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As York County's largest firm, Stock and Leader provides a broad range of legal services to business, government and individual clients. We attribute our steady growth and stability as a firm to professional excellence, integrity, and a demonstrated commitment to our clients and our community.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in all Courts. Business and Finance, Corporation, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, School, Municipal Bonds and Financing, Labor and Employment Law, Environmental Law, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Wrongful Death, Products Liability and Trial Practice, Family Law, Divorce, Child Support and Child Custody.

Clients

GENERAL COUNSEL: Anesthesia Associates of York, Inc.
Atlantic Caisson Corporation
Ettline Foods Corporation
Global Ag Associates, Inc.
Hanover Health Care, Inc.
Hogg Construction
KBS Trucking, Inc.
Keystruct Construction, Inc.
Mantec, Inc.
North Industrial Chemicals, Inc.
Penn Waste, Inc.
Priority Post Co., Inc.
Realtors Association of York and Adams Counties
Rock Commercial Real Estate
Specialty Industries, Inc.
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts
Three M. Tool and Die Corp.
Wagman Construction, Inc.
Wilmac Corporation
World Trade Center Harrisburg
York County Chamber of Commerce
York County Heritage Trust
York Farm Credit ACA
York Container Co.
York County Community Foundation
York Graphic Services, Inc.
York Water Co.

APPROVED ATTORNEY AGENT FOR: Commonwealth Land Title
Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Conestoga Title Insurance Co.

LOCAL COUNSEL: American Builders & Contractors, Inc.
Bartlett Nuclear, Inc. Cumis Insurance Society, Inc.
David Cronheim Co.
FES Systems, Inc.
Forest Hill State Bank
Merchant's Insurance Group
First Virginia Bank
MDC Corporation
Point BreezeFederal Credit Union
NiSource, Inc.

SCHOOL DISTRICT COUNSEL: Bermudian Springs School District
Big Spring School District
Central York School District
Dover Area School District
Eastern York School District
Fairfield Area School District
Lower Dauphin School District
Mechanicsburg Area School District
Newport School District
Red Lion Area School District
South Eastern School District
South Middleton School District
Spring Grove Area School District
York Suburban School District.

MUNICIPAL COUNSEL: City of York
Cross Roads Borough
East Prospect Borough
Fairview Township
Fawn Grove Borough
Jackson Township
Jackson Township Sewer Authority
Jacobus Borough
Jacobus Borough Sewer Authority
New Freedom Borough
Penn Township
Spring Garden Township
Spring Grove Borough
Wrightsville Borough
Wrightsville Borough Municipal Authority
York Township
York Township Water and Sewer Authority and Southwestern Regional Police.

BOND COUNSEL: Central York School District
City of York
Columbia Borough
Conewago Valley School District
Dover Area School District
Dover Township
Dover Township Sewer Authority
Eastern York School District
Jacobus Borough Sewer Authority
Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council
Red Lion Area School District
Spring Garden Township
Spring Grove Area School District
York Suburban School District Authority
York Township
York Township Water and Sewer Authority
Wrightsville Borough Municipal Authority
York Area United Fire and Rescue Commission
Northern York County School District
Windsor Township
Dallastown Area School District.

LABOR/EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL: Associated Wholesalers, Inc.
Dallco Industries
Stone Container Corp.
Manchester Township
The Newark Group
Surtech, Inc.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• MasterCard
• American Express

Address

Susquehanna Commerce Center
221 West Philadelphia Street, Suite E600
York, PA 17401-2994, (York Co.)

Phone

Phone: 717-801-1539
Fax: 717-843-6134
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Website

http://www.stockandleader.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

Firm/Affiliate Offices

Hallam Office: 450 West Market Street. Telephone: 717-840-4491.

Red Lion Office: 64 N. Main Street. Telephone: 717-244-3102.

Stewartstown Office: 63 N. Main Street. Telephone: 717-993-2847.

PARTNERS

John J. Shorb (Partner) born York, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Denver (B.S., 1969); University of Baltimore Law School (J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Law.

William C. Gierasch, Jr. (Partner) born Southampton, New York, September 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1966); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1973). Member, Editorial Staff, Dickinson Law Review, 1972-1973. Member: York County Bar Association (President, 1994); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Products Liability.

W. Bruce Wallace (Partner) born New Castle, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1966); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1974). Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Probate Law; Tax) and American (Member, Sections on: Tax; Real Property Probate and Trust) and York County (Member, Estate Planning and Probate Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Law; Taxation; Probate.

Michael W. King (Partner) born Petersburg, Virginia, January 26, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the President Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 1976-1977. Member and Former-President, PA School Board Solicitors Association. Member, 2002—, Vice-Chair, 2003 and Chair, 2005—, PA Board of Law Examiners. Member: York County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. (Manging Partner). Practice Areas: Privacy and Publicity; Public Sector Employment Law; Business Law; Education Law.

Timothy P. Ruth (Partner) born Reading, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Georgetown University (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, The Tax Lawyer, 1976-1977. (Also at Hallam Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Probate.

William T. Hast (Partner) born Allegheny, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania. Education: Kent State University (B.A., 1969); Duquesne University (J.D., 1972). Former Assistant District Attorney, York County. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Estate Planning.

