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Cyrus Shaw
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce, Probate and Social Security Disability
Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and Widener University
As the founder of Shaw Law, Cyrus Shaw believes there is only one thing that the firm should be focused on – getting the best possible results for clients. This starts from the initial client interview, where a rapport and trust needs to be established. It is common for new client intake to be limited to one a day, so as much time as needed can be spent with the new client. Each client is a person, not a file. Each client has their own story. A law firm where clients become like family is what he strives for. This...
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Joel S. Luber
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 48 years of experience
(215) 495-6519
Cira Centre, 13th Floor
2929 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Tax
New York University School of Law and University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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Kevin R. Grebas
Kingston, PA Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning and Elder
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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Gregory Spadea
Folsom, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Tax
Widener University
Mr. Gregory J. Spadea is a former IRS Agent and Pennsylvania Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Spadea has over 25 years of tax and estate planning experience. Mr. Spadea graduated from Widener University School of Law in May 1999. Mr. Spadea started the Law Firm Spadea & Associates, LLC in June 2001 and has offices in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, and Westmont, New Jersey. Mr. Spadea is also a Pennsylvania Notary Public. Spadea & Associates, LLC focuses on estate and tax planning, estate administration. Mr. Spadea probates estates and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives. The...
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Donald Petrille
Doylestown, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law
Donald Petrille, Jr. primarily represents businesses and their shareholders as they wrestle with complex issues in today’s ever-changing legal environment. Don has helped businesses through all phases of their development, starting with initial organization, through the operational stage, eventually ending with sale, acquisition or dissolution. Addressing corporate governance, contracts, procurement, compliance, human resource issues and creditors’ rights, Don has spent his career helping small-business owners succeed. His client base includes companies in diverse industries such as real estate management, alternative energy, market research, pharmaceutical services, telecommunications, construction and software development.
Don is a member of the firm’s wills, trusts,...
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Debra Speyer
Bala Cynwyd, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 39 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, 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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Marc Howard Jaffe
Media, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law and Villanova University School of Law
Estate Planning & Real Estate Attorney in Philadelphia's Western Suburbs -- AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell
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Aman 'Tip' Barber III
Center Valley, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, DUI & DWI and Probate
Villanova University School of Law
I offer reasonable rates for all legal matters and a no charge initial consultation. Call today at 610-462-1452 --- I represent personal and corporate clients throughout southestern Pennsylvania in matters involving personal injury; driving under the influence, DUI; driving while ability impaired, DWAI; driving after imbibing, DAI, corporate law; commercial litigation; estate planning and estate administration. Call or email me to arrange a no charge consultation. Evening and weekend hours available. Reasonable rates for all legal matters
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James J. Ruggiero Jr.
Paoli, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 34 years of experience
(610) 889-0288
Paoli Corporate Center - Suite 211
16 Industrial Boulevard
Paoli, PA 19301
Estate Planning, Business, Elder and Probate
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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Justin P. Miller
Bellefonte, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Michigan State University College of Law
Attorney Justin P. Miller’s clients benefit from his extensive experience and knowledge gained from representing hundreds of clients as a public defender and working as a judicial law clerk. He has made hundreds of court appearances, including nearly daily appearances while working in the busy Centre County Public Defender Office. He has successfully negotiated complete dismissals of serious cases and other resolutions that protect his clients’ liberty and dignity.
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Gregory J. Pascale
Stroudsburg, PA Estate Planning Attorney
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Personal Injury, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
American University Washington College of Law
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Eric Nicholas Mahler
Kingston, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
Widener University
I am a business, real estate and litigation attorney in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I serve clients mainly in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties.
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Michael Drew Raisman
Langhorne, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Family, Probate and Real Estate
Syracuse University College of Law
Attorney Michael D. Raisman is a resident of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr. Raisman received his Juris Doctorate degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 2006. Prior to that, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences along with a minor in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Raisman has practiced law since 2006, spending most of his career in Bucks County. He focuses in the areas of family law, estate administration, and real estate law.
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David Alan Ody
Huntingdon, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Probate
Dickinson College
David A. Ody has practiced in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 37 years, including 30 years in Huntingdon County. Since entering private practice, David has concentrated his work in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning, and Probate. David has represented clients throughout the United States and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has successfully litigated hundreds of cases, including cases against insurance companies, major corporations, and the government. He is admitted in all courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of...
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Jennifer L. Zegel
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Lawyer
(267) 443-4126
Three Logan Square
1717 Arch Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Estate Planning, Employment, Probate and Real Estate
Rutgers University - Camden
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Richard A. Wilson
Huntingdon, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Temple University
Attorney Wilson's practice is primarily devoted to personal injury and malpractice litigation, social security disability, civil litigation, commercial litigation, business law, insurance coverage, D.U.I. defense, eminent domain, real estate, divorce, family law, estate planning and elder care matters. Attorney Wilson is admitted to practice law in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He has argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar...
