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J. W. Alberstadt Jr.
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Administrative, Business and Estate Planning
Dickinson School of Law
Jay Alberstadt is a senior partner with MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, commercial and economic development ,and conventional and tax-exempt financing. He provides legal services to individuals, business entities, lending institutions, municipal authorities and development agencies. Mr. Alberstadt handles matters ranging from residential real estate transactions to detailed title and development issues. He also provides representation in commercial financings and tax-exempt municipal, industrial development and 501(c)(3) bond issues. He is co-chair of the Firm's real estate practice group and chair of the firm's marketing committee.
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John J. "Jack" Mehler
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Administrative, Business and Real Estate
University of Dayton School of Law
For 30 years, "Jack" Mehler has helped public and private companies, banks, developers, non-profit corporations and individuals in a wide range of legal matters. Jack concentrates in the areas of general business matters, real estate, banking, and financial transactions.
Jack also represents taxpayer-clients and developers in real estate tax assessment (value) appeals, and tax exemption cases throughout western Pennsylvania on many different types of properties as diverse as marinas, waterfront shipping facilities, hospitals, shopping centers and malls, industrial plants, truck terminals and warehouses, commercial and professional office buildings, corporate headquarters, hotels, and senior living facilities.
Jack has written numerous articles and is...
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Michael Kruszewski
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 21 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Arbitration & Mediation and Collections
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Attorney Kruszewski is a member of the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. His practice involves the representation of corporate debtors, secured creditors and unsecured creditor committees in business reorganization proceedings. His practice also includes commercial loan work-outs, bankruptcy-related and commercial litigation, and general collection matters. He has also been approved as a mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Attorney Kruszewski has been named as a Rising Star in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine in each year of publication from 2008-2016. He is also an active member of both the Erie County Bar...
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James E. Spoden
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 43 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
DePaul College of Law and DePaul College of Law
Mr. Spoden is a senior partner at MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the area of corporate, commercial and business law, with a special emphasis on taxation and estate planning for small business owners. He is also active in the area of business formation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Mr. Spoden is experienced in small business counseling including industrial, professional and service corporations.
Mr. Spoden is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Nicholas R. Pagliari
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business and Collections
University of Dayton School of Law
Mr. Pagliari's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, bankruptcy related litigation and collection matters. He primarily represents corporate debtors, secured creditors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, and other entities involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Attorney Pagliari is also an approved mediator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Pagliari graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History in 1998. In 2001, he graduated from The University of Dayton School of Law,...
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Michael S. Jan Janin
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
The University of Georgia School of Law
Attorney Jan Janin's practice involves the representation of debtors, secured creditors and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy. Particular emphasis is placed on Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 debtors. His practice also involves extensive collection work on behalf of banks and credit unions. Michael's practice involves litigation in both state and federal courts of western Pennsylvania. Specifically, he is admitted to practice before all courts under the purview of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Supreme Court...
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James R. Walczak
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Administrative, Business and Construction
Georgetown University Law Center and The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Mr. Walczak concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate governance, business transactions and finance, and creditors' rights.
Mr. Walczak acts in the capacity of general counsel for a number of business, non-profit and governmental organizations, providing legal advice on corporate, transactional and tax matters. Mr. Walczak is listed in the Bond Buyer Municipal Market Place Guide (commonly known as the municipal bond attorney's Red Book), and regularly provides tax advice and board counsel tax opinions with respect to tax-exempt financing transactions.
Mr. Walczak also represents creditors in complex creditor-debtor matters, including the negotiation of workout agreements and the representation of creditors...
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William R. Brown
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 52 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
William R. Brown concentrates his practice in the areas of Business Transactions, Commercial Real Estate and Creditor Rights.
In the area of Business Transactions, Mr. Brown advises businesses and individuals with respect to formation and governance of business entities, commercial transactions, contract formation and interpretation, real estate acquisition, disposition and development and structuring of financial relationships.
Mr. Brown also represents commercial and institutional lenders with respect to secured lending, construction financing, syndicated loans and participations, letters of credit and tax-exempt financings. As counsel to major commercial banks, Mr. Brown is regularly involved in the negotiation, structure, documentation and closing of major real...
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John Melaragno
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationErie, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 27 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Since he started his law practice in 1997, Attorney Melaragno has worked with individuals who were injured, through no fault of their own, in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, tractor trailer accidents, slips and falls and a variety of other circumstances. Attorney Melaragno and his partners have tried or settled cases with a success rate of over 99%, recovering more than $3.2 Million for their injured clients in the last 4 years alone.
Attorney Melaragno was selected to serve on the Panel for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 6, 2004 and from that...
