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Sean Patton
Orefield, PA Elder Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Sean B. Patton is an associate at Schoffstall Elder Law, LLC, a firm dedicated to the practice of elder and special needs planning law, guardianship, estate planning, and estate administration.
Sean retired from the USMC in 2022 after over twenty years of honorable service. During his time in uniform, Sean served around the world, supporting both conventional and special operations forces, including combat tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sean earned numerous commendations during his military career, but he takes great pride in two in particular. First, is the Judge Advocate Association’s Outstanding Career Judge Advocate Award for a “demonstrated...
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Gladys Wiles
Fogelsville, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
Gladys Wiles has over 22 years experience in Estate Planning, Elder Law, Real Estate and Business Law. Each case is unique and the laws are complicated, but Gladys takes a comprehensive strategic and personal approach in handling your case working closely with you as well as other experts to achieve the best possible outcome.
A native of the Lehigh Valley, Attorney Wiles received her J.D. from The Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, cum laude, a B.A. from Muhlenberg College and a M.A. from Lehigh University. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Lehigh County Bar Association. Attorney...
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Kara G. Betzenberger
Allentown, PA Elder Law Lawyer
(484) 820-0456
4905 West Tilghman Street
Suite 300
Allentown, PA 18104
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder, Estate Planning, Health Care and Probate
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David B. Shulman
Northampton, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Family
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
The lawyers of Shulman Law Office PC have been serving the legal needs of our neighbors throughout the Lehigh Valley and beyond for over 30 years. Practicing primarily in Northampton, Lehigh, and Carbon Counties, we are here for you. We are a general practice firm covering many areas of law, with particular focus on estate administration, estate planning, real estate, business law, wills, powers of attorney, and advance healthcare directive (living wills), and family law. Please see our areas of practice for a more comprehensive list. With an office in Northampton and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, we are conveniently located and offer...
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Michael Ira Stump
Macungie, PA Elder Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Elder, Criminal, DUI and Estate Planning
Duquesne Law School J.D.
I am Attorney Michael Ira Stump and am a lifelong resident of Alburtis, Pa. I served my country in the military as a Marine in Vietnam and a Soldier
(JAG Attorney) during the Gulf War. I retired from the U.S. Army in 2000 and opened my Law office in Macungie, PA. I primarily serve Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and surrounding counties.
I am a former Army JAG Attorney with over 30 years of legal experience. I have served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for three years and a U.S. Treasury Agent for eight years. I have...
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Russell E. Farbiarz
Hamburg, PA Elder Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Probate
Roger Williams University School of Law
Russell E. Farbiarz, Esq. provides advice and counsel to families and individuals looking for creative and effective solutions to their legal problems. Mr. Farbiarz considers it a privilege to assist his clients with what is often the largest problem or, in many cases, opportunity they have faced – whether it be the death of a loved one, the purchase of a residential or commercial property, purchase of a business, or a divorce, custody or support matter – and is committed to helping his client achieve their objectives. Indeed, as one recent client wrote in a testimonial: “If you are looking...
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Wendy Ashby
Quakertown, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
314 West Broad St.
Suite 118
Quakertown, PA 18951
Elder, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Wendy J. Ashby, Esquire prides herself on the responsiveness she provides to each and every client. Her philosophy of service is to pursue the most efficient resolution of each matter. Ms. Ashby is recognized for the creativity she brings to her legal strategies and negotiations. She is also revered for the aggressiveness in which she will fight for her clients' entitlements.
Ms. Ashby has devotedly pursued the practice of law in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1992 in the areas of Wills/Estates, Elder Law, Mediation, Family Law and Adoptions. Ms. Ashby is the owner of the...
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James J. Ruggiero Jr.
Center Valley, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
(484) 224-3487
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100
Center Valley, PA 18034
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Since 1990, Mr. Ruggiero has been helping families and business owners create estate plans aimed at transferring their legacy successfully to the next generation. He is owner of Ruggiero Law Offices LLC with offices in Paoli, and Center Valley, where he practices in the area of estate planning, estate administration, elder law, business law and real estate. His planning experience includes the use of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, IRA trusts, and life insurance trusts. From an administration perspective, he has overseen the administration of estate of varying degree of complexity including insolvent estates to those values exceeded $20...
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Mark Preston Albright
Hellertown, PA Elder Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Mr. Albright accepts retainer in matters involving wills and powers of attorney; probate and administration of decedents' estates; elder law, including incapacity proceedings and medical assistance planning; and real estate law, including residential purchase and sale transactions, easements and rights-of-way, boundary disputes, real estate assessment and exemption appeals.
