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| | Address | | 17 West Miner Street, P.O. Box 660 | | West Chester, Pennsylvania 19381-0660 | | (Chester Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 610-436-0100 | | Fax: 610-430-7885; 610-429-4486 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.macelree.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| MacElree Harvey, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Probate and Municipal Law. Personal Injury Law, Plaintiff and Defendant. Wills, Estate, Trusts, Land Use, Zoning, Family Law, Employment Law, Civil Rights. | | Year Established: 1973 | Firm Profile:
The law firm of MacElree Harvey, Ltd., is one of the oldest and most respected firms in Chester County. The firm as it exists today was formed by the merger of two Chester County firms in 1973. The original MacElree firm was begun, though, in 1890 by the grandfather of Mr. Lawrence MacElree. Our law firm is one of the largest in Chester County with over 25 practicing attorneys. We are a general practice firm with experience and expertise in commercial litigation, foreclosures, collections, bankruptcy, lender liability litigation and business and banking law advice. We have substantial transactional experience in real estate, land use, zoning, lending work and debt restructuring. In addition, our firm currently represents many individual and corporate clients in professional malpractice litigation. Our attorneys also represent clients in a variety of family law matters. Our location in the county seat of Chester County gives us excellent access to the county legal system. We are able to respond to requests for information and documentation in a timely manner because of this proximity. In addition, we are connected by on-line computer to the records of Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware Counties and are able to access them at minimal or no additional charge to our client. The firm has foreign language capabilities as well (German, French, Italian, Spanish). | | Firm Size: 25 | Rate Information:
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Other Office Locations of MacElree Harvey, Ltd.
Centerville, Delaware, U.S.A.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
| | William J. Gallagher (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Pennsylvania. Education: LaSalle College (B.A., 1960); Villanova University (J.D., 1963). Public Defender, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1970-1971. Member: Chester County (President, 1989), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Plaintiff Personal Injury Law; Criminal Defense Law; General Litigation. Email: William J. Gallagher | | Louis N. Teti (Member) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1972); Temple University (J.D., 1976; LL.M., Taxation, 1981). Chair, The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2004-2005. Member: Chester County (Secretary, 1979-1982, 1986-1988; Vice-President, 1989; President-Elect, 1990; President, 1991; Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1977; Member, Board of Directors, 1977-1992), Pennsylvania (President, 1999-2000; Chairman, Young Lawyers Division, 1983-1984; Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1985, 1991-1994; 1997-2001; Member: House of Delegates, 1991—; Judicial Evaluation Commission, 1998-2002) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1985-1988, 1989-1991, 1998-2002) Bar Associations; Chester County Estate Planning Council (President, 1988-1989). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Tax Planning; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Corporate Law. Email: Louis N. Teti | | Michael G. Louis (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, May 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1977); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Creditors Rights Law; Bankruptcy; Real Estate. Email: Michael G. Louis | | Mary Ann Rossi (Member) born Pittston, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Marywood College (B.A., 1973); Indiana State University (M.A., 1974); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1979). Member: Chester County Bar Association (President, 1996). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning and Land Use; Condemnation; Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Mary Ann Rossi | | John F. McKenna (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A., 1973); Temple University (J.D., 1988). Member, Environmental Law and Technology Journal, 1985-1986. Recipient: Trial Advocates Award, Barrister Society, 1987; President's Award, Chester County Bar Association, 2001. Member: Chester County (President, 2004; Member, Board of Directors, 1996; Secretary, 2000; Treasurer, 2001; Vice-President, 2002; Director, 1997-1999; Treasurer, 2001), Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; John E. Stively American Inn of Court (Membership Chair, 1996-1999; Treasurer, 1999—); Chester County Bar Foundation (President, 2000). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Family Law; Estate Litigation. Email: John F. McKenna | | Harry J. DiDonato (Member) born Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1987); Villanova University (J.D., 1990; LL.M., 1995). Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Harry J. DiDonato | | Lance J. Nelson (Member) born Falmouth, Massachusetts, September 29, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1987); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Member: Chester County, Delaware, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Lance J. Nelson | | Joseph A. Bellinghieri (Member) born Norristown, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Drexel University (B.S., cum laude, 1988); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1991); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1993). Member: Chester County, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Taxation; Corporate; Real Estate; Elder Law. Email: Joseph A. Bellinghieri | | Timothy F. Rayne (Member) born West Chester, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Family Law. Email: Timothy F. Rayne | | William T. Wilson (Member) born Fort Bragg, North Carolina, November 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, North Carolina; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court of Appeals for Armed Forces; 1984, Pennsylvania; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1976); Duke University (J.D., 1979). Member: Pennsylvania, Chester County and American Bar Associations. [US Army, Active Duty, 1979-1984; Colonel, US Army Reserve, 2003—.]