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April 23 - Erie WILLIAM B. MOORE is a sole practitioner in Meadville, where he focuses his practice in estate planning and estate management. Mr. Moore has more than 30 years of experience handling various estate planning matters. He earned his B.A. degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. Mr. Moore has previously lectured for groups such as the Oil Region Alliance, and he is a local historian and genealogist as well. He is a member of the Pennsylvania, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Federal and U.S. Supreme Court bar associations. LEIGH ANN ORTON is an attorney with Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett PC, where she concentrates her practice on estate planning and administration, family law, real estate, and governmental practice. Following her graduation from law school, she practiced at a small firm in Memphis, Tennessee. Subsequently, Ms. Orton operated her own general practice firm, served as an adjunct professor at Gannon University, and worked as a real estate broker and settlement agent in the local market. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association,the Erie County Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA Student Journal, article editor; and Pennsylvania NAELA Chapter). Ms. Orton earned her B.S.B.A. degree from Union University and her J.D. degree from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. JEFFREY D. SCIBETTA is a shareholder with Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett PC. Mr. Scibetta was licensed as a certified public accountant in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. He previously worked in the tax department of the Washington, DC office of Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Scibetta also served as a judicial clerk to the late Arnold Raum of the U.S. Tax Court. His practice involves complex estate planning and administration, business planning, succession planning, tax planning, and real estate. Mr. Scibetta is a member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He earned his B.S. degree, with distinction, from Cornell University; his J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law; and his LL.M. degree, with distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center. JOHN J. SHIMEK III is a partner in the Erie, Pennsylvania law firm Sterrett Mott Breski & Shimek. He practices primarily in the areas of municipal, real estate and estate planning, and administration law. Mr. Shimek's municipal law practice focuses on the representation of municipalities, municipal authorities and zoning hearing boards. In addition, he also represents landowners and developers in proceedings before planning commissions, governing bodies and zoning hearing boards, including variance requests. Mr. Shimek also counsels clients on election law matters. As a real estate law practitioner, his practice includes the representation of buyers, sellers and lenders, as well as landlords and tenants, in commercial and residential lease negotiations and disputes. Mr. Shimek also represents landowners in property tax assessment appeals and property tax exemption applications. In his estate planning practice, Mr. Shimek counsels individuals on estate planning, including the preparation of wills and trusts, financial powers of attorney, living wills, and health care powers of attorney. He is actively involved in the administration of decedents' estates, including practice before the Orphans' Court. April 24 - Pittsburgh JOHN W. GILTINAN is of counsel at John W. Giltinan, Esq., P.C., in Pittsburgh. Mr. Giltinan has been an attorney for more than 35 years and practices in the areas of small business planning and succession, estate planning, and estate administration. He is a former adjunct professor of taxation at LaRoche College and has lectured to various professional groups on areas related to his practice. Mr. Giltinan is a member of WealthCounsel; The Advisors Forum; Elder Counsel; and the American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his J.D. degree from Duquesne University. TIMOTHY J. GILTINAN is an attorney with John W. Giltinan, Esq., P.C., where he practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, elder law, small business planning, tax and real estate. Mr. Giltinan is a member of WealthCounsel, The Advisors Forum, Elder Counsel and the Allegheny County Bar Association. He earned his J.D. degree from Duquesne University. CARY D. JONES is a partner in the law firm of Marriner, Jones & Fitch, where he practices in the areas of estates, wills, probate, elder law, guardianship, adoption law, general practice and litigation. He has lectured for National Business Institute on his areas of practice. Mr. Jones also is an adjunct professor at Washington & Jefferson College, where he teaches business law. He earned his B.A. degree from Washington & Jefferson College and his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Jones is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Washington County Bar Association (former president). He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, and before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. J. MARK MUNSON serves as the director of the estate settlement and planning group with PNC Wealth Management in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this position, he manages functional advisors who provide financial and estate planning expertise to clients and their outside professionals. Mr. Munson also serves as director of the market's estate settlement group, which delivers estate administration advice and provides fiduciary services. He previously served as a senior wealth planner at PNC Wealth Management for more than 14 years and brings more than 25 years of trust, estate and wealth planning experience to the position. Just prior to his return to PNC Wealth Management in 2010, Mr. Munson was senior council with the Pittsburgh-based law firm of Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP. He is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Federal Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a past president of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, where he continues to serve as a board member. He also is active in the Probate and Trust Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Section. Mr. Munson is a frequent lecturer and panelist on tax, estate, gift and trust planning topics; as well as trust and estate administration topics, ranging from estate and trust planning and administration, to business succession, charitable gifting, post-mortem planning and planning for non-traditional couples and families. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Gettysburg College. MICHAEL W. NALLI is a sole practitioner concentrating his law practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, elder law, guardianship, and real estate. Mr. Nalli has given frequent lectures in the area of elder law and has been a frequent guest speaker on the topics of estate planning (wills, trusts and powers of attorney), estate administration and elder law. In addition to working in private practice, he was an assistant district attorney for the Beaver County Office of District Attorney. He is a member of the Beaver County Bar Association (Mock Trial Committee), the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the American Bar Association. In December 2008, Mr. Nalli was named a Rising Star as one of the top young lawyers in Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer's Magazine. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Geneva College and his J.D. degree from Duquesne University.
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