2017 Legal Awards

6 Acquisition International - Legal Awards 2017 Hoskinson and Wenger Law Offices is an experienced law firm located in historic downtown Chambersburg in Franklin County Pennsylvania. We explore the firm’s service offering in more detail and examine how it came to win this prestigious award. ounded in 1998, with a specific concentration in the areas of advanced estate planning and administration, Hoskinson and Wenger Law Offices has since flourished. Today, the practice’s attorneys serve their clients’ needs in the areas of Estate Planning and Administration; Real Estate; Business, Employment, and Incorporation; Elder Law and Special Needs Individuals; Landlord Tenant; Collections; and Civil Litigation throughout the Franklin County region and surrounding areas. Specifically, in estate planning and administration, the firm are able to offer a wide range of services, including facilitating the appointment of the executor or administrator, assisting the client with the appraisal and assessment assets, payment of debts, and satisfaction of other obligations, preparing and filing the Pennsylvania inheritance tax returns and, overall, supporting the client through the entire process from initial filing to final distribution, to ensure that they understand every aspect of this complex and often stressful process. Within the elder law space, the practice offers an equally vast array of services to meet the varied needs of its clients. Elder law encompasses many areas of planning and is more important than ever as our population continues to age. In addition to general estate planning, the team go above and beyond to ensure our elderly clients have made adequate plans for, assisted living and nursing care planning; preservation of funds and asset ownership structuring; gifting, trusts, lending, and annuities; Medicaid planning; multigenerational planning. Company: Hoskinson & Wenger Law Offices Contact: Richard Hoskinson Email: rkhoskinson@ hoskinson-wengerlaw.com Address: 147 East Washington Street, Chambersburg, 17201, USA Phone: 001 7172638535 Hoskinson &Wenger LawOffices F LA170061 The company draws on the vast experience of its professional and dedicated attorneys, all of whom are committed to providing clients with the very highest standard of service and the support they need. Among them is George (“Ed”) Wenger, Jr., Esquire, a partner in the law firm of Hoskinson & Wenger, is a native of Chambersburg, PA, graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 1966 and earning a degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1970. Attorney Wenger graduated from Dickinson School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1974. He has been a member of the Franklin County Bar Association since 1974. Over the years Wenger has concentrated in the areas of Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Wills, Trusts, Powers-of-Attorney, Guardianship, Elder Law, Real Estate, Business, and Special Needs Individuals and Special Needs Trusts. Additionally, the firm draws on the expertise of Richard K. Hoskinson, Esquire, a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Penn State - Dickinson School of Law. Formerly, he worked as a trust officer of a major bank in Pittsburgh. Mr. Hoskinson is a Past-President of the Franklin County Bar Association and was legal counsel for Sentry Trust Company. He has been the solicitor for Farmers and Merchants Trust Department since the 1970s and the Solicitor for the Franklin County Recorder of Deeds and Register of Wills for over 35 years. Hoskinson has served as the Chairman of the Franklin County Orphans’ Court Rules Committee for 20 years and has maintained an AV preeminate rating from Martindale-Hubbell, for the past 20 years. Recently, the firm welcomed a new partner, Lawrence R. Rife IV, Esquire, a local of Chambersburg who is committed to acting in the best interests of its residents. Attorney Rife attended High School here at CASHS, earned his Bachelors in Political Science from Shippensburg University in 2008, and his Juris Doctorate from Widener School of Law Harrisburg in 2011. He is licensed to practice throughout the Commonwealth and is a proud member of the Franklin County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has also served as a guest speaker for the Shippensburg University’s Pre-Law Program, and