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Raymond Lahoud
Easton, PA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Georgetown University Law Center
Raymond Lahoud, a Partner at Norris McLaughlin, PA, and Chair of its Immigration Law Practice, focuses primarily on immigration law and deportation defense for individuals and corporations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, and the surrounding region). His practice includes Citizenship, U.S. Non-Immigration Visas, E Visas, E-3 Visas, H-1B Visas, H-2B Visas, L Visas, O Visas, P Visas, Q Visas, R Visas, TN Visas, U.S. Immigration Visas, EB5 Investor Visas, Exceptional Ability Immigrant Visas, Extraordinary Ability Immigrant Visas, K-1 Visas, K-3 Visas, Multinational Manager/Executive Immigrant Visas, Outstanding Professor/Researcher Immigrant Visas, PERM Labor Certification, Family Petitions, Adjustment of Status,...
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David Kennedy Bifulco
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Consumer and Foreclosure Defense
Temple University Beasley School of Law
David Kennedy Bifulco, Esquire is a graduate of Temple University School of Law. He started in the receivables management industry as an investment banker providing access to capital for debt buyers. Attorney Bifulco has headed the debt purchasing and collection operations for U.S. Asset in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and PFS Associates in New York and Pennsylvania.
Over the past 2 decades David Kennedy Bifulco, Esquire has provided his services to the Resolution Trust Corporation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Arbitration Association, Pennsylvania Business Bank and NCO Group, Inc.
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Matthew Charles Trapani
Bethlehem , PA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
MATTHEW TRAPANI devotes his legal career to representing the seriously injured and their families across Pennsylvania.
Attorney Trapani handles a variety of serious personal injury cases including auto and truck accidents, premises liability, liquor liability violations, sexual abuse and wrongful death litigation. Licensed to practice in all of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, Trapani has litigated against some of the largest insurance companies in the U.S., and effectively negotiated substantial settlements for his clients. Recently, attorney Trapani was inducted into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The forum is a group of attorneys, made up of less than 1% of all lawyers in the...
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Steven Kellis
Doylestown, PA Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Villanova University School of Law
Our practice is strictly limited to Pennsylvania DUI Defense. We represent clients throughout the state of Pennsylvania and in the counties of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Carbon, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, Lancaster, and York.
As a former Senior Assistant District Attorney and DUI Prosecutor who has participated in hundreds of DUI-related trials, Steven Kellis has seen both sides of the law, and knows the many defenses to Pennsylvania drunk driving charges. He has handled cases like yours for over 25 years and can give straightforward advice about your arrest. Mr. Kellis has been named “Top 10 Best DUI Lawyers” and “Top...
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Paul Aaroe
Easton, PA Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationDUI & DWI
Dickinson School of Law and Lafayette College
If you are charged with a DUI, you need to choose the attorney with the experience to make the right decisions on your case. You need an experienced attorney who knows the local, state and even federal DUI laws – you need “The DUI Guys!” Read Paul’s book on DUI here:
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With 30 years of experience, Attorney Paul Aaroe, with his team of DUI lawyers, has become known as the DUI guy in Northeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has handled every type of DUI case and related charges. A son of a Superior Court Judge, he knows the law, the...
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Jerry R. Knafo
Easton, PA Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Jerry Knafo is a personal injury lawyer who handles car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, falls, dog bites that cause serious injuries and death. Our lawyers handle cases in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. Call us for a free initial consultation about your Lehigh Valley accident and injury case.
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Jason Costanzo
Bethlehem, PA Attorney
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
Syracuse University College of Law
Jason Costanzo has represented individuals for estate planning and estate administration across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He believes that building personal relationships with each client is the key to rendering legal services successfully. Carefully listening to each client about their particular financial or estate planning goals is critical and has earned Jason recognition as a “Top 40 Under 40” distinction by The National Trial Lawyers and as a “10 Best Attorney for Exceptional and Outstanding Client Service” by the American Institute of Legal Counsel. Jason was also peer nominated as a "Rising Star" by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine in 2020,...
