Troncelliti Law Associates has a variety of practice areas and its range covers the needs of many individuals and businesses. Our firm’s size and the skill of its attorneys in such areas help us provide service with respect to the ever-changing needs of our clients.

Adoption

Adoption law is a growing subsection of the practice of family law. The attorneys of Troncelliti Law Associates have extensive experience in the field of domestic and foreign adoption. In addition to representing families pursuing private or agency adoptions and birth parents, the firm represents an adoption agency with offices located in five states. The firm’s attorneys answer on a daily basis questions arising in adoption matters.

The firm’s attorneys who practice in the area of adoption have experience with open adoption (in which information about the birth family and adoptive family is shared), traditional adoption (in which the identities of the birth family and adoptive family remain confidential), relative adoption (the adoption of one family member by another family member e.g. grandparents adopting a grandchild or a stepfather adopting his wife’s children) and foreign adoption. The firm’s adoption attorneys have represented their clients in the Orphans’ Court of most counties in Eastern Pennsylvania and, when required, before the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts.

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Criminal

From the most minor of the criminal offenses for which an alleged offender receives a citation, to a charge of driving under the influence to even the charge of murder, the attorneys of Troncelliti Law Associates have the experience to represent their clients before the judges of the various Criminal Courts of Pennsylvania.

Being faced with a criminal charge, no matter how seemingly minor, can turn one’s world upside down. At such times, a client needs to feel confident that their attorney understands not only the law, but the various steps in the processing of a criminal case.

In their many years of experience, the firm’s criminal attorneys have represented ordinary men and women who, for one reason or another, have found themselves entwined in the criminal process.

Included in the firm’s criminal practice is the representation of alleged juvenile offenders. Although the processing of a case in the juvenile system is somewhat different than in the adult court, the firm’s criminal attorneys also have years of experience in this related area of criminal practice.

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Business

Troncelliti Law Associates' attorneys engaged in the firm's business and corporate law practice are experienced in formulating agreements, articles, certificates, filings, notes, mortgages, minutes, consents and just about any document that deals with the relationships of business people, business organizations, and each other. This includes whether they proceed as shareholder, partner, employer/employee, consultant, buyer/seller, offeror/ investor, lender/ borrower, or anything else.

The firm's representation can begin at the organization of the business relationship or at any time thereafter. Often it begins upon formation and continues through growth and development, as the key players become comfortable and confident in the responsiveness and knowledgeability of the attorneys involved.

Troncelliti Law Associates' business attorneys have significant experience in just about every aspect of business work. They have worked in matters involving sale and issuance of securities, banking transactions, financing transactions and reorganizations. They have counseled business owners and employees alike about management and employment concerns and day-to-day operations; prepared shareholders and partnership agreements and assisted in their administration; fielded interpretation issues concerning such matters as regulations and liability; and documented joint ventures, reorganization, sales of assets and/or stock and loan transactions. Philip Weiss expanded upon Desmond McTighe's commitment to excellence, as a business attorney. The firm is proud of this heritage and maintains a distinguished business practice, following in that tradition.

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Estate Planning

Troncelliti Law Associates' estate planning attorneys are experienced in probate law, estate planning, and trust planning and administration, including both pre- and post-mortem tax planning and administration. Attorneys involved in this important practice area strive to preserve assets, protect beneficiaries and assist fiduciaries in the appropriate management and orderly distribution of property.

The firm's attorneys engaged in estate planning law and probate law provide counsel in all phases of estate planning, probate, estate and trust work. The firm's attorneys are well-known for representing clients and litigating estate issues before the Orphans' Court.

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Family Law

Troncelliti Law Associates' family law attorneys are experienced in dealing with the complex issues involved in this area of law. From the initial contact with a client, the firm's family law attorneys provide expert legal counsel, combined with an understanding of the client's needs.

The firm's family law attorneys are experienced in litigating the many phases of domestic matters, including support, custody and distribution of property, as well as the very sensitive issues involved in cases of domestic abuse.

In addition to their litigation ability, the firm's family law attorneys are skilled negotiators. They have worked extensively in the negotiation of property settlement agreements and the like, resolving disputes in all areas of their family law practice.

Whether negotiating an agreement or litigating a divorce, McTighe attorneys have earned the reputation for aggressive advocacy of the client's position, tempered with the need for a practical, cost-effective resolution to the dispute.

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Insurance

Troncelliti Law Associates' litigators practice extensively in the area of insurance. For many years, the firm has represented major insurance carriers handling matters involving insurance coverage, third party lawsuits, medical malpractice, property and casualty, dental malpractice, fraud, special investigations, professional liability, real estate errors and omissions, environmental, first-party benefits, workers' compensation, disability claims, and various issues arising out of uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.

