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| | Address | | Jones School Square, 150 East Eighth Street | | Erie, Pennsylvania 16501-1269 | | (Erie Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 814-456-4000 | | Fax: 814-454-7411 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ElderkinLaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Elderkin, Martin, Kelly & Messina, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice, Corporation, Management Labor and Employment Law, Trusts, Estates, Probate, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Insurance, Real Estate, Family Law, Federal and State Taxation, Environmental Law, Workers Compensation, Municipal Law, Trials and Appeals, Federal and State Courts, Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Visitation Rights and Domestic Violence. | | Year Established: 1961 | | Firm Size: 18 | | Vernon H. Elderkin, Jr. (Member) (Retired). | | William J. Kelly, Sr. (1927-2004). | | Vedder J. White (1940-1993). | | Harry D. Martin (Retired Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1930; admitted to bar, 1958, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., summa cum laude, 1952); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1957). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Harry D. Martin | | Joseph T. Messina (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.A., 1963); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1966). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Joseph T. Messina | | Edward Wittmann (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Georgetown University(B.A., 1962); Darmouth College (J.D., 1965). | | Kenneth G. Vasil (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon College; University of Michigan (B.A., with honors, 1973); Temple University (J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Law; Personal Injury; Negligence; Trusts and Estates. Email: Kenneth G. Vasil | | James H. Richardson, Jr. (Member) born Cumberland, Maryland, May 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.S., 1976); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1979). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Probate; Real Estate. Email: James H. Richardson, Jr. | | John B. Enders (Member) born Meadville, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Chicago; Oberlin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1959); Harvard University (LL.B., 1962). Practice Areas: Business Law; Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Antitrust. Email: John B. Enders | | Robert C. LeSuer (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania. Education: Grove City College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Contracts; Environmental Law; Personal Injury; Negligence. Email: Robert C. LeSuer | | Craig A. Markham (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., with distinction, 1979); Temple University (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Commercial Law. Email: Craig A. Markham | | Thomas J. Minarcik (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania; 1988, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Cleveland State University; University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1979); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Real Estate; Bankruptcy. Email: Thomas J. Minarcik | | Evan C. Rudert (Member) born Butler, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania. Education: Slippery Rock University (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 1985); University of Akron Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1988). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Education Law; Labor and Employment; Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Evan C. Rudert | | Edward J. Betza (Member) born Alexandria, Virginia, February 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with honors, 1989); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Labor and Employment Law; Workers' Compensation. Email: Edward J. Betza | | Craig A. Zonna (Member) born Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, November 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Mercyhurst College (B.A., 1986); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Taxation; Real Estate. Email: Craig A. Zonna | | —————————— | | Kelly A. Mroz (Associate) born Limestone, Maine, October 17, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1996); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Family Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Kelly A. Mroz | | Lori R. Miller (Associate) born Greenville, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law. Email: Lori R. Miller | | Melissa H. Shirey (Associate) born Westfield, New York, March 30, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College (B.A., with honors, 1997); Gannon University (M.P.A., 1999); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 2002). Practice Areas: Family Law; Employment Law; Business Law. Email: Melissa H. Shirey | | Laura S. Nelson (Associate) born Columbus, Ohio, May 11, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio; 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2001); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate; Employment Law. | | Stacey K. Konkel (Associate) born Erie, Pennsylvania, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Slippery Rock University (B.S., with honors, 2003); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Family Law; Real Estate; Probate. | | David J. Rhodes (Associate) born Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1994); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1998). Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Practice; Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Real Estate; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Commercial Law. | | OF COUNSEL | | Ronald L. Slater (Of Counsel) born Grove City, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; 1986, Florida. Education: Westminster College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Negligence; Insurance. Email: Ronald L. Slater | | Herbert J. Johnson, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Erie, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1916; admitted to bar, 1941, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1938); Temple University (J.D., 1941). Practice Areas: Probate; Probate Administration; Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Successions. |
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