
Partner
Estate Planning & Administration
Business Succession Planning
Real Estate
Taxation
Mediation
Dickinson College
(Political Science)

Temple University School of Law
(J.D., LL.M.)
Lou's practice is concentrated in the areas of
wills, trusts, business and tax planning, contracts, corporate,
real estate law, and mediation. He is a frequent lecturer for the
Pennsylvania Bar Institute in the areas of estate planning, tax
planning, and estate administration.
Lou is a Past President of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association and a Past Chairman of the Disciplinary Board of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on which he served a six-year term.
He is a Past President of the Chester County Bar Foundation and
he is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is on the
Board of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation and was the recipient
of two PBA Special Achievement Awards for his work as chairman of
the PBA Long Range Planning Committee.
Lou is also a Past President and board member of the
Chester County Bar Association, Past Chairman of the PBA Young Lawyers'
Division, and he served on the PBA Board of Governors for ten years.
He served nine years in the House of Delegates of the American Bar
Association and is a past member of the PBA Judicial Evaluation
Commission. He is a past member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Committee to Study Racial and Gender Bias in the Courts and served for six years on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He was the first Chairman of the CCBA Young Lawyers Division and was founding Editor of the CCBA newsletter, New Matter.
In addition to his extensive service in legal organizations,
Lou is very active in the community. He currently serves on the
Board of Trustees of Malvern Preparatory School, the Chester County
Community Foundation (currently Chair), and the Chester County Advisory
Board of Eagle National Bank. He has also served on the Board of
Directors of the Laymen's Retreat League (Malvern) and is a Past
President of the Chester County Estate Planning Council. He is a
Past Chairman of the Annual Campaign at Paoli Hospital and is the
current Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation at Paoli
Hospital. Lou is a Past President of the Central Chester County
Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Central Chester County (1988),
and the Rotary Club of Exton-Frazer (1982).
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 1 -April 2007
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 2 - June 2007
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 3 - July 2007
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 4 - August 2007
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 5 - October 2007
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 6 - November 2007
"Top 16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 7 - December 2007
"Top
16" Estate Misconceptions-Part 8- January 2008
Value
of a Will or Estate Plan - 2004

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