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Joshua N. Daly
Easton, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder, Estate Planning and Probate
Attorney Daly is a lifelong resident of the Lehigh Valley. He received his undergraduate degree in Sociology and Economics from Moravian University (B.A., with honors in Sociology, Alpha Kappa Delta), and then pursued a law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of law.
After graduating law school, he began his legal career handling a variety of matters, including civil litigation defense, consumer law, contract law, intellectual property, small business law and estate planning. Over time, Joshua found that assisting families with estate planning and estate administration process (probate), and in particular assisting the aging community, to...
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Dionysios Pappas
Bethlehem, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Elder, Estate Planning and Nursing Home
Mr. Pappas is co-managing member of Vasiliadis Pappas Associates LLC. He practices exclusively in the areas of elder law, trust and estate planning, trust and estate administration, special needs planning, and veterans’ pension benefits planning. Mr. Pappas’ practice encompasses the Lehigh Valley and greater Eastern Pennsylvania.
He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D. 2004), Mr. Pappas received his undergraduate degree in political science from Temple University (B.A. 2001, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha) with a specialization in political economy...
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Katherine Rightmyer O'Brien
Hamburg, PA Elder Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Christopher Paul Mullaney
Red Hill, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Consumer, Criminal and Estate Planning
Christopher P. Mullaney graduated Cum Laude from Widener University School of Law. While at Widener University, he was a member of the Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Honor Society and was President of the American Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Mullaney is a graduate of the Hill School and Gettysburg College where he majored in Psychology. Mr. Mullaney is engaged in criminal, civil, business, real estate, family and Orphans’ Court matters in Montgomery, Bucks, Berks, Chester, and Lehigh counties. He is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In addition to trial...
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Michelle Marie Forsell
Pennsburg, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Villanova University School of Law
Michelle M. Forsell, a resident of Pennsburg, Montgomery County, focuses her practice primarily on estate planning and administration, elder law, real estate, business law, and Veterans benefits. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and its Pennsylvania Chapter. Ms. Forsell is a past president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County, an American Bar Foundation Fellow, a Master of the Villanova Law Inn of Court, and a Montgomery County Arbitrator. She is active in her community as she sits on numerous boards including Frederick Living, a Mennonite Health Services not for profit continuing care retirement...
Peter Perry
Allentown, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Nancy Busch
Allentown, PA Elder Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Elder and Estate Planning
Linda Noonan
Allentown, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Elder and Estate Planning
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Karyn Seace
West Chester, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(610) 436-1676
105 East Evans Street
Evans Building, Suite A
West Chester, PA 19380
Elder, Estate Planning, Nursing Home and Probate
Widener University
The area of my chosen practices that I am truly the most passionate about is assisting the elderly. I have helped many clients who are facing the most financially difficult times of their lives to have certainty as they enter their golden years. I am up to speed in the latest techniques and in fact have had other lawyers refer their cases to me.
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Chari M. Alson
West Chester, PA Elder Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
535 N Church Street Suite 127
West Chester, PA 19380
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Chari Alson Maddren has been practicing in the areas of trust and estate administration, estate planning, and elder law since 2003.
Chari received her juris doctor degree from Temple University, her masters in Public Health and a Gerentology Certificate from Boston University School of Public Health.
Chari holds the Certified Trust and Financial Advisor Designation.
Chari is a member of NAELA, the Delaware County Bar Association, the Chester County Bar Association, and the Chester County Estate Planning Council.
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Linda M. Anderson
West Chester, PA Elder Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
535 N Church Street
Suite 127
West Chester, PA 19380
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
University of San Francisco
Linda Anderson is the founder and principal of Anderson Elder Law, a firm in Media, PA serving clients of all ages in the Delaware Valley. The firm is dedicated to aiding individuals and families to navigate the legal, financial, and medical issues related to elder law, estate planning, and long term care and special needs planning. Ms. Anderson has over 25 years experience in the elder law field, and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney, as conferred by the National Elder Law Foundation and authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Ms. Anderson is an active and distinguished member of her...
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Rebecca Hobbs
Phoenixville, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Nursing Home and Probate
Regent University School of Law
Rebecca A. Hobbs is an attorney with the law firm O’Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, P.C. with offices in Pottstown and Phoenixville. She focuses her practice on elder law, special needs planning, estate planning, estate and trust administration, and Veteran’s benefits. Rebecca is Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Rebecca received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in Political Science from Eastern University in 2006. She received her Juris Doctorate from Regent University School of Law in 2009. She is licensed to practice in...