. Practice Areas: Employment; Civil Rights; Civil Litigation. Email: William T. Wilson | | W. Patrick Scott (Member) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., English Literature, 1989); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Managing Editor, University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce, 1991-1992. Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Perter Paul Olszewski, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1992-1994. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Transactions; Banking Law; Commercial and Residential Real Estate. Email: W. Patrick Scott | | Duke Schneider (Member) born Wiesbaden, Germany, November 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with distinction, 1984; M.B.A., 1986); Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Author: Legacy: Planning, Protect & Preserve Your Estate; Generations: Planning Your Legacy. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Duke Schneider | | Leo M. Gibbons (Member) born Duquesne, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Chief Judicial Clerk, 1995-1999, Judicial Clerk, 1993-1995 Honorable James P. Cavanaugh, Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Judicial Clerk 1992-1993, Honorable Charles R. Alexander, Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Commercial Law; Real Estate. Email: Leo M. Gibbons | | ASSOCIATES | | Brian L. Nagle (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania. Education: The Catholic University of America (Anthropology); Widener University School of Law. Member: Chester County (Member, Board of Directors, Chester County Bar Foundation) and Pennsylvania (Delegate, House of Delegates) Bar Associations; The Honorable John E. Stively Inns of Court (Secretary). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Land Use and Zoning. Email: Brian L. Nagle | | Leonard J. Rivera (Associate) born Sellersville, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ursinus College (B.A., 1987); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member, Allegheny County Trial Lawyers Moot Court Team. Recipient, International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award. Member: Christian Legal Society, 1987-1990; Minority Law Students Association, 1987-1990. Solicitor to, Chester County Treasurer, Alan J. Randzin. Parliamentarian and Financial Secretary for Republican Committee of Chester County, 2002—. Republican Committeeman, 2002-2004. Member: Chester County Bar Association (Chair: Sole Practitioner Section, 1998-2002 and Law Day Committee, 1999-2001; Member: Law Related Education Section, Naturalization Committee, Criminal Defense Section). Special Agencies: La Comunidad Hispana; Chester County Industrial Development Authority, Treasurer. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Personal Injury; Litigation; Immigration Law. Email: Leonard J. Rivera | | Brendan P. Burke (Associate) born New York, New York, September 6, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Boston University (B.S., Communications, magna cum laude, 1995); Villanova University (J.D., 1998). Member, Moot Court Board, 1996-1998. Pennsylvania Contributing Editor, Product Liability Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Compendium, published annually by Aspen Law & Business. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning Law; Land Use; Commercial Litigation. Email: Brendan P. Burke | | Alexander J. Chotkowski (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1993); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 1996). Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Bar Associations. [USMC, Active Duty, 1996-2000; Major, USMC Reserves, 2000—]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation. Email: Alexander J. Chotkowski | | Peter Kratsa (Associate) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., English); Villanova University (J.D.). Member: Chester County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Peter Kratsa | | Kevin P. Meise (Associate) born Southampton, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania; 1997, New Jersey. Education: Temple University (B.B.A., 1992); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Finance; Public Finance. Email: Kevin P. Meise | | James B. Urie (Associate) born Media, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2001, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Temple University (B.A., Political Science, 1997); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2000); Villanova University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2001). Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Tax Law; Nonprofit Tax Law. Email: James B. Urie | | Nikolaos I. Tsouros (Associate) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1989); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1992); Villanova University School of Law (LLM in Taxation, 1997). Judicial Clerk for Philadelphia Municipal Court, 1993-1995. Member: Chester County, Montgomery County, and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Planning; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Taxation; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate. Email: Nikolaos I. Tsouros | | Shannon Brophy (Associate) born Andover, NJ, July 18, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 2001); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Eric D. Turner Award for best exemplifying the positive attributes of a matrimonial lawyer. Judicial Extern for the Honorable Timothy J. Savage, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Family Law. | | OF COUNSEL | | Jane M. Shields (Of Counsel) born Montclair, New Jersey, November 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1972); Temple University (J.D., 1977). Supervisor, Wallace Township, 1992—. Treasurer, Chester County General Authority, 2003—. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Land Use; Civil Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Jane M. Shields | | RETIRED | | John A. Featherman, III (Retired Partner) born Nottingham, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1938; admitted to bar, 1969, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1960); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1969); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Directors: First National Bank of Chester County; Chester County Community Foundation; Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry; YMCA of the Brandywine Valley. C.E.O., First National Bank, Chester County, 2003—. Member: Chester County (President, 1984), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Office: 211 E. State Street, P. O. Box 363. Telephone: 610-444-3180. Fax: 610-444-3270.
Wilmington, Delaware Office: 1716 Wawaset Street, PO Box 4064, 19807. Telephone: 302-429-0246.
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