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Practice & Expertise. I am an attorney that makes the headaches created by life disappear. The basis of my practice includes transactional law encompassing estate planning, estate administration, elder law, real estate transfers, business startups and governance, oil and gas law, and tax law. Whether it’s dealing with the grief caused by the passing of a loved one, the stress of selling a house, or winding through the red tape of starting a new business, my job is to minimize any anxiety caused by those events and allow the client to obtain some peace of mind.. Background. I was born and raised in the north hills of AlleghenyCounty in HamptonTownship. I fell in love with American history and decided to pursue a degree in that field at GettysburgCollege. During that time I was fortunate enough to work in the White House office of Correspondence. I attended Duquesne University School of Law focusing my time learning about laws relating to wealth creation and preservation. I began clerking at this law firm in my second year of law school and have been working here ever since. I currently reside in the borough of Seven Fields which allows me to serve clients throughout Western Pennsylvania.. Civic & Community Activities. Commissioner, AlleghenyCounty Government Review Commission. Board of Governors, Phi Kappa Psi Pittsburgh Alumni Association. Board Member, PhiKappaPsiGettysburgCollege Alumni Association. Board Member, Hillvue-Forest Homeowners Association. Member, Sharon Rotary Club. Bar Admissions. Pennsylvania. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. United States Tax Court. Publications & Honors. Gerald K. Gibson Award for Excellence in Bankruptcy. Amercian Bankruptcy Institute Certificate of Excellence in Bankruptcy. Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. Recipient of Gettysburg College Distinguished Senior Linnaean Award. Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership and Merit Honor Society. Pi Lambda Sigma National Pre-Legal Honor Society. Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society. Practice Areas. Estate planning and administration. Tax law. Elder law. Corporate law. Real estate and development. Oil and Gas law. Commercial transactions

Since 1993 West & Zuberbuhler, P.C. has represented individuals and businesses in Greater Pittsburgh and its surrounding Counties, and the Beaver Valley. Our legal services include: Estate Planning and Estate Administration, advising businesses in a variety of legal matters, Real Estate Law, Divorce and Child Custody, and Civil Litigation.

Carolyn White is managing partner at White & McCarthy, where her practice focuses on estate planning, long-term care planning, probate and elder law. She is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court to serve as guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults, and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. An AV-rated attorney, she is a past president of both the Richmond Bar Association and the Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association and a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation. She is an accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Carolyn also serves as a member of the Powhatan Board of Zoning Appeals and actively volunteers with Legal Information Network for Cancer.

Cassie Kincaid leads the firm’s Trusts and Estates practice and is also a member of the Corporate and Business Entities practice team.  With over twenty years’ experience, Cassie has established a practice focusing on sophisticated trusts and estates planning and administration, in addition to strategic business planning for individuals and closely-held business owners.. Cassie’s practice primarily involves evaluating and addressing estate, gift, and income tax exposure, addressing probate concerns, and planning for disability, second marriages, minor children, spendthrift beneficiaries, creditor exposure, and special needs beneficiaries.   She works with clients to achieve an estate plan that is tailored to their individual needs and goals, while reducing or eliminating unnecessary expenses, taxes and administrative burdens.. Cassie also has extensive experience with estate/trust administration, probate administration, and beneficiary representation.  Fiduciary appointments, in which she is appointed as executor or trustee, are accepted on a limited basis.. Additionally, Cassie assists business owners with a variety of business planning needs including the formation, acquisition, operation, and disposition of their business.  In many cases, the business and estate plan of the small business owner will be fully integrated into one plan.. Prior to joining Protorae Law, Cassie practiced at Roeder & Cochran, Troxell & Kincaid, and Cohen & Troxell in McLean, Virginia.  She is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.