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Danielle Agnes Peters
Horsham, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Danielle Peters, a partner at Bloom Peters, LLC, focuses on civil litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with a special focus in family law. Ms. Peters is a skilled litigator who handles difficult legal matters, including high conflict divorce and custody matters which often involve children with special needs. Ms. Peters is also trained in collaborative law for situations where clients want to take a more civilized approach to their legal issues. Ms. Peters is an ardent advocate for her clients.
Ms. Peters remains committed to not only helping clients navigate the court system, but finding creative solutions...
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Renata T. Pabisz
Norristown, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, 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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Mark Preston Albright
Hellertown, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 42 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, 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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David William Crosson
Allentown, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce and Family
Ohio Northern University
David W. Crosson provides counsel to Lehigh Valley families in all areas of family law including divorce, custody, and support, and advises clients on more complex matters involving property division, visitation, and relocation. He provides family members with the support and knowledge necessary to reach fair agreements while handling sensitive issues delicately and professionally. David also provides estate planning and administration services and has experience drafting Wills, Powers of Attorney, Medical Directives, and Living Wills, while also handling estate administrations from start to finish.
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George J. D'Ambrosio
West Chester, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law
George J. D’Ambrosio, Of Counsel in the Firm’s West Chester Office, has more than 45 years of experience in offering a wide range of legal services, including complex commercial litigation, personal injury, franchise, real estate and municipal law.
He started his legal career with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where he successfully prosecuted over 60 homicide cases. Throughout his career, Mr. D’Ambrosio has represented clients in the purchase and sale of franchises, has counseled clients in corporate transactions, and has extensive experience offering estate planning, estate and trusts administration and probate services.
For over 30 years, he was a...
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Joseph E. Lastowka Jr.
West Chester, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 59 years of experience
(610) 431-4600
113 East Evans Street Matlack Bldg, Suite D-1
Suite B
West Chester, PA 19380
Estate Planning and Elder
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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Michael Maroto
West Chester, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Family and Probate
Widener University Delaware School of Law and Widener University Delaware School of Law
Like many of the Firm’s attorneys, Mr. Maroto brings a multi-faceted approach to his cases and draws upon a solid understanding of legal, financial and tax issues germane in today’s complex litigation matters. Throughout his entire career, he has specialized in business and financial issues and how those issues relate to a client’s pending legal action. Because of his unique back-ground, Mr. Maroto is involved in many of the Firm’s complex litigation and business matters.
Mr. Maroto primarily concentrates his attention on the Firm’s growing business and estate law areas of practice and caters to those clients whose cases present problems...
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Michael Joseph Brooks
Doylestown, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Energy and Probate
Successful business ventures require perspective, from all vantage points. We offer you a clear view of the surrounding business landscape from the legal vantage point. This outlook provides insight into legal strategies for: business formation, drafting contracts, the hiring process, and protection of intellectual property. That amounts to more than just sound legal counsel; it gives our business clients perspective from the legal vantage point.
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Arlene Glenn Simolike
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce, Elder and Probate
Temple University
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Jeremy A. Wechsler
Willow Grove, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder 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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Bernard David Walter
Shavertown, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Bernard Walter has been licensed to practice law since 1978 — over 40 years! He's an estate planning and estate administration attorney and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for attorneys who have won jury verdicts of more than $1 million. He's listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers AV with the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards.
The Pennsylvania Bar Foundation awarded attorney Walter its Pro Bono Publico Certificate of Achievement. He founded and is the co-chairman of the Elder Law Committee of the Luzerne County Bar Association. He also founded the...
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John Kenneth Harris
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Insurance Claims
New York University School of Law and Villanova University School of Law
If you are about to embark on the estate planning process, the first thing you should do is to seek out the help and support of a Haddon Heights estate planning lawyer. When you come to Harris Law Office, you can have confidence in the help you can receive because Attorney Harris is dedicated to providing you with the help you need at this time. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Virginia, before going on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Villanova University. He has been admitted to the Camden County Bar Association, the New Jersey State...
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Jose L. Roman III
Newtown, PA Estate Planning Attorney
12 Penns Trail
#536
Newtown, PA 18940
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Do you lie awake at night worrying who will take care of your children if you pass away? Are you worried who will be able to handle your finances if you aren't able to do so yourself? Do you have health issues and would feel safer knowing that another member of the family that you trust can make healthcare decisions for you? Do you have prized possessions that you would like to see passed down to your loved ones and future generations? With Jose you are in the right hands and he can help you answer these and all of...
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Adam M Horwitz
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 20 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Adam M. Horwitz is a Philadelphia family law attorney who has quickly gained a reputation for being insightful, courteous, and who always looks out for the best interests of his clients. His specific areas of practice include helping families with the often emotional issues of child support, visitation rights, and child custody as they go through the many steps of separation and divorce. His expertise in family law and domestic relations helps to guide clients to the best possible outcomes, but it is his belief in working closely with clients, listening carefully in order to get a deeper understanding of...
