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Money without meaning is just money.  But a legacy creates a gift that children, grandchildren, and charitable institutions can cherish for many years. Every day that I work with my clients I learn their driving force. Meaning, what has driven them to the familial, financial, and charitable success’s that they have achieved.  I help my clients weave their values into their estate plan so that their money is elevated into a legacy.. My Families Legacy. My grandparents left me a legacy defined by hard work, faith, and charity.  That legacy has shaped me as a person both professionally and personally.  Practicing estate planning allows me to help others shape their own legacy for their families and their contributions to society. I have gone through the effects of a troubled and inefficient estate plan when my grandparents passed away.  On one side of my family, the siblings have not spoken to each other for over 20 years. I would not recognize that side of the family if I met them in the street.  How sad. I understand that some familial relationships are tenuous, but there are many simple ways that thorough and sensitive estate planning can help avoid those conflicts.  I want my clients next generation to avoid the same fate that befell my own family.. History. I grew up in New Mexico and California watching my lawyer father help victims seek justice. I knew I wanted to be an attorney and help people as well. But his practice area was not my calling.  I discovered my calling when I thought about the generations of my family who had shaped my character. I attained my Bachelors of Science in Marketing at Sy Syms School of Business in New York, New York. I attained my Juris Doctor (JD) degree at St. Johns School of Law in Jamaica, New York. I am the managing partner of The Robinson Law Firm, located in Bala Cynwyd, PA. There I serve clients in Philadelphia, King of Prussia, Springfield and Conshohocken as well as towns along the Main Line like Bala Cynwyd, Merion Station, Radnor, Villanova, and Wayne. I am admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania (PA).. My goals. I bring my values to work with me by dedicating myself to a client-first philosophy, and making it a priority to fully understand my clients’ needs, goals, dreams and concerns.  I strive to create a highly effective and warm client environment.  I then work with my clients to develop superior and highly individualized plans.. My passion for my clients led me to develop a process called the 5-Step Wealth and Legacy Preservation Process. This process allows clients to identify their concerns and their individual goals.  It provides clients with education about their legal options and involves them in the creation of their plan.. Education. I believe that education is one of the most important aspects of life and I am grateful that in America everyone is afforded the opportunity to attain a higher education.  For this reason, I spend time educating my clients about estate planning and what their plan consists of.  Moreover, The Robinson Law Firm hosts professional study groups to expand knowledge of estate planning techniques through interdisciplinary exchange. I teach continuing education courses on estate planning to CPAs, Certified Financial Planners, and Insurance professionals, as well as other attorneys.. Personal. I live on the Main Line with my husband and two energetic sons. I enjoy travel, reading, and cooking healthy and delicious meals to share with my family and friends.. Practice Concentrations. I concentrate my practice in the areas of wealth transfer and preservation.  This includes general estate and legacy planning, physician planning, planning for young families, charitable estate planning, special needs planning, sophisticated tax planning, faith based planning, private foundations, family limited partnerships, asset protection planning, exit planning, business continuation planning, probate and estate administration.. Professional Associations. Pennsylvania Bar Association. Wealth Counsel. Advisors Forum. The Robinson Law Firm creates a warm and comfortable environment where our clients feel confident and at ease planning this vital step in their lives. Our goal is to transfer our client’s values and valuables where they belong, without the expense and nightmare of a probate or guardianship process.. We created a unique 5-Step Wealth and Legacy Preservation System which allows our clients to decide what they want to give, to whom they want, when they want to give it. This system works because we work in conjunction with our clients to create highly individualized and comprehensive estate and legacy plans for each of our clients.. We understand that choosing an estate attorney is a grand decision and we do not take the matter lightly. Let us be your guide along the path of estate and legacy planning.

Chari has been practicing in the areas of trust and estate administration, estate planning, and elder law since 2003 and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA).  Chari received her juris doctor degree from Temple University, her Masters in Public Health and a Gerontology Certificate from Boston University School of Public Health, her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University – New Brunswick, and holds the Certified Trust and Financial Advisor designation. Chari is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and the Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys (PAELA) and is co-chair of the Elder Law Committee of the Delaware County Bar Association.