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Marianne E. Kreisher
Bloomsburg, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Widener University and Pennsylvania State University - University Park
MARIANNE E. KREISHER is a Partner with Kreisher Marshall & Associates, LLC in Bloomsburg, where she practices in the areas of elder law, estate planning and administration, guardianship, special needs planning and estate litigation. She earned her B.A. from Penn State University in 1993 and graduated cum laude from Widener Law School in Harrisburg in 1996. Following law school, Attorney Kreisher worked in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office for eight years as a deputy attorney general handling criminal appeals, grand jury investigations and criminal prosecutions. Attorney Kreisher is a certified elder law attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law...
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Kevin R. Grebas
Kingston, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Elder and Estate Planning
Dickinson School of Law
Attorney Kevin Grebas is a founding partner of the law firm of Colbert & Grebas, P.C. A native of Scranton, Kevin received his B.S. in Political Science from the University of Scranton and his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University.
Kevin is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lackawanna Bar Association, Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association, and is past President of the Young Lawyers’ Division of the Luzerne County Bar Association.
From 2010 thru 2014 he was named a “Rising Star” lawyer in a poll that...
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Robert C. Gerhard III
Jenkintown, PA Elder Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
Elder and Estate Planning
Villanova University School of Law and Dickinson School of Law
Robert C. Gerhard, III is an elder law specialist, helping seniors protect assets from nursing home costs. He authored the elder law treatise, Pennsylvania Medicaid- Long-term Care, which has been fully updated for 2019 and is currently in its fifteenth edition. This reference book is purchased annually by hundreds of lawyers from across Pennsylvania. He contributed as a co-author to the treatise, Elder Law in Pennsylvania, Fifth Edition. Mr. Gerhard regularly teaches continuing education courses such as "Representing an Individual Entering a Nursing Home" and "How to Prevent Spousal Impoverishment Due to the Costs of Long-term Care." He is...
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Michael J. O'Connor
Frackville, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Rebecca Sallen
Merion Station, PA Elder Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Saint Louis University
Rebecca Sallen is a Montgomery County estate planning lawyer and the founder of Sallen Law. Ms. Sallen is a magna cum laude graduate of Emory University, where she was on the Dean’s List and Honor Roll. She later obtained a law degree Saint Louis University, where she received extensive training in estate planning, administration, and probate. She has published papers and given presentations on various legal matters pertaining to family finances, individual rights, and the connection between family relationships and economics.
Ms. Sallen has also spent several years working as a political consultant, lending her services to local, congressional, state, and...
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Joseph E. Lastowka Jr.
West Chester, PA Elder Law Attorney with 58 years of experience
(610) 431-4600
113 East Evans Street Matlack Bldg, Suite D-1
Suite B
West Chester, PA 19380
Elder and Estate Planning
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Joe Lastowka is a lifelong Delaware County resident who earned his Juris Doctor degree from The Law School of the University of Pennsylvania after graduating from Yale University with a B. A. in Economics & Mathematics.
During his years of practice, Joe has prepared Wills or Trust documentation for more than 6,500 individuals and has served as legal counsel for the settlement of more than 1,300 estates or trusts. He was featured nationally for the first court decision forcing the IRS to pay a taxpayer’s legal fees.
Joe is an elected fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and...
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Stephanie A. Henrick
West Conshohocken, PA Elder Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
(610) 234-4928
1001 Conshohocken State Road
STE 1-625
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Elder, Estate Planning and Tax
Villanova University School of Law and Widener University
Stephanie A. Henrick concentrates her practice in Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Tax Law and Social Security Disability.
Stephanie’s customized approach to estate planning provides her clients with personalized attention to address their unique circumstances. Stephanie reviews all elements of her clients’ financial and personal situations with attention to detail, which enables her to plan accordingly so her clients’ wishes are fulfilled. She works closely with her clients to create a seamless process of passing down their legacies and protecting their heirs.
She earned her Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Taxation and a Certificate in Estate Planning from Villanova University School of Law....
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Debra Speyer
Bala Cynwyd, PA Elder Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Has the thought of putting together an estate plan, trust , will, living will or power of attorney drain you?
Do you need a guardianship for a loved one and don't know where to turn?
Is the estate you need to administer or are about to probate
making your life hectic?
Has your family put you in charge of sorting a difficult family situation
and you don't know where to turn or even the questions to ask?
Do you need a plan for the future for yourself or a loved one that
you have been putting off until now?
Have you lost money due...