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John W. Herron
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Dickinson School of Law
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Barbara Fitzgerald
Stroudsburg, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder 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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Peter Klenk
Doylestown, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 35 years of experience
(215) 790-1095
Regus Business Center
196 W. Ashland Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
New York University School of Law and University of Minnesota Law School
Peter Klenk is the principal of a boutique law firm concentrating its practice in probate, estate planning, will challenges and estate related litigation. Peter and staff work with clients to craft estate plans that fit the given circumstances. These plans range from wills, powers of attorney and living wills to detailed trusts and complex plans that reduce or avoid inheritance and estate taxes or create trusts to protect special needs persons. Focusing exclusively on estate planning and probate has given our lawyers the experience and knowledge to represent fiduciaries such as personal representatives, executors, agents and trustees.
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Frank Santomauro
Scranton, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense and Divorce
District of Columbia School of Law
ADMISSIONS
Lackawanna County Bar – December 8, 1992
Middle District – December 8, 1992
Eastern District – May, 2017
EXPERIENCE
1992 – 1996
Associate at the Law Offices of Brian J. Cali, Esquire
Dunmore, PA 18512
1992 – 1996
Associated with the Law Offices of Cali, Cecchini & Riccardo
1996 – 2019
Principal in the Law Offices of Frank J. Santomauro, LLC
Associated with Ruggiero and Campolieto
1996 – Present
Owner/Managing Member
Law Offices of Frank J. Santomauro, L.L.C.
Bankruptcy
Civil Litigation
Criminal Defense
Family Law
Personal Injury
Wills & Estates
LEGAL EXPERIENCE & DUTIES
Over 25 years of legal research, motion/petition drafting, appellate work in Pennsylvania Superior, Supreme Court and Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, includes:
Brief preparation and oral argument
Spousal and child support...
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P. Timothy Kelly
Scranton, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Villanova University School of Law
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John T. O'Malley
Clarks Summit, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 28 years of experience
Estate Planning, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Elder
Widener University
John T. O'Malley graduated from the Scranton Preparatory School in 1979, from the University of South Florida in 1986 and from Widener University School of Law in 1994. Attorney O'Malley has focused on a family based practice since his admission to the Pennsylvania Courts over 20 years ago. The firm handles cases ranging from divorce and custody, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, child and spousal support, alimony and APL, guardianships, wills and trusts and miscellaneous civil litigation.
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Edvard Lars Wilson
Doylestown, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 24 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Personal Injury
Villanova University School of Law
Mr. Wilson practiced law in Philadelphia for almost 15 years before opening his own firm in the Bucks County seat of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He has litigated hundreds of complex cases, both with and against some of Philadelphia's best lawyers. Edvard started his career defending medical malpractice cases, from which he gained invaluable experience as a litigator, as well as a healthcare lawyer. He later shifted his practice to representing injured individuals and small business. Finding the change in his practice so rewarding, Ed started his own firm with the goal of providing superior legal...
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Gerald Williams
Philadelphia, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 43 years of experience
Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Environmental and Tax
Temple University Beasley School of Law
As one of the partners and co-founders of Williams Cedar, Gerald Williams concentrates on environmental toxic tort cases, whistleblower claims, and civil rights violations, as well as complex personal injury cases. His impressive legal career spans thirty-five years during which time he has practiced law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where he earned some of the highest honors in the legal community. After graduating from Temple University School of Law in 1982, he was an associate at a Philadelphia law firm before starting his own practice in 1983. He has received the “AV Preeminent” rating, the highest rating given, from...
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Jeffrey Allan Drake
Doylestown, PA Estate Planning Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Estate Planning, Family, Municipal and Personal Injury
Capital University Law School
As one of the firm’s two founding attorneys, Jeff Drake practices in the areas of real estate, tax assessment appeals, zoning, municipal law, estate administration, family law, and personal injury law. He also represents non-profit corporations such as churches, Christian schools and mission boards, in addition to handling cases involving the preservation of religious liberties.
Jeff received his law degree in 1980 from Capital University Law School and his undergraduate degree from Gordon College in 1977. He has been an adjunct professor at Philadelphia Biblical University (now Cairn University).
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Liam J. Duffy
Center Valley, PA Estate Planning Attorney with 11 years of experience
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 1
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Liam J. Duffy practices in the areas of Divorce, Support, Child Custody, Equitable Distribution and Protection from Abuse. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Liam is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Montgomery County Bar Association and represents clients in Montgomery and Bucks County. For 2017-2023, Liam was awarded the SuperLawyers Rising Star Designation and awarded the SuperLawyer Designation in 2024, which is reserved for 2.5% of eligible attorneys in Pennsylvania. He was also awarded the 2019 Top 10 under 40 Award. Liam prides himself on being a pragmatic and compassionate...