Team Members

• Jaclyn M. Vary - Associate - Business Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Nonprofit Law
• Colleen Meredith - Associate - Charitable Planning; Estate Administration; Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer; Retirement Distribution Planning; Taxation; Trust Administration; Wealth Transfer
• David M. Lenz - Partner - Estate Planning and Probate; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Charitable Planning; Family Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations; Wealth Transfer
• J. Donald Cairns, Esq. - Of Counsel - Trusts and Trust Administration; Fiduciary Representation; Estate Planning; Probate and Estate Administration; Tax and Planning; Charitable Planning and Giving; Trust and Probate; Real Property Law; Taxation
• M. Elizabeth Monihan, Esq. - Partner - Estate Planning; Probate and Estate Administration; Trusts and Trust Administration; Fiduciary Representation; Tax and Planning; Charitable Planning and Giving; Trust and Probate; Taxation Law
• Gregory C. Johnson - Partner -
• Gregory A. Thompson - Associate - Employment Law; Litigation; Probate Litigation
• James R. Bright, Esq. - Partner - Probate and Estate Administration; Trusts and Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Fiduciary Representation; Tax Law and Planning; Charitable Planning and Giving
• James P. Farmer, Jr. - Partner - Mineral Rights; Estate Administration
• James Gianfagna - Associate - Business Law(25%); Corporate Law(20%); Mergers and Acquisitions(20%); Real Estate(20%); Labor and Employment(15%)
• James M. Havach, Esq. - Of Counsel - Taxation; Real Estate; Partnership; Commercial Contracts; Limited Liability Companies; Corporate; Business; Real Property; Sports; Entertainment
• James D. Vail - Managing Partner -
• Janice Edgehouse Rieth - Partner - Domestic Relations Law; Divorce; Post Divorce; Separation Agreements; Premarital Agreements
• Kenneth J. Laino - Partner - Business Law; Real Estate; Asset Protection Planning; Business Succession Planning; Estate Administration; Estate Planning and Probate; Health Care Law; Nonprofit Organizations; Trust Administration
• Joseph P. Gibbons - Partner - Business Law; Estate Planning; Real Estate
• Kimberly E. Stein, Esq. - Associate - Trusts and Estates; Estate and Gift Taxation; Family Wealth Transfer; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Probate; Estate Planning; Tax Planning; Inheritance and Estate Tax Planning; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
• Mark M. Mikhaiel - Associate - Litigation, Business/Commercial Litigation, Employment Litigation, Trust, Estate, and Probate Litigation
• J. Paul Fidler - Partner - Business Succession Planning; Charitable Planning; Estate Administration; Estate Planning and Probate; Family Foundations; Probate Litigation; Retirement Distribution Planning; Taxation; Trust Administration; Wealth Transfer
• Phillip A. Ranney - Partner - Charitable Planning(5%); Estate Administration(15%); Estate Planning and Probate(5%); Family Foundations(40%); Taxation(5%); Trust Administration(30%)
• Jennifer A. Savage - Partner - Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Administration; Succession Planning
• Ryan P. Nowlin - Partner - Family Law(70%); Business Litigation(20%); Probate Litigation(10%)
• Scott J. Robinson - Partner - Commercial Litigation(75%); Employment & Labor Litigation(10%); Product Liability Litigation(5%); Probate Litigation(10%)
• J. Talbot Young, Esq. - Partner - Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Estate and Gift Taxation; International Estate Planning; Wills; Probate; Tax Planning; Gift Estate and Generation Skipping Tax Planning; Inheritance and Estate Tax Planning; Family Wealth Transfer; Wealth Preservation
• Thomas I. Hausman - Of Counsel - Partnership Taxation; Limited Liability Partnerships; Corporate Taxation; Tax Controversies; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Organization
• Thomas J. LaFond - Partner - Estate Planning and Probate(10%); Family Law(90%)
• Todd K. Masuda - Partner - Business Law(40%); Employment Law(10%); Nonprofit Organizations(5%); Real Estate(5%); Commercial Law(40%)

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