Marc Jaffe has recently joined Carroll & Karagelian LLP in an of Counsel position. His principal areas of practice are (i) estate planning and probate, (ii) real estate and (iii) businesses and contracts. For many years, Marc has assisted individuals and families with estate planning, wills and trusts. Businesses, business owners and their families have sought his advice about their business, business succession and the sale of the business. Marc has also represented individuals and entities in sales, purchases, leases and other transactions involving residential and commercial real estate. Marc advises surviving family members, executors, banks and trustees about probate and the administration of estates and trusts. See Marc's LinkedIn posts relating to his practice areas.. Marc received his law degree from Villanova University School of Law (J. D. cum laude) where he served as an editor of the Law Review. Marc later received a second degree - Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation - also from Villanova University School of Law, enabling him to better advise clients in the areas of Federal Estate Tax and Federal Gift Tax. His undergraduate degree is from Temple University (B.A. cum laude). Marc is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Marc was named one of the "Top Lawyers" for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and again in 2021 by Main Line Today Magazine - category - Trusts and Wills. (He was voted #1 in 2020 and 2021 for Trusts and Wills.)  He was named one of the "Top Attorneys" by Suburban Life Magazine - category - Estate Planning and Administration in 2021 and 2022 and has also previously been selected for Pennsylvania "Super Lawyers" - Philadelphia Magazine - category - Estate Planning/Trusts. He has received the highest peer review rating of AV Preeminent ® from Martindale-Hubbell.**. Marc teaches courses about estate planning and real estate in the community education and Elder Week programs at Delaware County Community College.. ** AV Preeminent ® is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Mr. Gregory Spadea, Esquire is a former IRS Agent and Pennsylvania Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Spadea has over 24 years of tax and estate planning experience.Mr. Spadea started the Firm Spadea & Associates, LLC in June 2001 and has offices in Ridley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Westmont, New Jersey. Mr. Spadea also worked as a Delaware Country Public Defender from December 2001 through August 2002 and has over 17 years of criminal defense experience.

B.A. Legal Studies, Summa Cum Laude. Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA. J.D.. Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC. Massachusetts Bar Admission, 2009. Connecticut Bar Admission, 2010. Working as an estate and Medicaid planning attorney has always been near and dear to Attorney Fay’s heart. Her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the early age of 57. As a child, Attorney Fay was unable to help her family through the emotional and financial complexities involved in estate and Medicaid planning. As the family was unprepared for such a situation, she watched as her grandmother and grandfather lost their hard-earned assets one month at a time during her grandmother’s 14-year stay in a nursing home. Her grandfather worked hard to care for his wife, but failed to take care of his health and died early, at age 63. This left the family to continue caring for the living spouse.. After watching the experience of her own family, Attorney Fay found her niche in estate and Medicaid planning, knowing she could do for others what she could not do for her own family. Today, Attorney Fay takes every opportunity to guide others through what can often be the most difficult time in their lives. Through community outreach and education, she hopes that fewer and fewer individuals will find themselves in such a difficult situation during their golden years.

Attorney Powers graduated from New England School of Law in 2015.  In the summer of 2015 he studied for and passed both the Connecticut and Massachusetts bar exams.. Sean has spent the last three years creating and writing estate planning documents for clients, including both Revocable, Irrevocable, and Special Needs Trusts.  Sean also has great experience with both Residential and Commercial real estate transactions, licenses and easements.  Sean has a great desire to work with the elderly, has joined both the Hampden County Estate Planning Council and the National and Massachusetts chapters of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.. While in law school Sean was a summer intern for State Senator Jim Welch on the Executive Committee for Health Care Finance, and worked for the Consumer Protection Agency of Massachusetts where he gained great insight into the laws stemming from the Affordable Care Act’s transparency and quality controls and their possible effect on the industry.. Sean was involved on the debate preparation team for Mayor-elect William Reichelt of West Springfield, was appointed to the Capital Program Planning Committee of West Springfield by former Mayor Ed Sullivan, and now currently sits on an opioid advisory group current mayor Will Reichelt has formed as part of his initiative in West Springfield.

A board-certified Estate Planning Law Specialist, I bring over 3 decades of experience to help counsel clients on how best to plan and protect that which is most important to them. Everyone is unique, and their estate plan should reflect this uniquenes. While many firms use one-size-fits-all, fill-in-the-blank forms in a transaction-type practice, at the Bernstein Law Group, PC, we spend the time to educate our clients and to learn about them, their goals and concerns. We then custom-tailor their estate plan. Then we offer an ongoing relationship, so that their estate plan is fine tuned and adjusted as changes occur, both in the client's world and in the law.

Squillace & Associates, P.C. is a boutique law firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. Our team cares about attending to our clients’ needs in life, estate, and business planning. Our clients are local, national, and international. We specialize in estate planning by assisting individuals & families in passing on wealth &  wisdom to future generations. Our team is prepared to handle all of your planning needs including wills, trusts, health care documents, asset protection, probate, trust settlement, Medicaid planning, charitable giving, small business needs, succession planning, and more. We also specialize in urgent planning needs, providing emergency/concierge level estate planning in times of crisis, or when death is imminent.

