Professional Experience:
Laura Stegossi is Chair of the Trusts, Estates and Wealth Planning group and concentrates her practice in estate planning and administration. She counsels individuals and families on estate, gift and generation-skipping tax issues, business succession planning, and charitable giving programs. Ms. Stegossi also represents personal representatives and trustees in the administration of trusts and estates.
Ms. Stegossi began her legal career at Blank Rome LLP, and practiced at Duane Morris LLP prior to joining Weber Gallagher. In 2005-2008 and 2011, she was recognized by the publisher of the Pennsylvania edition of Super Lawyers magazine as a "Rising Star," an honor given to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the Commonwealth who are 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
Ms. Stegossi has served as a continuing legal education course planner and has frequently lectured on a variety of estate planning and related topics for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Philadelphia Bar Association and Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Education:
Villanova University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2002.
Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1998.
Member, Temple Law Review.
Bryn Mawr College, Post-Baccalaureate Studies in Classical Studies, 1995.
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. summa cum laude, 1994.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional Memberships and Activities:
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Ms. Stegossi is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Probate and Trust Law Section, where she served on the Executive Committee (2006 to 2009) and currently is Chair of the Education Committee where she has served as a member since 2000. She is an adjunct professor at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.
Ms. Stegossi also serves on the Board of Directors of the GBS/CIDP Foundation International. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council and is a past Co-Chair of the Council's Young Professionals Committee.
Recent News:
2009-10-11 :: Laura E. Stegossi Joins Philadelphia Office
Speaking Engagements and Presentations:
2011-07-26 :: Laura E. Stegossi to Present Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE
2011-01-19 :: Laura E. Stegossi Will Serve as Keynote Speaker at Impactful Women Association Event
2010-12-06 :: Laura E. Stegossi Will Present at Pennsylvania Business Institute Seminar
2010-05-26 :: Laura E. Stegossi to Lead CLE on Probate and Trust Issues