Montour County Lawyers

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...

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.

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Attorney Timothy D. Belt is the son of Reverend James and Patricia Belt, and he has resided primarily in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area since 1985. Tim graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School and is a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of the University of the Ozarks. Tim graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 1999 and shortly thereafter began practicing law in the Wilkes-Barre area. Tim’s practice focuses on workers compensation, social security disability, unemployment compensation and auto injury claims. Tim is a frequent speaker in regard to workers compensation issues...

Paul has lived in the Williamsport Area for over 40 years. As an active member of the community, he has participated in various local professional and volunteer organizations, as a Realtor, a business owner and employee of local companies, a college and professional instructor, a basketball player, and currently as a basketball coach.

Since 2005, Paul has served this community as an attorney. His experience includes the following: former Assistant District Attorney, over 8 years of Court Room Litigation Experience, and over 2o years of Personal Business Experience. Paul is an experienced negotiator with proven advocacy skills.

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Longo founded Longo Law, P.C. in order to protect the rights of the accused as a zealous advocate, no matter what the charge. When the prosecution is putting your life, liberty, and future at risk, it is essential to have an experienced litigator to aggressively defend your freedom and work hard to get you the best possible outcome.

Attorney Longo is an experienced trial attorney with a demonstrated success in the courtroom. She is able to skillfully defend her clients because she has represented the government as well as the public. Longo has prevailed in...

I represent corporate and individual clients before the trial, administrative, and appellate courts of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I also provide general counsel services to small businesses, municipalities, sole proprietors, artists, writers and musicians. I am an active member of the Lycoming Law Association, serve as solicitor for the City of Williamsport, and as an assistant solicitor for the County of Lycoming.

Attorney Nanda Palissery earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University in 1989. After and during a career as an engineer and associate professor of engineering technology at the Luzerne County Community College, he earned his Juris Doctor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia in 1994.

Returning to his native home in Northeast Pennsylvania to raise his family, Mr. Palissery opened his private practice in 1994, focusing on criminal defense litigation. Mr. Palissery is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the...

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...

Attorney Jeremiah D. Runkle was born and raised in Snyder and Union Counties. Jeremiah graduated from Meadowbrook Christian School in Milton, PA and then completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration at Messiah College. Following college, Jeremiah worked in business management for a group of small businesses near Harrisburg, PA. In that capacity, he gained wide exposure to financial, human resource and property management before deciding to attend law school at night at Widener University School of Law. Jeremiah graduated from Widener in 2008 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in October of 2008. After nearly 10 years in...

Since 1999 we've helped people who are having problems with debts or debt collectors. Some of our clients file bankruptcy. Others file suit against aggressive debt collectors. I am Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification.

Richard E. Freeburn has received an AV rating, the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which means that he is deemed to possess pre-eminent legal ability and very high professional ethics.

Martindale-Hubbell ratings were created in 1887 as an objective method of assessing a lawyer’s ability and professional ethics based on confidential opinions of other lawyers and judge. It has remained the most prestigious and widely respected lawyer rating system in the world for the past 119 years. Martindale-Hubbell’s evaluation process is based on confidential questionnaires sent to lawyers and judges in the geographical area of the lawyer under evaluation. Legal ability...

Christopher A. Dreisbach concentrates his practice on criminal defense and civil litigation in both state and federal courts. Since entering private practice, he has defended individuals facing the most serious of criminal charges including rape and homicide. In civil actions, he has successfully represented individuals and corporations in cases involving federal civil conspiracy allegations, regulatory violations, and complex personal injury matters. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Dreisbach served for four years as a Deputy District Attorney in the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office. During his time as a Deputy District Attorney, Mr. Dreisbach successfully prosecuted a vast...

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After focusing on appeals and post-conviction remedies for years, Attorney Clarkson found that the best way to save someone from ineffective assistance of counsel is to be effective trial counsel. Switching now to focus more heavily on trials, she fights for your rights and makes sure every angle is utilized to get you the best possible outcome.

Attorney Clarkson will still handle appeals, post-conviction remedies, and mental health expungements.

Attorney Clarkson will continue to make sure the law is complied with and uphold constitutional rights so our citizenry does not lose them.

She handles everything from summary speeding tickets to murder.

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CALL ATTORNEY MACK NOW 24/ 7 7 DAYS A WEEK. 570-287-1388 For over 34 years solid, Mark M. Mack has dedicated himself to providing legal assistance to individuals and groups facing the challenges of a criminal prosecution. With a systematic approach, Mack Law Offices combines investigation, research, and support personnel to deliver the highest quality of legal representation available to its clients. MACK LAW OFFICES is an award winning trial tested defense team that strives to provide each client with the highest caliber defense, to...

Attorney Travis C. Petty is a lifelong resident of the Berwick Area. Travis is a graduate of Berwick Area High School and Bloomsburg University. After obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree, Travis attended Widener University School of Law on a full academic scholarship. While attending Law School, Travis was the recipient of numerous awards and had the honor of working as an intern for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Travis also served on the Law Review and had his legal scholarship published. Travis graduated Cum Laude with his Juris Doctorate Degree and upon receiving his law license, he immediately...

Attorney Fahnestock is passionate about protecting the rights of others and assuring the checks and balances in the court system are upheld so everyone is treated fairly.

Attorney Fahnestock is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University where he focused on criminal law. After graduating from Penn State, he attended Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and was an Associate Editor for Law Review. While in Law School he spent time working with the State Appellate Defenders Office re-testing firearm and forensic evidence for convicted defendants.

When outside of work, Attorney Fahnestock enjoys going to the gym, Penn State football, and staying...

