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Elder Law Offices of SkarlatosZonarich LLC, Harvey P. Abramson, Of Counsel

Trust 40 Years of Experience Practicing Elder and Estate Law

Attorney Harvey P. Abramson and his team provide exceptional service and reliable information to his clients. With four decades of experience in elder and estate law, he's devoted to his practice and clients. His goal is to help you or your family member in times of financial crisis. We can also help you avoid these costly mistakes.

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The Trevose Office

Harvey Abramson

Harvey Abramson

  • About

    Practice Areas:

    • Elder Law and Special Needs
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Estate Administration

    Accreditations:

    • Member of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
    • Graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and Temple University School of Law
    • Former National VP of Brith Sholom Organization and Former President of Shir Ami Congregation in Newtown, PA
    • Member of the Bucks County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association
Anthony L. Loscalzo

Anthony L. Loscalzo

  • About

    Anthony L. Loscalzo, Of Counsel, advises clients on all aspects of estate planning to accomplish their goals while minimizing taxes and addressing sensitive family considerations. His practice is concentrated on estate planning, administering trusts and estates, tax planning for individuals & small businesses, and preparing federal gift tax returns and death tax returns (Federal Estate Tax and PA and NJ Inheritance Tax). He is experienced in the preparation of federal and state income tax returns for individuals, fiduciary income tax returns, and fiduciary accountings. Throughout his career, Anthony has accomplished Pre and Postmortem tax planning by using qualified disclaimers to address possible changes in family circumstances and tax laws. His practice also includes advising clients on required minimum distributions from their 401(k's), 403(b's), and IRAs, as well as using Qualified Charitable Distributions to minimize their income taxes while maximizing their charitable goals.


    Prior to joining the firm, Anthony L. Loscalzo was in private practice for more than forty years.


    Bar and Court Admissions::

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Supreme Court of New Jersey
    • U.S. Tax Court

    Education:

    • Temple University Beasley School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
    • Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D.
    • Pennsylvania State University, B.A., English

    Associations:

    • Pennsylvania Bar Association - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections
Elizabeth B. Place

Elizabeth B. Place

  • About

    Practice Areas:

    • Special Needs and Elder Law
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Estate Administration
    • Litigation, Arbitration, and Workplace Investigations

    Accreditations:

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • Dickinson School of Law, J.D.
    • Swarthmore College, B.A.
    • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
    • Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Elder Law Section
    • Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section
    • Dauphin County Bar Association
Abigail Zonarich

Abigail Zonarich

  • About

    Practice Areas:

    • Special Needs and Elder Law
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Estate Administration
    • Litigation, Arbitration, and Workplace Investigations
    • Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

    Accreditations:

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The Harrisburg Office

Gladys E. Balcarcel

Attorney

gladys@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717)-233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Estate Administration
    •  Estate Planning & Trusts
    •  Elder Law
    •  Special Needs
    •  Business and Corporate

    Bar and Court Admissions:


    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

    Education:

    • Widener University Commonwealth Law School, J.D., cum laude
    •  Virginia Commonwealth University, B.S

    Publications:


    Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act: A Survey of Allegheny Reproductive

    Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, 32 Widener

    Commonwealth L. Rev. 335 (2023)

James Cawley

James Cawley

Attorney, of Counsel

jcawley@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Energy and Infrastructure
    • Public Utility

    Accreditations:

    • St. Bonaventure University
    • Notre Dame Law School
    • Widener University Commonwealth Law School's Faculty Distinguished Service Award
    • PA Bar Institute Lecturer
    • James S. Bowman Ward (PBA)
    • American Inns of the Court
    • St. Thomas Moore Society
David Judy

David Judy

Attorney

djudy54836@gmail.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Real Estate
    • Estate Planning and Trusts

    Accreditations:

    • Bar and Court Admissions
    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Widener University School of Law, J.D.
    • University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A.
    • Harrisburg Area Community College, A.A.
    • Dauphin County Bar Association
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania
Kathy Speaker MacNett

Kathy Speaker MacNett

Attorney

ksm@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Real Estate
    • Estate Planning and Trusts

    Accreditations:

    • Bar and Court Admissions
    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Widener University School of Law, J.D.
    • University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A.
    • Harrisburg Area Community College, A.A.
    • Dauphin County Bar Association
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Merx

Jennifer Merx

Attorney

jmerx@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Special Needs and Elder Law
    • Real Estate
    • Litigation, Arbitration, and Workplace Investigations

    Accreditations:

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • Widener University School of Law, J.D.
    • Pennsylvania State University, B.S.
    • Harrisburg Area Community College, A.A. in paralegal studies
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association 1. Elder Law Section​
    • Real Property Probate and Trust Section Council Member
    • Dauphin County Bar Association
Kathleen B. Murren

Kathleen B. Murren

Attorney

kbm@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Real Estate

    Accreditations:

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • PBA Real Property, Probate, & Trust Law Section
    • Dickinson School of Law, J.D.
    • University of Notre Dame (B.S. Biology)
    • Wills, Trusts, and Estate Administration in Pennsylvania: A Handbook for Paralegals (HACC)
    • Attorney CLE:
    • Attorney Responsibility for Supervision of Paralegals
    • Ethical Use of Paralegal Services
    • Paralegal CLE:
    • Legal Research & Writing: A Refresher
Bridget M. Whitley

Bridget M. Whitley

Attorney, of Counsel

bmw@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Estate Administration

    Accreditations:

    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court 
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • Master of Laws in Estate Planning, University of Miami (1991)
    • Juris Doctor, Temple University School of Law (1981)
    • Pennsylvania State University, B.A. with Distinction (1973)
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Florida Bar Association - Out of State Practitioners Section
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section Dauphin County Bar Association - Estate Planning Section
    • How to Draft Effective Wills and Trusts for Your Clients in Pennsylvania (contributor),National Business Institute, 2005.
    • The Probate Process from Start to Finish in Pennsylvania (contributor), National Business Institute(2005).
Jacqueline Wolpert

Jacqueline Wolpert

Certified Public Accountant

jwolpert@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Tax
    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Planning and Trusts

    Accreditations:

    • Rutgers University Graduate School of Management, Newark, N.J., M.B.A
    • Brown University, Providence, R.I., B.A.
    • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
    • Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
John B. Zonarich

John B. Zonarich

Managing Member, Attorney

jbz@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Litigation, Arbitration, and Workplace Investigations
    • Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Business and Corporate

    Accreditations:

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
    • Supreme Court of New Jersey
    • Supreme Court of Virginia
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • Widener University School of Law, J.D.
    • Mount Saint Mary’s College, B.A.
    • Dauphin County Bar Association
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • West Virginia Bar Association
    • New Jersey Bar Association
    • Virginia Bar Association
    • Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Lifetime Member (limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements)
    • Pennsylvania "Rising Star" by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Magazine (2010) 
    • Central Penn Business Journal's Forty under 40 Award Recipient (2009)
    • D&H Distrib. v. Thumma,13 A.3d 987 (Pa. Super. 2010)(Restrictive covenant enforcement affirmed without opinion).
    • Conklin v. Purcell, Krug & Haller, et. al,2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7276 (M.D. Pa. 2007).
    • Boyds Collection, Ltd. v. Stephen C. Chambliss, et. al,2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13901 (M.D. Pa. 2005).
    • Hansel v. DeArmitt,71 Pa. D&C 4th 199 (Dauph. 2004).
    • Nunemacher v. Borough of Middletown,759 A.2d 57 (Pa. Commw. 2000). 
John R. Zonarich

John R. Zonarich

Managing Member, Attorney

jrz@skarlatoszonarich.com

Harrisburg Office: (717) 233-1000

Fax: (717) 233-6740

  • About

    Practices:

    • Business and Corporate
    • Litigation, Arbitration, and Workplace Investigations
    • Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
    • Trade Association Counsel
    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Planning and Trusts
    • Real Estate

    Accreditations:

    • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
    • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the #ird Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • Duquesne University School of Law, J.D.
    • Shippensburg University, Masters in Urban Planning
    • University of Scranton, B.S.
    • Dauphin County Bar Association
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Pennsylvania Borough Solicitor’s Association
    • West Virginia Bar Association
    • Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
    • Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Lifetime member (limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements).
    • Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in General Litigation (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012)
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