Stephen S. Russell (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1968); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1971). Member, Board of Directors, National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys, 1979-1983, 1998-2002. Member and Former President, Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors' Association. Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. [Sgt., U.S. Army, 1965-1967]. Practice Areas: School Law; Municipal Law; Labor and Employment.

Thomas M. Shorb (Partner) born York, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1974); Delaware Law School (J.D., 1977). Assistant District Attorney, York County, 1985-1986. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration.

Ronald L. Hershner (Partner) born York, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1978, magna cum laude); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1981; LL.M., Taxation, 1990). Member, Appellate Moot Court Board; Trial Moot Court. Member: York County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. (Also at Red Lion Office). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Real Estate Development; Commercial Leasing; Estate Planning; Business Tax Planning; Real Estate Title Insurance.

Jane H. Schussler (Partner) born Richmond, Indiana, November 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1974); Western New England College (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member, Western New England Law Review. Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia Rambo, 1981-1983. Practice Areas: Family Law.

Walter A. Tilley, III (Partner) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania; 1983, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979) Temple University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: York County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1998; Chairman, Young Lawyers Division, 1987-1989; President, 1997; Treasurer, 2000-2001); American Bar Association. Fellow: York County Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1996—; President, 2003-2004; Vice-President, 2001-2002). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Collective Bargaining; Municipal; Zoning; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law.

Steven M. Hovis (Partner) born York, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania. Education: Syracuse University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1987); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, Comparative Labor Law Journal, 1989-1990. Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers; Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Municipal Law; Municipal Bonds.

Jody Anderson Leighty (Partner) born York, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; 1994, Maryland. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1990); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1993). (Also at Stewartstown Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; General Practice.

Philip H. Spare (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member and Business Manager, Dickinson Law Review, 1991-1992. Hearing Committee Member of The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Appointed in 2008 for a 3-year term). Member of Pennsylvania School Boards Solicitors Association. Member: York County, Cumberland County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Education Law; Municipal Law; Employment Law.Email: Philip H. Spare

Neil A. Slenker (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, February 22, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1992); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Commercial Collections; Bankruptcy.

David A. Jones, II (Partner) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1993); The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1998). Member, Woolsack Honor Society, Dickinson School of Law. Law Clerk, Judges Quigley and Rehkamp, Perry County Court of Common Pleas. Member: Cumberland County and York County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Real Estate; Construction Law.

James E. Chiaruttini (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 1999, Maryland. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., 1994); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1998). Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Collections; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Law; Civil Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law.

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Alexandra C. Chiaruttini (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., Behavioral Neuroscience, 1992); Duquesne University (M.S., Environmental Science and Management, 1995); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Environment; Water Law.

Brooke E.D. Say (Associate) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Messiah College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member, Woolsack Honor Society. Author, "Ripe for Justice: A New UN Tool to Strengthen the Position of the 'Comfort Women' and to Corner Japan into its Reparation Responsibility." Member: York County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Education Law; Employment Law.

Sarah E. Buhite (Associate) born York, Pennsylvania, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2001); Widener University (J.D., 2005); University of Arkansas. Order of the Barristers. Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Law Clerk to the Hon. John C. Uhler, York County Court of Common Pleas. Member: York County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; American Agricultural Law Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Equine Law; Animal Law; Agricultural Law.

Rachel A. Clancy (Associate) born York, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania. Education: York College of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2001); Florida Institute of Technology (MBA, 2004); The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2007). Recipient, Eleanor A. Gohn Award, Proficiency in Business, 2001. Contract Specialist, The Department of Navy, 2001-2004. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; York County. [Honorable Discharge, U.S. Air Force, 1997]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Contracts; Finance; Leases and Leasing; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations.

OF COUNSEL

Henry B. Leader (Of Counsel) born York County, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1922; admitted to bar, 1948, Pennsylvania. Education: Swarthmore College (A.B., 1942); Yale University (J.D., 1947). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1947. Legislative Secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania, 1955-1959. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Probate.

Raymond L. Hovis (Of Counsel) born Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1934; admitted to bar, 1959, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1955; J.D., 1958). Representative, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1969-1972. Member: York County Bar Association (President, 1981). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Municipal Bonds.

Byron H. LeCates (Of Counsel) born York, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1933; admitted to bar, 1961, Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bucknell University (B.S., 1955); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (LL.B., 1960). Delta Mu Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa. Assistant Attorney General, Pennsylvania Department of Justice, 1963-1965. Prothonotary, York County, 1968-1971. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1956-1958]. Practice Areas: Probate; Education Law.

Craig W. Bremer (Of Counsel) born 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1970); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1973). Member: York County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Finance; Franchise Regulation.

J. Ross McGinnis (Of Counsel) born York County, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1928; admitted to bar, 1953, Pennsylvania. Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1949); Harvard University (LL.B., 1952). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Trials of Hex, Davis Trinity Publishing Co. President, York County Bar Association, 1984. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Eminent Domain; Probate.

D. Reed Anderson (Of Counsel) born York County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1964); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1967). First Assistant District Attorney, York County, 1974-1975. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. (Also at Stewartstown Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Commercial Law; Civil Practice; Asset Protection.