Hockessin, DE

Amanda Jester

April 7, 2023 by Hoppel Design

Amanda Jester

Associate, Real Estate

Amanda R. Jester, Esquire, is a real estate attorney admitted in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Amanda R. Jester, Esquire, is an attorney admitted in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Her practice is focused on Residential Real Estate but she also represents clients in a range of matters including business, estate planning and estate administration.

Amanda is an army/air force brat who came to Delaware via Dover AFB. She graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1999. She then received her B.A. in History Education from the University of Delaware and her M.Ed. in Educational Technology from Wilmington University. After a decade as a High School Social Studies Teacher and labor union leader, Amanda left the classroom to pursue other opportunities. She graduated from Widener Delaware Law School with honors in 2020. The Delaware Bar was cancelled that year but resumed in 2021. Amanda passed that year and was admitted in 2022.

In her free time, you will find Amanda playing video games with her forever Player 2, her husband Christopher, whom she married in 2005 in a Star Wars/Halo themed wedding.

PRACTICE AREAS

Real Estate

OFFICES

West Chester, PA

ADMISSIONS

Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania

EDUCATION

Widener Delaware Law School
Wilmington University, M.Ed. in Educational Technology
The University of Delaware, B.A. in History Education

Daniel R. Losco

August 31, 2022 by Hoppel Design

Daniel R. Losco

Partner – Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Business, Wills, Trusts and Estates

Daniel R. Losco brings 38 years of experience in commercial and residential real estate matters, as well as business transactions, wills, trusts and estates.

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Daniel R. Losco brings 38 years of experience in commercial and residential real estate matters, as well as business transactions, wills, trusts and estates. His clients range from commercial and residential real estate developers, regional lending institutions, condominium associations, local business owners, municipal governments as well as private individuals.

Prior to joining MacElree Harvey, Ltd., Mr. Losco was the founding partner of Losco & Marconi, P.A., a Delaware civic litigation and transactional law firm established in July, 1995. He served as the City Solicitor for the City of Delaware City from 2000 through 2011 and has served as the current City Solicitor for the City of New Castle, Delaware since 2011. Mr. Losco was recognized in 2010, 2011 and 2012 as a Five Star Wealth Manager in Delaware Today magazine for his work in estate planning and administration.

A native of Pittsburgh, Mr. Losco received his bachelor’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 1980 and is a 1984 graduate of the Delaware Law School of Widener University. While in law school, Mr. Losco was a two year member of the law review serving on the Board of Editors of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.

Representative clients include First Citizens Community Bank, Old Republic Title Insurance Company, Delle Donne & Associates, Cirillo Brothers, True Access Capital Corporation and National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor Research Fund, Inc. (NCALL) as well as various private individuals, local businesses and condominium/community maintenance associations.

Notable Representations

Secured land use approvals for a 50,000 sq. ft. “flex space” commercial development in Millsboro, Delaware.
Formed a five-unit professional office condominium for a group dentists in the Smyrna, Delaware area.
Assisted the City of New Castle in the conversion of its Board of Adjustment to a citizen board and providng legal and ethical training to the initial citizen members.
Simultaneously settled commerical loans for over $5 million in bridge loan and permanent financing for a new warehouse development in Newark, Delaware.
Successfully negotiated and settled the purchase of multiple properties in the City of Wilmington to establish client’s ownership of an entire city block for redevelopment.
Assisted a builder/developer in negotiations to develop a vertical farm in the City of Wilmington.
Re-wrote the City of New Castle’s Historic Area Commission ordinance to modernize and streamline land use approvals in the City’s nationally recognized historic zone.
Successfully negotiated land development agreements with a national home building company for a 200+ lot development in Kent County, Delaware.
Successfully negotiated a long term commercial lease for a regional bank at property located in Greenville, Delaware.
Successfully defended allegations of financial wrongdoing against a community maintenance association with the Delaware Delaware Common Interest Ownership Act Ombudsman.
Completed negotiations and settlement on the purchase of a “Postal Connections” franchise including settlement of an SBA loan and negotiation of a lease assignment.
Assisted a terminally ill client with expedited estate planning documentation.

