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Page history last edited by Neil Hendershot Esq 7 years, 7 months ago

 


 

SITEMASTER & AUTHOR

 

Neil E. Hendershot practices law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

 

Neil authors the "PA Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog", and also "PA HealthCareDecisionMaking", a public website. Neil was educated at Bucknell University (B.A., English, 1973), and The Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1976), which is now affiliated with Pennsylvania State University.

 

In 1976-77, he served as law clerk to President Judge Martin J. Coyne, of the Orphans' Court Division, of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He served as the Solicitor for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (1984-85), and as the Solicitor for the Dauphin County General Authority (1984-2000). He is a graduate of the Leadership Harrisburg Area Program (1990).

 

Neil participates actively in state and local bar association activities. In 2002-03, Neil served as Chairman of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has served as an Editor of that Section's bi-annual Newsletter continuously since 1983 to date.

 

Neil served as President of the Dauphin County Bar Association (1999-2000), and served on its Board of Directors from 1992-2001. Neil has served as a Chairman of the DCBA Orphans' Court Rules Committee since 1989 to date. In 1991, he organized and was elected as the Founding Chairman of the DCBA's Estate Planning & Probate Law Section

 

In October 2004, Neil was a PBA spokesperson for its statewide publicity campaign, conducted with the Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General on Living Trust Abuse, entitled “Protect Your Family’s Future … Today: The Truth About Wills and Trusts” (County Line, p. 9). Neil is active also in community activities. Since 1978, he has been a member of the Estate Planning Council of Central Pennsylvania, Inc., having served as its President in1987-88. Neil served as President of the American Heart Association, Pennsylvania Affiliate, Capital Region Division (1995-96), with a position on its board from 1981 to 1996. He co-chaired the Lawyers' Division of the Annual Campaign of the United Way of the Capital Region (1997-99). Neil is a "Founding Sponsor" of, and counsel for, the Museum of the Antique Automobile Club of America, organized in 1992, and located in Hershey, PA.  He is a Rotarian and a Mason.

 

Neil provides input to the PA Legislature on laws affecting seniors. Since 1992, Neil has served as a member of the "Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estate Laws", of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission. He has been active on its legislative drafting subcommittees, including those on "Guardianships & Powers of Attorney", "Transfers on Death", "Health Care Powers of Attorney", and the Pennsylvania version of a "Uniform Trust Act", all which resulted in amendments to the PA Probate, Estates & Fiduciaries Code (Title 20, PA Consolidated Statutes). Currently he participates on active JSGC-ACDEL subcommittees or legislative study committees for expanded provisions for "Transfers without Grant of Letters", "Guardianships", "Alternative Dispute Resolution", and "Assisted Reproductive Technologies. In 2002, Neil proposed (through the PBA RPPT Section), and the PA Legislature then authorized during a Special Legislative Session, the creation of a new JSGC advisory committee on "Real Property Laws", which has become very active in codifying the laws regarding real estate in Pennsylvania. He teaches regularly & often. Since 1978, he has lectured annually for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on topics of estate planning, document drafting, elder law, estate & trust administration, death taxation, personal planning for pet owners, and legal automation. He planned PBI's statewide courses on Act 39's POA reforms (2000) and on End-of-Life Legal Issues (2005 & 2007). He has made presentations to numerous estate planning councils in Pennsylvania.

 

From 2000-06, he taught advanced estate planning & administration at Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg Campus) as an Adjunct Professor. Since 2005, Neil has taught a course on "Elder Law" at WLS. 

 

Neil is an elected Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council (ACTEC), a national professional group of approximately 2,600 lawyers, with only approximately 100 Fellows in Pennsylvania. He was selected for "Best Lawyers in America" annual publications, and in annual Philadelphia Magazine "Super Lawyers" issues. He is an"AV"-rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

 

Neil practices with Schiffman, Sheridan & Brown, P.C., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the areas of elder law, personal & estate planning, family business succession, estate & trust administration, and Orphans' Court (PA probate court) litigation.

 

To contact Neil, please email him at HendershotNE@gmail.com.

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