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Carlo Anthony LaMonica
Kingston, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Carlo helps individuals, families, and small business owners with many of their important legal needs. Carlo understands that each client's situation is unique and works with each client to understand their family, assets, and goals in order to create the best plan for their unique circumstances and family needs. Admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, his primary practice areas include estate planning, probate and estate administration, business law, and family law. He is also an accredited attorney with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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William Kovalcik
Frackville, PA Elder Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Notre Dame Law School
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Barbara Fitzgerald
Stroudsburg, PA Elder Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Wake Forest University School of Law and Rowan University
Attorney Fitzgerald has been serving clients in the areas of Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, and Elder Law since 2013. In 2016, Barbara was invited to join Cramer, Swetz & McManus & Jordan, P.C., focusing on private Estate Law, in particular Probate; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Elder Law; Special Needs Law.
In addition to her training and experience in Estate Law matters, Barbara has successfully tried many cases before judges and juries. As such, she is uniquely qualified to assist her clients with any issues that may require litigation during the course of settling an estate. While no...
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Jeremy A. Wechsler
Willow Grove, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning and Probate
New York Law School
Experienced attorney focusing on estate planning, estate administration, asset protection and elder planning in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. Your legacy is our business. Member of WealthCounsel, the premier national organization for estate planning attorneys.
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Nicholas D. Lutz
Berwick, PA Elder Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Attorney Lutz (Nick) is a lifelong resident of Berwick, Pennsylvania, where he resides with his wife, Kirstin, and daughter, Addie. Rounding out the family are three dogs – Roxanne, Reggie, and Dylan and last-but-not-least a cat named Stevie Nicks.
For the first four years of his career, Nick practiced exclusively in practice areas under the umbrella of elder law. Nick has helped numerous families in northeastern Pennsylvania protect their assets from nursing home costs through the use of estate planning and crisis planning techniques. Nick has also helped families with estate planning and administration and real estate transactions.
When he is not...
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Barry S. Rabin
Downingtown, PA Elder Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
797 E. Lancaster Avenue
Suite 13
Downingtown, PA 19335
Elder, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Barry Rabin has been practicing law in Chester County since 1983, representing clients all over Pennsylvania. His practice is concentrated in the areas of Auto Accidents and Personal Injury, Estates, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Real Estate Law. He was awarded the Chester County Bar Association's President's Award and Pro Bono Award in 2013.
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Erin Saulino
Plymouth Meeting, PA Elder Law Attorney
(610) 915-8181
600 West Germantown Pike Suite 400
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Elder and Estate Planning
Delaware State University
Erin Saulino, Esq. spent fifteen years in financial regulation. She started working at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange as an Investigator for Foreign Currency, Equity and Options Trading, quickly working her way up to Director of Options Trading Investigations. Later, she was in charge of Options Trading Investigations at NASDAQ PHLX, and then Associate Director in Options Regulation at FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. At FINRA, she focused on best execution, Reg SHO, market access, customer complaints across the various options exchanges.
Continuing with her passion for helping people, Erin followed her dream of opening her own practice so that she...
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Catherine O'Donnell
Kingston, PA Elder Law Lawyer
Elder, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Cathy O’Donnell is the Vice President of the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association (Luzerne County Bar); Chairperson Luzerne County Dress for Success; a member of the Board of Directors United Way Wyoming Valley; and a member of the Board of Directors for Junior Leadership of Wilkes-Barre. She is an MBA, member of the D.C. Bar, and served as a District Justice from 2000 to January 2002. In addition to her practice areas, Cathy serves as the O’Donnell Law Offices Business Manager.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Orphans Court Practice; Elder Law.
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Renata T. Pabisz
Doylestown, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Immigration and Probate
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Renata T. Pabisz is a graduate of the University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska School of Law, Rzeszow, Poland (Master of Laws 1999) and the Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE (J.D. 2011). While in law school, Ms. Pabisz served as a judicial extern in the Court of Common Pleas Orphans' Court Division in Philadelphia, PA. She has been employed by Dorian, Goldstein, Wisniewski, Orchinik, P.C. since 2008.
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Linda Walters
Oreland, PA Elder Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Domestic Violence
My Journey...
I first thought of pursuing a career as an attorney when I was taking a course in the inequalities of our judicial system during my undergrad work at Penn State. By the time I finished that course, I had made up my mind to attend law school and become an attorney. Once I graduated law school and passed the Bar Exam, the first area of law I practiced was a Pro-Bono case involving child custody. Today I still practice Family Law as well as Real Estate and Estate Planning, Criminal, Business, Probate and Contracts.
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I love these areas of...