Practicing law for more than two decades, William Vinsko has built up an impressive portfolio of successful cases. He has a wide-ranging legal background, handling cases involving real estate law and litigation, government law, business litigation, estate planning and probate, divorce and child custody issues. His dedication to his clients, and getting them positive results in their legal cases, has not gone unnoticed. Attorney William Vinsko has been selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers' Rising Stars list every year from 2005 through 2018, and a Super Lawyer in 2019. No more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in Pennsylvania ever...

Marion Munley is a champion of the civil justice system and the rights of victims—particularly those who have been injured in trucking crashes and by products in the marketplace. She is known for her compassionate approach to representing the catastrophically injured and her tireless devotion to her clients and their families. Marion treats each client like a member of her family. Through her advocacy, she has won many multimillion dollar recoveries for her clients including one of the largest trucking accident settlements in history. Widely recognized as one of the most prominent and widely respected lawyers in the state, Marion is...

Beau A. Hoffman is an attorney with AxRunkle, P.C. and has been practicing law in central Pennsylvania since January 2015. Mr. Hoffman practices in the areas of business and estate planning, municipal law, contract review, estate administration, real estate and civil litigation. Mr. Hoffman has legal experience with the Union County District Attorney’s office in Lewisburg, PA under District Attorney Pete Johnson. Mr. Hoffman graduated Cum Laude from Shippensburg University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Criminal Justice. At Shippensburg, Mr. Hoffman was a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the football program. In May 2014,...

Jason M. Rapa, Esquire is the founder of Rapa Law Office, P.C. Jason practices together with his brother Matthew J. Rapa. Together they provide services not only in the Poconos and the Lehigh Valley but throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Jason focuses his practice in the areas of Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection and Civil Litigation, while Matthew focuses on Criminal Defense and Consumer Protection. Together Jason & Matthew have handled hundreds of cases against abusive debt collectors and Jason routinely speaks at national, state and local legal events regarding debt collection harassment.Jason has recently be names a Rising...

Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Lawyer

Specializing in commercial real estate transactions and development.

I am a business, real estate and litigation attorney in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I serve clients mainly in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties.

Bringing Philadelphia big law firm experience to our community, I am proud to help clients in Schuylkill County, Northumberland County, Columbia County and surrounding areas to represent them in cases involving car or truck accidents, medical mistakes, nursing home neglect, and other injuries, as well as in probate/estate matters and will drafting.

Philip Gelso, Esquire concentrates his practice in the area of criminal and civil litigation. He is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL) where he serves as President and formerly served as President Elect, Vice President for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and formerly served as the Chairperson of the Continuing Education Committee. He also serves as a non-voting member of the...

Hilary Vesell is a trial attorney, concentrating in family matters and civil litigation. Hilary has BA in psychology and MA in clinical psychology both from Columbia University. Her JD is from the University of Miami, School of Law. Hilary represents clients in all family law issues including child custody cases, parental alienation cases, domestic violence issues, protection from abuse orders (PFAs). She also represents clients in support and divorce matters as well as with prenuptial agreements. Hilary has written several articles that were published in the Pennsylvania Lawyer and Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. These articles are on the topics...

Intellectual property and regulatory compliance have been central to my career, both as an engineer and an attorney. I am passionate about protecting the ideas, concepts and inventions of others and I am always looking to bring my skills, education and experience to unique situations.

Alexis Miloszewski concentrates her practice in the areas of family law, criminal law and estate planning. In her family law practice, Attorney Miloszewski has aggressively represented clients on such sensitive issues as divorce, custody, grandparent’s rights, relocation, spousal and child support, adoption, guardianship, protection from abuse and related domestic issues. She is appointed as Juvenile Conflict Counsel for Dauphin County, where she represents juveniles in delinquency and dependency proceedings. Attorney Miloszewski is a graduate of Widener University School of Law. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attorney Miloszewski is on the Board...

Tracy L. Updike practices bankruptcy law, with an emphasis on both debtor and creditor rights, which she believes gives her well-rounded perspective, and an advantage over her opposition. She is highly active within the legal community, shaping the future of the law as practiced, as a member of the Court's Advisory Committee, Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee Chair, and annual lecturer at the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association Conference and Pennsylvania Bar Institute Bankruptcy Institute.

The focus of my law practice is Bankruptcy Law, representing individuals, businesses, and creditors in Chapters 7, 11, and 13 cases. Our firm represent clients in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, primarily those assigned to the Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport court locations. In addition to client representation, I have served on the Attorney Advisory Panel for the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Board of Directors of the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association; Local Rules Committee for the Bankruptcy Court; and Judicial search committees, as both Chair and member; and volunteered for the Luzerne County, PA consumer debt and...

Pat completed his undergraduate studies at the Pennsylvania State University and received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Pat has been a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania since 2015 and has worked in numerous practice areas throughout that time. His primary focus is in the practice area of personal injury law.

Our firm serves the residents of northeastern Pennsylvania and our Scranton and Wilkes-Barre based attorney’s have decades of experience in personal injury, real estate, and family law. H&M Law specialized in personal injury cases including auto accidents, slip and falls and dog bites cases. We...

Tim Brennan was raised in the coal region working in his family’s well known mom and pop restaurant. He began his legal career in the Lehigh Valley as a Bethlehem and Northampton County Solicitor. He currently lives in Doylestown and, in addition to his legal work, serves as a member of the Doylestown Borough Council.

Mr. Brennan graduated from Ursinus College in 2000, receiving his Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and Politics and a double minor in International Relations and American Studies. During this period he served two United States Congressional Internships with Congressman Joe Hoeffel and...