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Attorney Sarah Oster is licensed to practice law in the State of Rhode Island. Attorney  Oster's areas of practice include Family Law, Wills & Trusts, Probate, Immigration, Landlord/Tenant, Criminal Law and Contracts.

Chance Deaton is an attorney in El Reno serving Canadian County, the Oklahoma City metro area, and surrounding counties in central and Western Oklahoma. Chance Deaton focuses his practice on estate planning, wills and trusts, probate, condemnation, oil and gas, and civil litigation.

Ilana serves on the Board of Directors of the Dead Center Film Festival, is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City and a past member of Leadership Oklahoma City’s LOYAL Class VIII and the Board of Directors of the Arts Council of Oklahoma City. Raised in Oklahoma, Ilana left to pursue her undergraduate degree in Connecticut at Wesleyan University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She later returned to Oklahoma to attend law school at the University of Oklahoma. Ilana is married with two beautiful children.

I graduated cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2008, where I served as a Resources Editor on the Law Review and as President of the Women's Law Student Association. I was also awarded membership in the Phi Delta Phi Honor Fraternity and the William J. Holloway Inn of Court.. After law school, I began my career at a major independent oil and gas company where I held the position of title landman and later as title attorney. Since 2014, I have been in the private sector where my practice focuses on estate planning, probate, adoption, guardianship, LLC formation and the preparation of oil and gas title opinions. In my free time, I enjoy traveling and spending time with my husband, Zach, and my two daughters, Ava and Maddie.

Shar considers herself an A Type Free Spirit. She has a writing degree from Pepperdine University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband Dan and their six kids, one unofficially adopted daughter, and two grandkids. She enjoys paperwork, checking off boxes, and fighting human trafficking with The Demand Project. She established August Law Firm to provide affordable legal care for every type of budget. Shar believes that legal care should be and can be affordable.

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Samantha is originally from North Dakota but fell in love with the Rhode Island beaches and the accessibility of the East Coast! She currently resides in Greenville, Rhode Island with her husband Jesse and their four children. Samantha’s practice is focused primarily in the areas of Estate Planning, Elder Law, Residential Real Estate, Adult Guardianships, and Probate. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering with local animal rescues to help find homes for abused and neglected dogs and consulting with rescues to provide guidance regarding legal issues. When she is not working, she also enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, on the beach, traveling, taking adventures, and making memories with her kids.. Samantha is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the RI Bar Association’s Probate and Trust Committee and Real Estate Title Standards & Practices Committee, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and the RI chapter of NAELA. She also serves on the Board of Directors at the Scandinavian Communities of Rhode Island and the Board of Directors at the Hope Alzheimer’s Center in Cranston, Rhode Island where she is Secretary of the Board.. She is licensed to practice law in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts state courts. Before starting McCarthy Law, Samantha worked for an Estate Planning firm in Cranston, RI, and a Fortune 100 financial institution and trust company. She earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law where she was recognized by the Feinstein Center for Pro Bono & Experiential Education for her extensive public interest legal work and commitment to public service. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from North Dakota State University in Public Relations & Advertising with a minor in Management Communications.. Her passion for Estate Planning and Elder Law began long before she became a lawyer. From seeing the struggles of her grandfather who lived with multiple sclerosis for many years, she was inspired to become involved with disability activism work during college. Through that work and her own family experience, she saw the real impact proper planning and access to resources could have for families who are hardworking and loving, but not always wealthy, and what a difference it could make both during life and after a person’s passing.. Samantha founded McCarthy Law with the goal of making a meaningful impact in the lives of others. She prides herself on being empathetic, approachable, and compassionate, and believes in developing relationships with her clients that allow both parties to grow and learn. She believes her clients are amazing people who teach her new things about life and the world every day, and she is so grateful for the opportunity to serve them and be there for her clients as a partner through life’s best and hardest times.. Education:. Roger Williams University School of LawBristol, Rhode IslandJuris Doctor. North Dakota State UniversityFargo, North DakotaBachelor of Arts – Public Relations and Advertising, Management Communications. Bar Admissions:. Rhode IslandMassachusetts