Memberships

Delaware Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Delaware Bar Association Real Estate and Personal Property Section; Estates and Trusts Section; Law Practice Management Section; Small Firm and Solo Practice Section; Senior Citizen’s Rights Committee

Community Involvement

American Heart Association, Delaware Affiliate, Board of Directors – 1993 to 1998
American Heart Association, Research Committee Member – 1998 to 2000
New Castle County Head Start – Board of Directors – 1999 to 2009
Christina Cultural Arts Center – Board of Directors and Executive Committee – 2014 to 2020

Publications

“Representing the Elderly: Ethical Challenges”, Delaware Lawyer, Summer, 1989
Contributing Author: Guardianship Handbook published under the auspices of the Delaware Court of Chancery

PRACTICE AREAS

Real Estate

Trust & Estate Litigation

OFFICES

Hockessin, DE

ADMISSIONS

All Delaware and Pennsylvania State Courts
S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Third Circuit Court of Appeals

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1980
Delaware Law School of Widener University, J.D., 1984

Thomas C. Marconi

August 31, 2022 by Hoppel Design

Thomas C. Marconi

Of Counsel

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Thomas C. Marconi, Esquire, a Delaware native, formed Losco & Marconi, P.A. with Daniel R. Losco, Esquire in July 1996 after six years as an associate in the business and commercial section of the former Pricket, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee. Tom’s practice areas include: commercial litigation, administrative law, residential and commercial real estate conveyancing, and land use and zoning. He has also served as an administrative hearing officer for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families and the Delaware Department of Education.

Tom was admitted to the Delaware Bar in December 1989. Between September 1989 and August 1990, he served a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Norman A. Barron on the Superior Court of the State of Delaware. Between March 1997 and August 2000, Tom served as the Chairman of the New Castle County Board of Adjustment pursuant to an appointment by the County Executive, and confirmation by the New Castle County Council. Tom is currently a member of the Delaware State Bar Association and is admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Tom has substantial experience counseling clients, handling business transactions, and successfully litigating civil lawsuits in his various practice areas in all Delaware trial courts, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Tom resides primarily in Ocean View, Delaware with his wife, Lisa. He is the proud father of four grown children. When not pursuing professional interests, Tom enjoys golf, fishing, cooking, home renovation projects, and spending time with his wife and family.

Notable Representations

Successfully represented clients in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in an action to invalidate a local municipality’s residential property maintenance ordinance on the grounds that it violated the Due Process Clause of the U. S. Constitution. The case ultimately resulted in the defendant municipality and a number of municipalities in Delaware revising their residential property maintenance ordinances to conform to the decision of the Court of Appeals in the case.
Successfully represented a client in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware in an action against a Delaware limited liability company that operated a commercial shipyard in Mobile, Alabama to recover a seven figure severance payment that was being withheld from the client by the company ostensibly on the grounds that the client had mismanaged an approximately $122 million shipbuilding contract to construct three ocean going Jones Act tankers.
Successfully represented a real estate developer in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in an appeal of a local municipality’s refusal to approve a record land development plan that fully satisfied the requirements of the municipality’s land use code and its Comprehensive Plan.
Successfully represented numerous buyers and sellers of business assets, company stock, and residential and commercial real estate of all kinds throughout Delaware.
Successfully represented numerous commercial, government and non-profit lenders in financing their customers’ purchase of businesses assets, company stock, and real estate of all kinds throughout Delaware.
Successfully represented numerous commercial, government and non-profit lenders in loan workouts, forbearance arrangements, and foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings involving non-performing loans.
Successfully represented numerous property owners, prime contractors, subcontractors, and materials suppliers in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware in mechanic’s lien actions brought under Title 25, Chapter 27 of the Delaware Code.
Successfully represented a client who was the grandmother and sole caretaker of four very young children in a pro bono publico matter wherein the client sought a hardship discharge of her Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. The hardship discharge was granted by the Court which allowed the client to avoid a foreclosure and she and her grandchildren were able to remain in their modest home.

OFFICES

Hockessin, DE

ADMISSIONS

Delaware

John C. Cronin

August 31, 2022 by Hoppel Design

John C. Cronin

Associate – Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Business, and Real Estate

“We convince by our presence” – Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road

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John C. Cronin, Esquire, is an attorney admitted in the State of Delaware, focusing his practice on Estate Planning and Estate Administration. He also has experience in Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law, International Corporate Transactional Law, and Business Formation and Governance.

J.C. is a proud native of Delaware. He graduated from Newark High School in 1999 and then attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland where he received his B.A. in History and International Studies in 2003. J.C. graduated from Tulane University with his J.D. and M.B.A. in 2008, and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 2010.

When not at work, J.C. enjoys travel, reading, genealogy, spending time with his wife, and raising his children.