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Wayne Hamilton
Center Valley, PA Attorney
(800) 222-8792
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Temple University
Mr. Hamilton works to protect the rights of people who have been injured as a result of automobile accidents, defective products, unsafe equipment and machinery, work place and construction accidents, workers’ compensation claims, medical malpractice and any other serious personal injuries or accidents.
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James J. Ruggiero Jr.
Center Valley, PA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
(484) 224-3487
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100
Center Valley, PA 18034
Business, Elder, Estate Planning 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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Aman 'Tip' Barber III
Center Valley, PA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
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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Debra Andrea Jensen
Center Valley, PA Lawyer with 43 years of experience
(610) 865-4212
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite100
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Temple University
Debra Jensen has been selected five times to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ list, is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a Lifetime Charter member in Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America, and a Senior Partner and Galfand Berger’s Managing Partner and a Senior Partner and Galfand Berger’s Managing Partner. As a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, Debra contributes to the firm’s core values and mission. And when her fellow partners unanimously elected her as Managing Partner in 1999, Debra became one of three women who were the top managing attorneys at Philadelphia law firms. Debra has a...
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Michael Malvey
Center Valley, PA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(610) 865-4212
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Temple University
Michael Malvey is a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger. Since joining the firm in 2002, Michael has handled a wide variety of cases within the personal injury department, including automobile accidents, premises liability cases, construction site accidents, products liability matters, and medical malpractice cases. He has been a member of the team of Galfand Berger lawyers who have obtained over $75 million dollars in settlements and judgments and attained some of the largest, multi-million dollar client recoveries in Pennsylvania. Michael also proudly represents members of the Latino and Hispanic communities throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Michael currently is...
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David B. Shulman
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
The lawyers of Shulman Law Office PC have been serving the legal needs of our neighbors throughout the Lehigh Valley and beyond for over 30 years. Practicing primarily in Northampton, Lehigh, and Carbon Counties, we are here for you. We are a general practice firm covering many areas of law, with particular focus on estate administration, estate planning, real estate, business law, wills, powers of attorney, and advance healthcare directive (living wills), and family law. Please see our areas of practice for a more comprehensive list. With an office in Northampton and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, we are conveniently located and offer...
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Charles Laputka
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Collections and Real Estate
Duquesne University School of Law
Charles Laputka is the owner and manager of the Laputka Law Office, LLC:
My clients often want to know how they should handle burdensome debt obligations and get a fresh start towards a better financial future. Since 1997 I have helped thousands of people overcome mountains of debt in one way or another. As the owner of the Laputka Law Office, I regularly counsel clients regarding mortgage foreclosure, asset protection planning, and collection issues as well.
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Martin D. Cohen
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 54 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Martin D. Cohen is the Founding Partner of Cohen, Feeley, Altemose & Rambo. He was born in New York, but has spent most of his life in the Lehigh Valley, attending Wilson High School, and graduating from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Accounting. After college, he attended Temple University Law School where he received his Juris Doctorate Degree.
During his legal career, Martye focused his practice on Personal Injury Litigation. He handled many different types of personal injury cases, resulting in millions of dollars recovered for his clients and their families. In addition to recovering millions for his clients,...
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Alexis Berg-Townsend
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Ohio Northern University
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Mark Aaron Hinrichs
Center Valley, PA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(215) 450-0502
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100, - #619
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
As a criminal defense lawyer, Attorney Mark Hinrichs represents and protects individuals facing serious consequences in the criminal justice system. Mark is privileged and honored to stand with the individual citizen to “level the playing field" against the Commonwealth - an adversary with vast resources and advantages. Every case is important and gets nothing less than a 100% effort and focus in order to get the best result possible for each client.
Following graduation from college, he secured employment as a paralegal working alongside Roy Black, Esquire, and other attorneys at Black, Srebnick, Kornspan, and Sumpf, P.A., one of...
