McNees attorneys Alison Smith, Kendra McGuire, Courtney Wentzel, and Cara Mia Pinto will join the region’s judges, attorneys, and professionals for two days of presentations and discussions on the strategies and challenges in trusts and estates, guardianships, and other fiduciary topics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the 2025 Estate Law Institute, hosted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, McNees attorneys Alison Smith, Kendra McGuire, Courtney Wentzel, and Cara Mia Pinto will join the region’s judges, attorneys, and professionals for two days of presentations and discussions on the strategies and challenges in trusts and estates, guardianships, and other fiduciary topics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alison Smith joins Chief Deputy AG Eugene Herne and PNC Managing Counsel Rebecca Hagan, to discuss PA’s new trust nonjudicial account settlement statute in “Analysis and use of 20 Pa.C.S.A. 7785.1: Nonjudicial Settlement for Trust Termination”.
Kendra McGuire joins Chief Deputy AG Eugene Herne in exploring dissolving or merging charities in “The Dissolving Charity – Process, Procedure, and a Roadmap”.
Courtney Wentzel joins Judge John J. McNally (Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas), Keith Hinkel (Office of Elder Justice in the Courts), and Rhodia Thomas (Executive Director of MidPenn Legal Services) for “Act 61 – PA Guardianship Laws – Changes, Discussion and Impact”.
Cara Mia Pinto and Alison Smith will explore challenges and pitfalls for estate with intellectual propety in “Ideas, Inventions, and Inheritance: IP Considerations in Estate Planning and Administration”.
This summer, several law students joined attorneys and professionals at the firm to gain a hands-on experience in the life and practice of an attorney. These students spent their summer in three of the firm’s offices, working alongside attorneys in practices including corporate and tax, estate planning, labor and employment, and litigation. With them, the […]
McNees welcomes seven law students joining the firm as clerks for the 2026 summer session. The clerks will work alongside attorneys in offices throughout Pennsylvania, offering valuable support on active matters. This year’s clerks will gain hands-on experience in legal practices, including corporate and tax, estate planning, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, and real […]
This article is based on insights shared by attorneys Cara Pinto and Alison Smith during their presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Estate Law Institute on November 13, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pa. Estate planning is often viewed as a process that ends at death, with assets transferred and administration completed through probate or trust administration. For many forms of […]
This article is based on insights shared by attorneys Cara Pinto and Alison Smith during their presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Estate Law Institute on November 13, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pa. Many of today’s most valuable and sensitive assets exist primarily in digital form and may include communications such as emails, digital media such as photos, operational materials […]
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