Attorney Neil E. Hendershot
Neil E. Hendershot
2080 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112
Phone: 717-540-9170, 800-294-2889
Fax: 717-540-5481
E-mail: E-mail Neil E. Hendershot
Web Site: http://www.ssbc-law.com
Neil E. Hendershot, Esq. is Of Counsel at the law firm Serratelli, Schiffman & Brown, P.C., in Harrisburg, PA, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of elder law, personal & estate planning, estate & trust administration, and Orphans' Court (PA probate court) litigation. He served as Chair of the PA Bar Association's Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section (2002-03) and on its Council for ten years. He has served as an Editor of the Section's bi-annual Newsletter continuously since 1978, most recently as Executive Editor. He also served as Chair of the Orphans' Court Rules Committee of the Dauphin County Bar Association, and was founding Chairman of the Estate Planning & Probate Law Section of the DCBA. In 2007, he was appointed by the PA Supreme Court to serve on its statewide Orphans' Court Procedural Rules Committee, and will serve until 2013. Since 1992, he has been a member of the Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws, of the PA Joint State Government Commission; and he served on many of its legislative study or drafting committees, including those on guardianship, powers of attorney, uniform trust law, transfers on death, and reproductive technology, many of which resulted in enactments. He is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Since 1978, he has taught or planned various courses sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, including a 2010 course on "Mediation for the Elderly" and a 2011 course “Conquer Catastrophe.” Since 2000, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg Campus). Since 2006, he has written the "PA Elder, Estate, & Fiduciary Law Blog". He is also the author of PA HealthCare Decision Making and Pet Owner’s Planning. A more complete biography for him may be found on the PA HCDM.
Current Employment Position:
Areas of Practice:
- 50% Orphans' Court Litigation
- 25% Estate & Trust Administration
- 15% Estate & Personal Planning
- 10% Real Estate, Corporate, and Miscellaneous Civil Matters
Litigation Percentage:
- 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Education:
- The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1976 (now Penn State/Dickinson School of Law)
J.D.
- Bucknell University, United States of Amercia, 1973
B.A.
Major: English
Published Works:
- Various articles, PA Bar Association, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Newsletter
- PA Bar Quarterly Article
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Speaker, Various Estate Planning Councils and State Trial Judge’s Conference
- Lecturer to Lawyers on Topics of Estate Planning, Document Drafting, Elder Law, Estate & Trust Administration, Taxation, Personal & Estate Planning for Pet Owners, and Legal Automation, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1978 - Present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg Campus, 2000 - Present
Honors and Awards:
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Council (ACTEC)
- Best Lawyers in America, 2000 - Present
- SuperLawyers, Philadelphia Magazine, 2004 - present
- Martindale-Hubbel, A-Rated
- AVVO, 10 Ranking (“Superb”)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, 1978 - present
Chair, 2002-2003
Newsletter Editor, 1978-present
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1978 - Present
Member
- "Living Trust Abuse" Statewide Publicity Campaign, 2004
Spokesman
- Dauphin County Bar Association, 1999 - 2000
President
- Dauphin County Bar Association, 1992 - 2001
Board of Directors
- Dauphin County Bar Association, 1978 - Present
Member
- Dauphin County Bar Association, Estate Planning & Probate Section, 1991 - 1992
Founding Chair
- Dauphin County Bar Association, 1991 - Present
Section Member
- Orphans' Court Rules Committee, 1989 - 2008
Chair, Member
- Annual Probate Bench-Bar Breakfast, 2004 - 2008
Organizer
- Estate Planning Council of Central Pennsylvania, 1987 - 1988
President
- Estate Planning Council, Central Pennsylvania, 1978 - Present
Member
- PA Joint State Government Commission, 1992 - Present
Member, Advisory Committee, Decedent's Estate Laws
- Re Guardianships & Powers of Attorney, 1995 - Present
Legislative Drafting Subcommittee Member
- Transfers on Death, 1998
- PA Uniform Trust Code, 2000 - 2004
- Transfers Without Grant of Letters, 2004 - Present
- Guardianship and Powers of Attorney, 1995 - Present
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 2005 - 2008
Member, Ad Hoc Drafting Committee
- American Heart Association, Pennsylvania Affiliate, Capital Region Division, 1995 - 1996
President
- American Heart Association, Pennsylvania Affiliate, Capital Region Division, 1981 - 1996
Board Member
- United Way of Capitol Region, Lawyers' Division Campaign, 1997 - 1999
Chair
- AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) Museum, 1992
Founding Sponsor, Counsel
Past Employment Positions:
- President Judge Martin J. Coyne, Orphans' Court Division, Court of Common
Pleas of Lehigh County, PA, Law Clerk, 1976 - 1977
- Dauphin County, PA, Solicitor, 1984 - 1986
- Dauphin County General Authority, Solicitor, 1984 - 2000
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