The attorneys who practice in the area of insurance have experience not only with contractual insurance issues, such as interpretation of insurance policies, but also with related litigation, such as insurance defense. The firm represents insurance companies in a broad variety of litigation.

The firm's litigation attorneys have developed a reputation for being skilled, forceful advocates of the client's position whether in the courtroom or at the negotiating table. In all instances, Troncelliti Law Associates combines an aggressive approach with reasonable rates to achieve speedy, cost-effective results.

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Litigation

Litigation is the centerpiece of the Troncelliti Law Associates practice. The firm represents a broad range of clients in every type of litigation, from insurance companies in coverage and personal injury suits to businesses involved in complex business litigation, including parties to one of the largest partnership dissolutions in Pennsylvania history.

In addition to representing major insurance carriers in all matters involving insurance coverage, third party lawsuits, medical malpractice, torts, workers' compensation and disability claims, the firm has an extensive business litigation practice. It represents financial institutions, large and small companies, and individuals alike.

Troncelliti Law Associates' litigators are highly respected trial attorneys with extensive courtroom experience. They have tried cases at every level of jurisdiction, and have obtained victories on the client's behalf in the county, state and federal courts.

The firm's litigation attorneys have developed a reputation for being skilled, forceful advocates of the client's position. Recognizing the client's need to get a "bang for the buck," the firm's litigators combine an aggressive approach with speedy, cost-effective representation at reasonable rates.

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Municipal Law

The area of municipal finance and municipal bond taxation is a highly intricate and specialized area of the law. This department of Troncelliti Law Associates, headed by Manrico A. Troncelliti, Jr., can take municipalities, investors and underwriters through the issuance of a municipal loan or bond transaction and thus minimize interest costs to the borrower while maximizing return to the investor. With over 15 years of experience in this area and nearly 20 years of experience in taxation issues, our firm's personnel can assist municipalities, investors, purchasers, lenders, small businesses looking for assistance in obtaining low-cost financing, and health care and institutions of higher learning that qualify for issuing these specialized issues of debt.

Troncelliti Law Associates can assist with finding an issuer, structuring the transaction to achieve the maximum benefit for the client, qualifying the loan for issuance under the appropriate state, federal and local statutes, as well as the intricacies of qualification for tax exemption for interest on the standing bonds. We can guide you through every step of the process and help to fully implement the transaction working in conjunction with the municipal solicitor, the bank or underwriter, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the issuing entity. As a listed firm in the Bond Buyer's Directory of qualified municipal bond attorneys, we are authorized to issue opinions anywhere in the country and are recognized by underwriters and issuers throughout the United States.

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Personal Injury

Troncelliti Law Associates is a law firm which represents people with serious injuries, and its attorneys have a reputation for getting results. There is a focus on automobile accidents, construction accidents, products liability and premises liability.

Counsels’ approach is energetic - and yet thorough - in examining causation and results and in preparing the case. From why the accident happened to what happened to the individual, every accident is different; however, experience counts. Our attorneys have that experience.

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Real Estate Law

Troncelliti Law Associates' attorneys engaging in the practice of real estate law service their clients at every stage of a transaction or dispute involving the ownership or operation of real property. The firm's attorneys represent individuals, partnerships, corporations, business, developers, contractors, landlords and tenants in the multitude of issues related to real property.

Troncelliti Law Associates' attorneys have performed services for their clients in the sale and leasing of commercial, retail and residential real estate. They have prepared documents relating to financing and lending. They have represented clients bringing and defending lawsuits, including banks, financial institutions, real estate developers, realtors, title companies, and individuals.

Whether it is the sale of one's home or the multimillion-dollar development of a business property, people have come to trust in the attorneys of Troncelliti Law Associates and their expertise.

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Taxation

Troncelliti Law Associates is qualified to act in individual, corporate and estate and gift taxation, including tax planning, preparation of documents to implement a tax structure, designing a most appropriate tax structure to minimize taxes for the client, and preparation of the appropriate tax returns to fully implement the transaction.

We also engage in all types of representation before the Internal Revenue Service in helping you defend positions taken on tax returns or assisting you in working through the tax collection process, should a liability be determined.

Finally, we are qualified to practice before the United States Tax Court and all federal courts which handle tax disputes. We have also handled many issues of state and local taxation, including successfully representing clients before the Board of Finance and Appeals of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.

In short, we can meet all your tax planning and litigation needs, representing your interests before any taxing body and helping you to minimize your tax obligations to the fullest extent permitted under law.

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Workers' Compensation