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Mark Preston Albright
Hellertown, PA Attorney with 42 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, 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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Vanessa M. Nenni
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Juvenile and Personal Injury
Temple University
I have been practicing law in the Lehigh Valley since 1986. When I first arrived in Bethlehem, I took the larger firm route and was employed by larger firms for the first half of my legal career. When I opened my private "solo" practice, for the first time, I truly understood what it meant to be an attorney and "counselor" at law. I understand that retaining the services of an attorney can be emotionally exhausting and an incredibly trying time. I know and understand that your legal matter is of great importance to...
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Barry C. Shabbick
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
I have dedicated my practice to helping clients in the areas of workers' compensation, personal injury, family law and divorce, social security disability, and general civil litigation. As the son of a coal miner from a small town, I understand the unique challenges facing many blue collar working families. I have extensive litigation experience, including argument before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. I have handled hundreds of workers' compensation cases to a favorable outcome, including successfully arguing employee status of a truck driver fatally injured on the job. I have successfully handled hundreds of simple and complex...
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Peter Mark Patton
Center Valley , PA Attorney with 37 years of experience
(610) 865-4212
3477 Corporate Highway
Suite 100
Center Valley , PA 18034
Construction, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Peter Patton is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Galfand Berger. With decades of trial experience, Peter has won some of Galfand Berger’s largest jury verdicts. His trial experience across Pennsylvania has helped achieve multi-million settlements in products liability and construction accident cases. Although Peter has a busy trial practice, he strives to provide personal attention to each of his clients. Peter received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Responsibility. After graduating, Peter served as Staff...
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James Madsen
Easton, PA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Personal Injury
Drexel University
James Madsen was born in Flemington, New Jersey, but spent most of his adult life in Easton, Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from The American University in Washington, D.C. and a Juris Doctor from Drexel University School of Law where he attended under a Law Trustees' Scholarship.
Before partnering with Spitale, Vargo, Madsen & Blair, he operated a solo practice from 2011 to 2015. He has been employed by the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office, The Philadelphia Defenders' Association and Community Legal Services of Philadelphia.
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Timothy James Prendergast
Easton, PA Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Timothy J. Prendergast, Esquire is one of the seven children born to Anne and the Honorable James F. Prendergast, Esquire, a long time member of the Northampton County Bar Association and Democratic State Representative from Northampton County for over 20 years.
Tim grew up in the tradition of pursuing justice and advocating on behalf of others. Prior to attending Law School, Tim spent many years as a Restaurant Manager/Chef.
As an example of Tim’s commitment to justice, while attending the Dickinson School of Law; he founded the Penn State Criminal Justice Project, a member organization of the Innocence Project Network, whose...
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Joshua D. Shulman
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
Dickinson School of Law
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Liam J. Duffy
Center Valley, PA Attorney with 11 years of experience
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 1
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationDUI & DWI, Divorce, Estate Planning 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...
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Martricia McLaughlin
Easton, PA Lawyer with 45 years of experience
26 North Third Street
Easton, PA 18042
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Martricia McLaughlin graduated magna cum laude from LaSalle University in l976 and from Rutgers School of law in December 1978. She has been active in her profession and community especially regarding non-violence, education and family safety. She has a general law practice including criminal law and family law and also practices on Family and Elder Mediation.
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Joshua N. Daly
Easton, PA Lawyer
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning and Probate
Attorney Daly is a lifelong resident of the Lehigh Valley. He received his undergraduate degree in Sociology and Economics from Moravian University (B.A., with honors in Sociology, Alpha Kappa Delta), and then pursued a law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of law.
After graduating law school, he began his legal career handling a variety of matters, including civil litigation defense, consumer law, contract law, intellectual property, small business law and estate planning. Over time, Joshua found that assisting families with estate planning and estate administration process (probate), and in particular assisting the aging community, to...
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Rebecca A Young
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
1 West Broad St.
Ste. 700
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Education and Family
Villanova University School of Law
Rebecca Young is a partner with KingSpry’s Adoption/Assisted Reproductive Technology Law, Special Education, and Family Law Practice Groups. She is a member of the bars of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Ms. Young is a member of the Children's Rights Committee, the Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee and PBA Women in the Profession Committees of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is also a member of the Monroe County Bar Association.
