmussen, Director 435/673-3548
• District VIA: Daggett, Duschesne
  Uintah Basin Area Agency on Aging, 855 East 200 North (112-3)
  Brad Anderson, Director 435/722-4518
• District VIC: Uintah County
  Uintah County Area Agency on Aging, 155 South 100 West, Vernal, UT 84078
  Joan Janes, Director 435/789-2169
• District VIIA: Carbon, Emery,
  GrandSoutheastern Utah Area Agency on Aging, 375 South Carbon Avenue, Price, UT 84501
  Maughan Guymon, Director 435/637-4268
• District VIIA: San Juan
  San Juan County Area Agency on Aging, 117 South Main, Monticello, UT 84535
  Rick Bailey, Director 435/587-3225

Mission Statement

The Legal Services Developer with the State of Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services coordinates with the area agencies on aging (AAAs), Utah Legal Services, and the private bar, including groups furnishing services to older individuals on a pro bono and reduced fee basis, to provide legal assistance to older individuals throughout the State of Utah, focusing on older individuals with the greatest economic and social need, including older individuals with severe disabilities, limited English-speaking ability, and who live in rural areas.

What We Do

We provide legal assistance for older individuals and we seek to protect the rights of the elderly and educate them on legal issues that pertain to the aging population. The twelve AAAs in Utah contract with Utah Legal Services and private bar members to provide direct client services. At times, there are cases that Utah Legal Services and/or federal money from the Older Americans Act does not cover. We need attorneys to take these cases on a pro bono or reduced fee basis. We also support pro bono projects, including the statewide guardianship/conservatorship panel of attorneys who are familiar with this area of law to protect the rights of the elderly and other vulnerable adults and to aid the court by accepting appointments to do primarily defense of guardianship cases, or at times to represent an indigent petitioner seeking guardianship of an incapacitated individual. In addition, the AAAs sponsor presentations on legal issues affecting the elderly and consultations on an individual basis to answer questions and make referrals. We need volunteer attorneys to do these presentations and/or consultations. Contact Mary Jane Ciccarello, State Legal Services Developer, at 801/538-4641, or mciccarello@utah.gov.