Title: Partner
Primary Office: Philadelphia, PA
Practice Area/s: Trusts, Estates, and Wealth Planning
Telephone: 215.972.7918 | Fax: 215.564.7699
Email: lstegossi@wglaw.com
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. She has been 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 serves on the Executive Committee (2006 to present) and the Education Committee (2000 to present). She serves on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council and is a past Co-Chair of the Council's Young Professionals Committee.
Ms. Stegossi also serves on the Board of Directors of the GBS/CIDP Foundation International.
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