John L. Williams is a Delaware attorney with extensive experience in business and trust planning and litigation.. Nationally, he is past-Chair of the ABA's LLC & Partnerships Committee related to its Real Property Trusts and Estates Section, Special Investors and Investment Structure Group.   He was also an ABA advisor to the Uniform Protected Series Act. Nationally, he lectures extensively to lawyer groups on the LLC with a particular expertise in the Delaware Series LLC.. He also has a corporate and LLC litigation practice with about 100 cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Delaware Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, and Federa District Court for the District of Delaware. He also helps non-Delaware attorneys with Pro Hac Vice Motions to be admitted in Delaware Court.. He enjoys working with local businesses, executives, doctors and families with regard to business and estate planning. In that regard he has worked with multi-generational family farming operations (on literally bet-the-farm transactions and litigation), car dealerships, fast-food franchises, construction firms and a range of technology companies. He is familiar with tax strategies to minimize estate tax and not only prepares revocable trust agreements, but can also advise on how to fund and allocate assets between spouses. He also handles probate, estate administration and trust administration and prepared fiduciary income tax returns.. Additionally he also serves as Qualified Delaware Trustee for Domestic Asset Protection Trusts settled in Delaware no matter where the beneficiaries, grantors or administrative trustees are located.. He also consults with entrepreneurs on start-up issues, particularly related to choice of entity and tax elections in the context of his e-commerce business, . He enjoys helping business owners with a variety of needs from purchase and sale agreements, assignment of intellectual property agreements, noncompete nondisclosure agreements, employment agreements, opinion letters on financing transactions (often for multi-million dollar commercial mortgage backed securities financing), business succession planning and more.. The Williams Law Firm leads business owners and families to attain goals. The firm advises business owners with sophisticated business and estate planning and litigation at reasonable rates. You can trust The Williams Law Firm when the most important things in your life are on the line: everything you own and everyone you love.

I am a Partner at Ferry Joseph, P.A.  I graduated from Widener University School of Law in 2012, and from University of Delaware in 2008. I have worked at Ferry Joseph in some capacity for nearly twenty years - from errand runner, to legal assistant, to law clerk, to attorney.. I handle all types of civil cases including guardianships, estates, wills, trusts, probate, and litigation. In addition, I provide representation in debt collection, breach of contract, landlord/tenant, quiet title, adverse possession, corporate law, LLC formation, project rightful owner, sheriff sale matters, foreclosure matters, local Delaware counsel, ancilliary estates, and more. Please contact my office for a consultation.

I am an attorney licensed and actively practicing in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. I have appeared in Court in all four states and have a broad base of experience in a variety of areas of the law.. Prior to law school, I was among the youngest liquor licensees in Maryland, having been licensed at age eighteen (18). After over a decade as a retailer, I pursued a law degree specifically to advise those in the alcoholic beverages industry. During law school, I clerked for Attorney John Connell whose practice focuses on licensing and regulatory issues facing the industry. While awaiting bar exam results, I worked as a temporary legal assistant in the legal department at The Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams. Since launching my own practice in 2016, I have advised retailers and producers on various matters, including license renewals/transfers, wholesaler termination, and even Anti-Money Laundering. As part of my practice, I have assisted a number of clients with selling their businesses, both within the alcoholic beverages industry and in other industries.. In addition to advising the alcoholic beverages industry, I also enjoy estate planning and administration, assisting businesses with various legal issues, and advising consumers in debt collection cases.. In addition to practicing law, I volunteer in the community by serving as Vice President of the Board of Directors of CASA of Cecil County, Inc., a non-profit with the mission of assisting foster children in Cecil County, Maryland. I regularly provide pro bono services through organizations, specifically Delaware Volunteer Legal Services.

Tanya focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning and estate administration/probate. Her practice areas further include elder law and guardianships.. After graduating from the University of Delaware with a degree in Criminal Justice, Tanya worked as a paralegal in the areas of criminal law and personal injury for approximately seven years. She eventually decided to continue her education and expand her legal career. While in law school, she served on the Widener Law Review as a Staff Member from 2010-2011 and as an Associate Editor from 2011-2012.. Prior to joining The Levinson Firm, she worked at several small law offices in Delaware, picking up valuable experience and knowledge along the way.  She completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Charles H. Toliver, IV of the Delaware Superior Court. As a judicial law clerk, she conducted research and assisted in writing court opinions in various types of civil litigation and criminal matters.. Tanya is the outgoing President of the Elder Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association.

Mr. Ferry was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. After attending Salesianum School, he received a bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. In addition to his undergraduate degree, Mr. Ferry also has a Master of Instruction from the University of Delaware and a Juris Doctorate degree from Delaware Law School.. Prior to joining Ferry Joseph, P.A., David worked as an English teacher in AmeriCorps. He now serves as counsel for the school where he previously taught. His fictional short story, "One True Line", was also featured in the November 2023 issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine.. Mr. Ferry primarily practices in the areas of estate planning and administration, as well as elder law.  In 2025, he was recognized by his peers as one of the top lawyers in the state in Delaware Today magazine.. Outside of the office, David is an avid sports enthusiast. He has completed numerous long-distance endurance events, including the Ironman triathlon.