Top Rated Elder Law Attorney in Wyomissing, PA

A shareholder at The Law Firm of Leisawitz Heller, William R. Blumer divides his practice among elder law, estate planning and administration, fiduciary litigation, and business formation and transactions. Based in the firm's office in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, he represents individuals and families throughout the region. Mr. Blumer has been admitted to practice in Pennsylvania since 1990, and he has been certified in elder law by the National Elder Law Foundation.

Mr. Blumer's elder law experience encompasses long-term care planning, Medicaid applications, the preparation of asset protection trusts and guardianship proceedings. In his estate planning practice, he regularly prepares and reviews wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, health care and financial powers of attorney, and advance medical directives. Mr. Blumer also guides clients through the estate administration and probate process, including executors and beneficiaries, and he has provided advice and counsel to people who are suing executors, trustees and guardians for breaches of their fiduciary duties.

Mr. Blumer also represents entrepreneurs who are planning on starting new ventures. He works with them at the outset to determine the most appropriate type of legal entity, and once the business has been formed, he prepares employment and other contracts, advises them on regulatory compliance and intellectual property protection, and handles mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Blumer's quality of work throughout his career has earned him a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo and a Distinguished* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Blumer majored in English at Bucknell University and received a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1987. Upon his graduation, he was inducted into The Phi Beta Kappa Society. Mr. Blumer was awarded his Juris Doctor by The Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson Law School in 1990, and he also holds a Master of Laws in taxation from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

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