Team Members

• Christopher B. Mumford - Of Counsel - Real Estate, Purchase, sale or lease of residential and commercial properties, Leases, contracts and options, Estate Planning, Financing arrangements, including mortgages, Mortgage foreclosures, Representation of municipalities, Construction contracts, Homeowners Associations and condominiums, Subdivision and land development, Business Matters, Guidance for routine business matters, Corporations, Limited liability companies, Sole proprietors, Purchases and sales of businesses, Employment contracts and non-competition agreements, Not for profit corporations, Commercial lending transactions, Estates, Trusts and Elder Law, Wills, Durable Powers of Attorneys, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills, Revocable 'Living' Trusts, Irrevocable 'Medicaid' Trusts, Estate probate and administration, Trust Administration, Insurance trusts, Guardianships for the incapacitated, Supplemental Needs Trust for the disabled, Charitable gifts, bequests and trusts, Medicaid and long-term health care planning, Trusts for children and grandchildrens
• Daniel S. Bryson - Partner - Real Estate; Municipal Law; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing; Evictions; Landlord and Tenant Law; Lease Finance; Lease Terminations; Office Leasing; Retail Leasing; Mortgage Law; Mortgage Banking Law; Mortgage Finance; Municipal Bonds; Municipal Contracts; Municipal Liability; Municipal Prosecution; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Conservation Easements; Conveyancing; Easements; Historic Conservation Easements; Homeowners Association Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Manufactured Housing Law; Mixed Use Development; Mobile Home Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Property Management; Quiet Title; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Licensing; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Building and Public Safety Codes; F
• Craig R. Welch - Partner - Real Estate; Municipal Law; Business Law; Trusts and Estates
• David D. MacKnight - Counsel - Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Collections
• Jacqueline M. Thomas - Partner and Chair of the Litigation Practice Group - Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Nursing Home Negligence; Wrongful Death; Motor Vehicle Accidents; Premises Liability; Dog Bites; Commercial and Estate Litigation
• David E. Anderson - Partner - Electronic Commerce; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy; Utility Law; Environmental Law; Government Relations
• Jennifer Lynn Chadwick - Partner -
• John T. Refermat - Partner - Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Real Property; Tax Certiorari; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Banking Litigation; Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Litigation; Business Torts; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Creditors Rights; Debtor and Creditor; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; Environmental Cost Recovery; Environmental Liability; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Mediation; Environmental Penalties; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Historic Preservation; Insurance Arbitration; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Litigation; Subrogation; Insurance Defense; Covenants Not To Compete; Employment Arbitration; Employment Defense; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; E-Discovery; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Long-Arm Litigation; Trial Practice; U.S. Supreme Court Litigation; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Premises Liability; Inadequate Security; Negligent Security;
• Lawrence J. Schwind - Partner - Matrimonial Law; Real Estate Law; Municipal Law; Collaborative Family Law; Children; Adoption Law; Agency Adoptions; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Care; Child Custody; Child Custody Mediation; Child Dependency; Child Support; Child Welfare; Childrens Rights; Day Care; Fathers Rights; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Independent Adoptions; Parental Rights; Parenting Time; Private Adoptions; Step Parent Adoptions; Termination of Parental Rights; Third Party Custody; Visitation Rights; Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Family Arbitration; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Military Divorce; Name Changes; Non-Traditional Family Law; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Restraining Orders; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Local Government Law; Township Law; Guardianship; Probate Administration; Probate; Personal Property; Real Estate; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Easements; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Sales; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residen
• John M. Wells - Attorney -
• Leon Katzen - Senior Counsel and Founder - Negligence; Estate Planning; Real Estate Law; Elder Law; Civil Litigation; Business Law
• Louis A. Ryen - Senior Counsel - Bankruptcies; Business Reorganizations; Commercial Recoveries; Workouts and Insolvencies; Collections - Commercial and Consumer; Creditors' Rights; Delinquent Mortgage Matters
• Mark H. Stein - Partner - Collections and Creditors Rights; Evictions
• Mary V. Fisher - Partner - Trust and Estate Planning; Estate Tax Planning; Trust and Estate Administration Services
• Michael S. Schnittman - Partner - Collections; Creditors Rights Law; Foreclosure Law; Mechanic's Lien; Credit Law; Lenders Rights; Loan Workouts; Commercial Collections; Garnishments; Post Judgment Collections; Professional Collections; Retail Collections; Secured Collections; Unsecured Collections; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Debtor and Creditor; Creditors Rights; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Debtor and Creditor Remedies; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights; Mortgage Foreclosure; Mortgage Lien Foreclosure; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Workouts
• Lisa C. Arrington - Partner - Elder Law; Medicaid and Asset Protection Planning including Community Medicaid homecare pooled trusts; Special Needs Planning including Supplemental Needs Trusts; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Guardianships
• Michael Wegman - Attorney -
• Joanne Constantino - Attorney -
• Joshua B. Beisker - Associate -
• Peter T. Rodgers - Managing Partner - Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Business Litigation; Products Liability
• Robert M. Vigdor - Attorney -
• Terrance W. Emmens - Partner - Elder Law; Medicaid; Estate Planning; Administrative Agency Practice; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Administrative Litigation; Federal Administrative Law; Aged and Aging; Elder Abuse; Elder Care; Elder Rights; Asset Protection; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Conservatorship; Dependent Adult Abuse; Elder Guardianship; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Mental Disability Law; Continuing Care Retirement Communities; Long Term Care; Nursing Home Litigation; Nursing Home Negligence; Medicare and Medicaid; Medicaid Hearings; Medicaid Planning; Probate; Ancillary Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Conveyancing; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Sales; Real Property; Residential Real Estate; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Inheritance Tax; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers
• Robin L. Folts - Partner - Elder Law Planning(70%); Estate Planning(25%); Creditors' Rights(5%); Collections - Commercial and Consumer
• Timothy Muck - Partner - Estate Planning(20%); Business and Corporate Law(20%); Business Succession Planning(20%); Trust and Estate Administration(20%); Tax Structuring and Planning(20%)
• Matthew A. Ryen - Partner - Corporate and Business Law; Real Estate - Commercial and Residential; Debtor/Creditor Law; Municipal Law; Mortgage Banking; Private Lending; Collections; Estate Planning and Administration
• Rachelle H. Nuhfer - Associate -
• Kelly R. Gusmano - Associate -

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