Timothy F. Robertson is the Principal and Managing attorney of T FRANK LAW, PLLC, an estate planning and probate law office with locations in Charlestown and Brewster, Massachusetts. Tim is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, as well as the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts and the United States Tax Court. He is a member of the probate, business, and taxation law sections of the Massachusetts Bar Association. Tim has served as an ombudsman for the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and also served on the City of Somerville's Human Rights Commission, as well the Boston Bar Association's Solo & Small Firm Steering Committee. He is a member of the Boston Trusts and Estates Consortium and the Massachusetts Guardianship Association. He devotes his practice to estate planning, probate administration and litigation, guardianship and conservatorship, as well as corporate/business matters. He lives in Somerville and Brewster, MA with his wife, Bekah, and their cat, dog, seven fish, and occasional transient frog.

Anna is an estate planning attorney with over twenty years of experience. Her decision to establish her own firm stems from a desire to create estate plans that encompass more than just the transfer of tangible assets. Her life experience as a young widow revealed a need to pass on wisdom and values to help those left behind. Anna’s goal is to help her clients express their values and pass those on along with their assets with the lowest expense and tax impact possible.. Anna has been a member of the Massachusetts and New York bars since 1994. She began her career in tax at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service. Anna then worked at a large regional financial planning firm advising entrepreneurs and business owners in creating tax efficient stock option and investment strategies and advanced estate planning solutions. Subsequently, she was involved as a principal at an early-stage venture capital firm and served as corporate counsel to a business incubator.. In 2001 she founded the registered investment advisor company, Kirkland Advisors, LLC, which provided comprehensive tax, financial and investment planning to individuals. She entered private practice in 2005 and worked with a South Shore law firm advising individuals and small business owners to create estate and business succession plans and small business matters.

Stacey joined the Flammia Elder Law Firm in 2018. She focuses her practice on estate planning, special needs planning, probate, trust administration, guardianship, and Medicaid planning. She is also an Accredited Veterans Claim Attorney as required to practice law before the VA.. Stacey is a Florida Bar Board Certified Elder Law Attorney, making her a legal expert in Elder Law. Florida Board Certification is the highest level of evaluation by the Florida Bar, awarded only to lawyers with exceptional knowledge, skills, and proficiency, as well as a reputation for professionalism and ethics in a particular field of law. Stacey is a Florida native. She grew up in Miami, Florida before moving to Orlando to attend the University of Central Florida (UCF). Stacey graduated from UCF in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies. During her time in college and before attending law school, Stacey worked as a legal assistant and paralegal gaining hands on experience in the legal field. She then earned her Juris Doctor degree from Barry University School of Law in Orlando in 2016. While in law school, Stacey had the honor of serving on the Barry University Law Review as a Research and Technical Editor. She was also the recipient of several book awards, including Legal Research and Writing I, Legal Research and Writing II, Torts, and Trial Advocacy.. Stacey is a compassionate advocate and advisor who devotes her time to helping families and individuals with concerns related to Elder Law.

Brooke is a founding and managing partner of Warren & Skaggs, PLLC, a general practice law firm established in 2013. She has developed a practice which includes Estate Planning, Real Estate, Property Management, Business Law, and Family Law. Prior to founding Warren & Skaggs, PLLC, Brooke was a tax compliance attorney for municipal securities issuers, and she developed her trial skills as a criminal defense attorney.. In addition to diligently representing her clients, Brooke volunteers for the Orange County Legal Aid Society’s Guardian Ad Litem program, advocating for children in Orange County’s dependency system. When not practicing law, Brooke can often be found kayaking on Florida’s many beautiful waterways and at local running events benefiting charities throughout Central Florida.. She earned her law degree from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2010. She is also a Florida Supreme Court certified mediator for Family and County Court.

Sarah M. Geltz has lived in Central Florida for 17 years. Prior to returning to school to pursue her law degree she spent 14 years in the healthcare industry working in medical, pharmaceutical and lab sales and training. She has worked extensively with both individual physicians, large groups and health systems.  Sarah specializes in transactional business and real estate matters, healthcare representation and estate planning. Sarah acts as in-house counsel for multiple small to mid-size businesses across a variety of industries. Sarah is also a licensed Title Agent and with Jessica Kendrick launched Champion Title and Closing in 2017 and Park Title in 2021. Their agency is focused on bringing a customer focused, attorney managed option to the Central Florida title and settlement market. She lives in Winter Springs with her husband and family, when she isn't working she is likely to be on the sidelines of a soccer field.

I strongly believe in providing clients peace of mind through planning.  My broad values based estate planning, probate and trust administration practice has served several thousand clients over the last 35 years. My qualifications include being Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates by The Florida Bar.. I welcome the opportunity to work closely with my clients’ professional advisors including financial planners, CPAs, investment and insurance advisors, and more. This team approach applies to my office staff as well. Everyone is dedicated to providing excellent and compassionate service.. I am an avid Orlando Magic fan and enjoy photography and increasing my computer skills. My wife, Karen A. Reynolds, and I live in Altamonte Springs. Karen is originally from Jamaica and is a Critical Care Nurse working in Process Improvement for Florida Hospital.