PRACTICE AREAS

Estate Planning

Real Estate

OFFICES

Hockessin, DE

ADMISSIONS

Delaware

EDUCATION

Washington College, B.A. in History and International Studies, 2003
Tulane University, J.D. and M.B.A., 2008

Beverly J. Wik

May 18, 2022 by Hoppel Design

Beverly J. Wik

Of Counsel – Estate Planning and Estate and Trust Administration

Mrs. Wik’s practice is concentrated in estate planning and estate and trust administration for large estates and families.

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Mrs. Wik’s practice is concentrated in estate planning and estate and trust administration for large estates and families with handicapped and special needs beneficiaries, custom estate plans for couples in second marriage, families who wish to create asset protection trusts for their property that will pass to their children, and families with family property that they wish to pass to their children, and general business and tax planning for small business owners, including formation of business enterprises and drafting of ownership restrictive agreements. Mrs. Wik has practiced in this area of law for over 40 years.

Notable Representations

A List

Memberships

Delaware State Bar Association, Sections of Estates and Trusts (Chair 1989 – 1990), Taxation, Elder Law, and Women and the Law (Chair, 1983 – 1984)
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation and Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), elected 1995
Estate Planning Council of Delaware, Inc. (Board of Directors, 1987 – 2005; President, 2003 – 2004)
Formerly Director, The Bayard Firm (now known as Bayard, P.A.), a Wilmington, Delaware law firm (Director from 1991 to 2005)
Formerly Wilmington Trust Company, Senior Trust Officer and Trust Counsel
Formerly Adjunct Professor at Widener University School of Law teaching courses in Federal Estate Tax and Estate Planning

PRACTICE AREAS

Estate Planning

Estates & Trusts Law

OFFICES

Hockessin, DE

ADMISSIONS

Delaware, 1981
United States Supreme Court, 2008
United States Tax Court, 1989
United States District Court, District of Delaware, 1991
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1994

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1981
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, 1993
University of Delaware, B.A., magna cum laude, 1974

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AWARDS

Delaware State Bar Association, Women’s Leadership Award, 2012
- The Women’s Leadership Award is awarded to a member of the Delaware Bar whose character, strength, personality, achievement, and activities in matters affecting women lawyers have served as an inspiration to and a model for women lawyers in their professional career
Delaware State Bar Association, Daniel L. Herrmann Professional Conduct Award, 2018
- The Daniel L. Herrmann Professional Conduct Award is awarded to a member of the Delaware Bar who, over the course of time, has demonstrated those qualities of courtesy and civility which, together with high ability and distinguished service, exemplifies the Delaware lawyer
Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Beverly J. Wik has been listed as a lawyer with an AV® rating since 1994, reflecting confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary in categories of legal ability and general ethical standards.
Super Lawyers®
- Since 2010, Beverly J. Wik has been ranked as a Super Lawyer in the area of estate planning and probate in Wilmington and New Castle, Delaware.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers®“Best Law Firms”
- Since 2011 Old Capital Law Firm has been regionally ranked as a best law firm. During that time Beverly J. Wik has been the sole Director of Old Capital Law Firm.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
- Beverly J. Wik has been listed with the Best Lawyers publication since 2006.
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Delaware (University of Delaware), 1974

Daniel Horowitz

March 3, 2022 by Hoppel Design

Daniel Horowitz

Of Counsel – Real Estate Business and Corporate Law

Daniel Horowitz is an attorney admitted in the State of Delaware, focusing his practice on corporate, business and real estate law.

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Daniel Horowitz is an attorney admitted in the State of Delaware, focusing his practice on corporate, business and real estate law. He previously served as an in-house attorney for Amtrak and also has experience in Mergers and Acquisitions.

In addition to his work at MacElree Harvey, Dan and his wife Dana are the co-owners of Horowitz Closings, Inc., where they have performed over 10,000 residential real estate closings.

In his spare time, Dan enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.

Community Involvement

Board Member, Kaiserman Jewish Community Center
Past Board Member, Kristol Center for Jewish Life at the University of Delaware

Certifications

Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Certified Mediator, 2017

PRACTICE AREAS

Delaware, 2004
Pennsylvania, 2005 (inactive)

EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh, B.S., summa cum laude, Business Administration
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.

Hockessin, DE

Amanda Jester

Daniel R. Losco

Notable Representations

Memberships

Community Involvement

Publications

Thomas C. Marconi

Notable Representations

John C. Cronin

Beverly J. Wik

Notable Representations

Memberships

Daniel Horowitz

Community Involvement

Certifications

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