Sally L. Schoffstall

After our mother passed away, we had to scramble to find a lawyer willing to serve us in Berks County and had expertise in Estate Administration. We contacted several firms in the area with an online presence, and while some claimed they could serve probate and estate planning, the one-on-one meetin...gs with those firms not giving us much faith, and some firms went straight to quoting the Johnson scale or gave aggressive sales pitches. Our meeting with Sally Schoffstall was completely different, reassuring, and confidence-instilling. Not only was she very efficient and clear what her firm could provide us in terms of Estate Administration services, her work on Elder Law and reasonable estimates of her charges convinced us to go with her firm for help in assisting our family in the Executor duties. She was great in communicating to us via email and sending documents back and forth both electronically and hard-copy documents. Her staff were responsive and kept their client responses promptly covered if one lawyer had to be away. Her firm really understood and explained clearly the PA state laws and local county requirements, and Sally was very helpful in protecting our Estate’s interest during property dealings. As an executor living in a different state than PA, I had to maximize limited times of travel, and required a lot of business to be handled remotely. Sally was quite proficient in conducting legal matters as efficiently as possible and allowing and guiding us to be able to do as much of the administration work ourselves so that this would not raise our legal fees more than they had to be. We appreciated this honest interaction allowing us to economize Estate charges when we could see other firms wanting to do everything and charge their clients an exorbitant bill. After a year long process, Sally helped us smoothly close out our Estate, so we would very highly recommend her firm.

Professional - thorough interview and review of priorities, plans and property Advised on necessary documents - power of attorney, healthcare options, etc.: and unnecessary, Simple, specific answers to questions about selling two properties and moving to legally reside in another state ...(interstate and intrastate). Sally gave very helpful counsel on matters particular to our situation with concrete advice Reasonable, personable, expert - and my wife is happy