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| | Address | | 210 Walnut Street, P.O. Box 11963 | | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1963 | | (Dauphin Co.) | | | |
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| Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Acquisitions and Divestitures, Administrative Law, Aged and Aging, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Automotive Franchises and Dealerships, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Children, Civil Practice, Civil Rights, Civil Trials, Collections, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Federal Taxation, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Computers and Software, Construction Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Finance, Franchise and Franchising, Government Contracts, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Health Care, Hospital Law, Housing Law, Injunctions, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Medicare and Medicaid, Mergers, Mortgages, Non-Profit Charitable Organizations, PA Local Taxation, Partnership Law, PA State Taxation, Personal Injury, Planning and Land Use, Probate, Products Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate, Social Security, Taxation, Technology, Torts, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Wills, Workers Compensation, Zoning. | | Year Established: 1878 | Firm Profile:
Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP is a long-established firm serving national and local clients in a variety of legal matters, ranging from Federal and Pennsylvania taxation to corporate and securities law, health care issues, and civil litigation. Several attorneys within the firm focus on distinct practice areas to gain the benefits of specialization, while other attorneys comprise a general practice section that provides legal services across a broad spectrum of client needs. | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
AAA Central Penn; Aegis Security, Inc.; ALCOA; Altria Group, Inc.; American Premier Underwriters, Inc.; American Standard, Inc.; Arnold Transportation Services, Inc.; AT&T; Bayer Corporation; Boeing Company; Caterpillar, Inc.; Citizens Bank; Counsal Energy Inc.; CSX Transportation; Exxon Mobil Corp.; FirstEnergy Corp.; Freightliner Corp.; Hercules Inc.; Highmark Blue Shield; Hummer Equipment Company, Inc.; IBM Corp.; Kellogg USA, Inc.; Kraft Foods, Inc.; Lower Dauphin School District; McDonald's Corp.; McKesson Corporation; New Penn Motor Express, Inc.; PA Association of Elementary & Secondary School Principals; PACCAR Inc.; PG Energy Inc.; Phillips Group; PPL Electric Utilities Corporation; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Roadway Next Day Corp.; Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company; Rohm and Hass Company; Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Texas Eastern Transmission LP; Tim-Bar Corporation; TRW Inc.; US Airways, Inc.; W. R. Grace & Co. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Charles W. Rubendall II (Member) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; 1977, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. Tax Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. Claims Court; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1972); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Editor in Chief, Dickinson Law Review, 1975-1976. Member and Secretary, Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania, 1993-1995. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1987-1989. Chairman, Hearing Committee 3.03, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1988-1994. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law (Advocacy), Dickinson School of Law, 1991-1998. Member: Dauphin County (Chairman, Court Rules Committee, 1991-1993, 1999—; Director, 1993-1995), Pennsylvania, Federal (Pro Bono Chair, Middle District of Pennsylvania Chapter) and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Federal Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Defense. Email: Charles W. Rubendall II | | Robert L. Weldon (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1969); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1973). Associate Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1972-1973. Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chairman, Section on Tax Law, 1988-1990) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State Taxation Law; Local Taxation Law. Email: Robert L. Weldon | | Eugene E. Pepinsky, Jr (Member) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, January 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member, Board of Editors, Dickinson Law Review, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert Lee Jacobs, President Judge of Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1976-1978. Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Secured Creditors Rights; Commercial Banking; Real Estate Finance. Email: Eugene E. Pepinsky, Jr | | John H. Enos, III (Member) born Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Tax Court. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.B.A., 1969); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1972). Assistant Attorney General, 1972-1977 and Chairman, Sales and Use Tax Board of Review, 1974-1977, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State Taxation; Sales and Use Tax; Local Taxation Law. Email: John H. Enos, III | | Gary E. French (Member) born Uniontown, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. Claims Court; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., highest honors, 1974); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1977); Georgetown University Law Center (M.L., in Taxation, 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Associate Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate Law; Federal Taxation Law. Email: Gary E. French | | Donna S. Weldon (Member) born York, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with high distinction, 1969); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1976-1977. Member, Appellate Moot Court Board. Assistant Attorney General and Assistant General Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1977 and 1979-1984. Executive Assistant for Public Affairs, Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1978. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania (Chairman, Education Section, 1987-1988) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Education Law; Administrative Law; Taxation (Local) Law. Email: Donna S. Weldon | | Bradford Dorrance (Managing Partner) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1977); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Moot Court Honor Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award and Federal Bar Award in Administrative Law, 1980. Assistant Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Harrisburg, 1980-1985. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; General Practice; Workers Compensation. Email: Bradford Dorrance | | Jeffrey S. Stokes (Partner) born Murrysville, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: Bucknell University (B.S., 1977); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1980). Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1982 and Assistant Counsel, 1983-1985, Bureau of Corporation Taxes, Pennsylvania. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State Taxation; State Income Tax; Utility Taxation; Local Taxation; Tax Litigation. Email: Jeffrey S. Stokes | | Stephen L. Grose (Partner) born Lewistown, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Econ., 1970); University of Hawaii (M.B.A., 1973); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Staff, Dickinson Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Business Litigation(50%); Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation(20%); Employment Law(20%); Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries(10%). Email: Stephen L. Grose | | Robert R. Church (Member) born Corona, California, March 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Oregon, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1981, Virginia; 1982, California; 1984, Pennsylvania; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oregon State University (B.A., 1977); University of Oregon (J.D., 1979); College of William & Mary (LL.M. in Taxation, 1982). Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1987. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. [Capt., U.S. Army, JAGC, 1980-1984; Col., JAGC, U.S Army Reserve]. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Administration of Trusts and Estates; Federal Taxation. Email: Robert R. Church | | R. Scott Shearer (Member) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.S.Ch.E., 1971); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1974); Georgetown University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1975). Contributing Author: "Pennsylvania Tax Service," Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 1987. Deputy Attorney General, Pennsylvania Department of Justice, 1975-1978. Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State Taxation; Sales and Use Tax; State Income Tax; Tax Appeals; Local Taxation. Email: R. Scott Shearer | | Elyse E. Rogers (Member) born Ypsilanti, Michigan, January 10, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Lebanon Valley College (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Phi Alpha Epsilon. Member: Woolsack Society; Board of Editors, Dickinson Law Review, 1983-1984; Appellate Moot Court Board. Trustee, Pennsylvania Bar Trust and Insurance Trust, 1992-2000. Recipient: President's Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1997; Special Achievement Awards, 1996 and 2000. Named One of Pennsylvania's Best 50 Women in Business for 2000 by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Adjunct Professor, The Dickinson School of Law, 2003. Member: Dauphin County (Chairperson, Estate Planning and Probate Section, 1991-1992), Cumberland County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, 2004—. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Business Law; Partnership Law; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Closely Held Corporations. | | Craig A. Longyear (Member) born Sunbury, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1982); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1985). Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg Campus, 1995-2000. Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1988. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: State Taxation; Sales and Use Tax; Local Taxation. Email: Craig A. Longyear | | John A. Feichtel (Member) born Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Economics, 1990); Widener University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. [With US Navy, 1987-1989]. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Media. Email: John A. Feichtel | | Stephanie Kleinfelter (Member) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania. Education: Shippensburg University (B.S., 1984); Widener University (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Taxation; Business Planning. Email: Stephanie Kleinfelter | | OF COUNSEL | | Samuel C. Harry (Of Counsel) | | Heath L. Allen (Of Counsel) | | N. David Rahal (Of Counsel) | | SENIOR ATTORNEY | | Donald M. Lewis, III (Senior Attorney) born Rochester, New York, February 14, 1950; admitted to bar, 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1990, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1998, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., with honors, 1972); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1982). Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Pennsylvania Defense Institute; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Products Liability; Employment Litigation; Probate Litigation; Insurance Law; Appellate Practice; Environmental Law. Email: Donald M. Lewis, III | | ASSOCIATES | | Carol L. Verish (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania; 2007, Florida. Education: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1999); Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Corporate and Business Law; Real Estate. Email: Carol L. Verish | | Eric R. Augustine (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania; 2006, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1987); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Eric R. Augustine | | Todd F. Truntz (Associate) born Point Pleasant, New Jersey, October 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Lebanon Valley College (B.A., 1990); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Editor, Widener Journal of Public Law, 1997-1998. Law Clerk to Hon. Joseph H. Kleinfelter, President Judge, Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, 1999-2002. Member: Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Todd F. Truntz | Other Office Addresses:
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania Office: 635 North 12th Street, 4th Floor, 17043. Telephone: 717-612-5800. Telecopier: 717-612-5805.
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