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Robert C Barchiesi II
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Business and Criminal Defense
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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Stephen McCoy Otto
Center Valley, PA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
(484) 220-0481
3477 Corporate Parkway, Suite 100
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Consumer and Social Security Disability
I grew up in the hard-working blue color region of Western Pennsylvania, attending the small but highly regarded Grove City College -- a conservative, reformed Christian school that has managed to remain entirely independent of government aid (one of only two undergraduate institutions in world to do so) and true to intentions of its founders. It was in this cauldron that my guiding principles were shaped -- honesty, working for the best interests of others, openness to correction, and faith in the sovereign and guiding hand of the triune God of the Bible. I went on to earn...
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Richard Michael Jurewicz
Center Valley, PA Lawyer
(610) 865-4212
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100
Center Valley, PA 18034
Personal Injury, Products Liability and Real Estate
Temple University and Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Rick is recognized by his adversaries and opponents as an extremely skilled trial attorney who zealously represents his clients’ rights. Rick has been responsible for achieving some of the largest recoveries and verdicts in Galfand Berger’s history. Rick is a Senior Partner having been with Galfand Berger since 1984. Rick has received an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive. Rick is co-founder and was past President of Kids’ Chance of Pennsylvania, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to children.
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Dionysios Pappas
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer
Elder, Estate Planning and Nursing Home
Mr. Pappas is co-managing member of Vasiliadis Pappas Associates LLC. He practices exclusively in the areas of elder law, trust and estate planning, trust and estate administration, special needs planning, and veterans’ pension benefits planning. Mr. Pappas’ practice encompasses the Lehigh Valley and greater Eastern Pennsylvania.
He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D. 2004), Mr. Pappas received his undergraduate degree in political science from Temple University (B.A. 2001, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha) with a specialization in political economy...
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Jason David Schiffer
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 16 years of experience
Personal Injury
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Jason is a trial attorney, focusing on representing people who have been injured in accidents. He specializes in bicycling crashes and enjoys working on technical cases involving complex accidents, and products liability cases. Jason attended the University of Pittsburgh where he studied Computer Science. He became a Bethlehem Police Officer in 1994 and went back to night school, graduating from DeSales University obtaining a B.A. in Criminal Justice, with high honors. While working full-time as a police sergeant, he traveled to Philadelphia four nights per week to attend law school at Temple University - Beasley School...
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Eric Leinbach
Easton, PA Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Collections, DUI & DWI and Foreclosure Defense
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Zachary Zawarski
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Estate Planning and Workers' Comp
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Zachary Zawarski is an attorney located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Zachary practices in diverse areas of the law including business law, employment law, workers' compensation, landlord-tenant law, and estate planning.
We are committed to providing legal representation with a personal touch. Customer service is a priority of ours. At the Law Office of Zachary Zawarski, we're always looking to exceed client expectations through outstanding service.
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Stanley Vasiliadis
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer
Estate Planning and Social Security Disability
Mr. Vasiliadis serves as of counsel to Vasiliadis Pappas Associates LLC. He is a certified elder law attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation as accredited by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He represents clients in connection with estate and long-term care planning and trust and estate administration. He was the lead attorney in the landmark case, Mertz v. Houstoun. Vasiliadis has lectured extensively on elder law and estate planning issues, having spoken on behalf of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and before various other professional organizations. He is past...
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Patrick J. Best
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 14 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Foreclosure Defense, Social Security Disability and Tax
Patrick J. Best (“PJ Best”) is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Rochester Institute of Technology. He was born and raised in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from law school he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Carmen D. Minora of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.
Attorney Best is frequently featured in the media including US News & World Report, WFMZ, and has an extensive resume speaking to attorneys and bar associations regarding a number of legal issues.
At present, Attorney Best serves clients throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland in...
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Michelle Anne DeWald
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Bankruptcy
University of Miami School of Law
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George Nassif
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 23 years of experience
Animal, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Landlord Tenant