About Letha Sgritta
Letha Sgritta McDowell built a legal basis at Purdue University and earned her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law in 2004. She additionally attended Wake Forest University the same year. Those early educational steps ended in a steady profession in elder law and property practice.
She entered personal practice soon following law school and used to be a companion at Oast & Hook starting in 2005. Over the subsequent decade she labored in company settings that emphasized trusts, estates and senior law. Records display she served at Oast & Taylor PLC in 2012 and later have become a shareholder at Hook Law in 2016. In 2015 she supplied subject matter expertise and consulting offerings for InterActive Legal. In 2024 she is associated with McDowell Law Group, PLLC.
McDowell has licensed practice earlier than more than one jurisdictions, which includes Virginia and North Carolina, and she or he is indexed for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. That credential set aligns with a practice that often deals with multi-jurisdictional property and estate administration things and problems that touch federal venues.
Her professional credentials mirror a long funding in elder law. She is a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and an ACTEC Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel. She holds certification from the National Elder Law Foundation as a Certified Elder Law Lawyer and is a Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law by the North Carolina State Bar. Those honors are tied to a continuous involvement in expert organizations.
McDowell has held leadership and board roles. She served as beyond president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and stays active in NAELA’s North Carolina chapter as a board member. She belongs to VAELA and has been related to the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel since 2023. Her work in the network has covered time at the Norfolk SPCA board and local property planning councils in Hampton Roads.
Her clients tend to be older adults, families dealing with probate and trust administration, and fiduciaries looking for counsel on lengthy-time period care making plans and asset safety. Her written and organizational roles over the years suggest an attorney comfortable in each courtroom and advisory settings. She currently practices at McDowell Law Group, PLLC, handling senior law, estate planning and fiduciary things.