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Mark Aaron
Clarion, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 30 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Criminal, DUI and Personal Injury
Duquesne University School of Law
For 25 years, Mark has been serving the cause of justice in Clarion County. From his earliest days in the Public Defender’s office, to five terms as Clarion County’s elected District Attorney, Mark’s temperament and judgement have been tested and refined.
Mark has earned his reputation as a tough litigator. Your case will be handled with your best interests constantly in mind. Whether that means negotiating an appropriate settlement or, when justice requires, to try the case before a jury, Mark has the expertise to ensure that you receive the best possible result.
• Tried 119 jury trials in Clarion...
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Rebeka Seelinger
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Criminal
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law
After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with honors, Ms. Seelinger gained valuable trial experience as an Assistant District Attorney in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. After spending time in the trial division, appellate division and juvenile division of the District Attorney's Office, Attorney Seelinger left to start her own law firm. Attorney Seelinger is lead counsel for Seelinger Law where she represents clients in the areas of bankruptcy law and criminal defense.
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Christopher William Merwin
Clarion, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Massachusetts School of Law
Attorney Merwin grew up in New Bethlehem Pennsylvania. He received his high school diploma from Redbank Valley High School, his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and his Doctorate of Juris Prudence from the Massachusetts School of Law.
Attorney Merwin's areas of practice include, but are not limited to, Divorce, Bankruptcy, Estates/Probate, Criminal Defense, DUI, Family Law, Landlord/Tenant and Civil Litigation.
Attorney Merwin is admitted to the bar of:
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Federal District of Massachusetts
Federal Western District of Pennsylvania
Joel Walker
Ridgway, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Antitrust, Business and Collections
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Ronald Earl Cook
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
John Eppinger
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Business, Divorce and Family
Thomas Brasco Jr.
Erie, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Criminal and Family
Keith Button
Meadville, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer
Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Real Estate
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Ryan Mergl
Sharon, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 17 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfBankruptcy, Animal, Business and Personal Injury
Duquesne University School of Law
Ryan Mergl is a former prosecutor and respected trial attorney. He represents clients throughout Pennsylvania and in the United States Federal Courts.
Awards & Recognition
Super Lawyers selected Mergl to their list as a Rising Star, noting his high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, he is a Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorney in Pennsylvania as named by the Association of American Trial Lawyers, and Pittsburgh Magazine named Mergl one of Western Pennsylvania’s "40 Under 40”.
Background
Mergl is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the...
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Dai Rosenblum
Butler, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Georgetown University Law Center and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Mr. Rosenblum is a sole practitioner in Butler, Pa who concentrates on consumer and small business bankruptcies. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1979, his Artium Baccalaureus from Vassar College in 1975, and his Diploma from Shady Side Academy in 1970. He was all but dissertation for a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University in 1980. He is a former Permanent Divorce Master for the Court of Common Pleas in Butler County, and was a law clerk to President Judge John C. Dillon, Judge Floyd A. Rauschenberger, Judge...
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Stephen McCoy Otto
Cranberry Township, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 26 years of experience
(724) 913-4440
Cranberry Crossroads
2009 Mackenzie Way, Ste 100
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Consumer and Social Security Disability
I grew up in the hard-working blue color region of Western Pennsylvania, attending the small but highly regarded Grove City College -- a conservative, reformed Christian school that has managed to remain entirely independent of government aid (one of only two undergraduate institutions in world to do so) and true to intentions of its founders. It was in this cauldron that my guiding principles were shaped -- honesty, working for the best interests of others, openness to correction, and faith in the sovereign and guiding hand of the triune God of the Bible. I went on to earn...
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Peter D Lyle
Cranberry Township, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 10 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Energy, Estate Planning and Probate
Duquesne University School of Law
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Felicia Santillan
Beaver, PA Bankruptcy Attorney with 25 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Divorce, Family and Foreclosure Defense
West Virginia University College of Law
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Michael Mazack
Cranberry Township, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Sreekar Roy Gadde
Mars, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer with 14 years of experience
549 Juniper Ct
Mars, PA 16046
Bankruptcy, Business and IP
The George Washington University Law School
Thomas Allen Dill
Sharon, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Samuel Clark
Indiana, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Criminal, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Michael Kolodziejczak
New Kensington, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Civil Rights and Social Security Disability
Margaret Lucas
Mercer, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Business, Divorce and Family
Allen Palmer
New Castle, PA Bankruptcy Attorney
Bankruptcy, Business, Health Care and Real Estate
Paul Anthony Bell
Indiana, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer
Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Michael Vaporis
Indiana, PA Bankruptcy Lawyer
Bankruptcy, Business, Divorce and Family