Rosalie Lawlor Spelman

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Rosalie Lawlor Spelman

also known as Rosalie Spelman

5.0
16 reviews
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Rating: 9.6

Licensed for 44 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Swarthmore, PA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Business, Corporate & Incorporation

801 Yale Avenue, Apt. 707, Swarthmore, PA

About Rosalie

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 50%

Estate planning-- wills, durable powers of attorney; healthcare powers of attorney; tax planning; probate; business succession planning; trusts; revocable trusts; planning for charitable giving.

46 years

50%
Business 40%

Transactional work--contracts; buying and selling assets; business succession planning; corporate bankruptcy; representing creditors of bankrupt debtors.

46 years

40%
Corporate and Incorporation 10%

46 years

10%

Fees and Rates

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Awards

Gold Client Champion

Licenses

Licensed in Delaware for 24 years

State: Delaware

Acquired: 2001

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 26 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 1999

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New Jersey for 27 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 1998

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New York for 44 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1981

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Rosalie Spelman, Esq.

801 Yale Avenue, Apt. 707, Swarthmore, PA, 19081

rosaliespelmanlaw.com

Online Presence

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Rosalie Lawlor Spelman's Reviews

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Posted by Meghann | October 26, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Very caring and thorough

Rosalie is amazing. She took the time to listen to me and genuinely cared enough to get to know me and understand every complexity of the arrangements I wanted - including a very delicate custody arrangement. But this didn't delay anything, it's just that the documents were right the first time aro...und which was very reassuring. I have every confidence in her and her knowledge!

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Rosalie Lawlor Spelman's Lawyer Endorsements

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Mary-Jo Gilsdorf

Estate planning lawyer | Sep 19

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Rosalie Spelman is an excellent estate and tax planner. She has a wonderful demeanor and she is very thorough in her approach. She explains the intricacies of her suggested approach and he advice is well-founded."

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Stephanie Klein

Estate planning lawyer | Feb 02

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I've known Rosalie as a colleague and also as a member of the same community. Rosalie is kind, intelligent, hard working, and meticulous in every thing she does. She is a good listener and she would use her talents to ensure that the estate plan devised would meet her clients' needs and wants."

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NiaLena Caravasos

Estate planning lawyer | Jul 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I write both as a colleague and a client, as my family and I retained Rosalie and found her to exceed our expectations, both as a person and as a lawyer. Estate planning is not the most pleasant of topics, so her kindness and personal attention has been very much appreciated by me and my family. Moreover, she is extremely talented in what she does. For example, our estate planning involved certain complicated matters with international implications. Nevertheless, Rosalie was unfazed by the uniqueness and knowledgeable in all areas necessary in order to protect our interests and accomplish our goals. Rosalie is without question very detailed, thorough, and skilled. What is most interesting is that she also has those rare human qualities of kindness and caring and humility that often times many in our profession lack. As not only her client but also her colleague, I am very proud that she represents the very best of what my profession has to offer."

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Jennifer Zelvin

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Experience

Rating:  9.6 (Superb)

Honors

2017

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2016

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2015

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2014

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

1980

Jessup World Cup Winner (Team Member), Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

Work Experience

2006 - Present

Owner, Rosalie Spelman, Esq.

2005 - 2006

Attorney, Ciardi and Ciardi

2000 - 2004

Of Counsel, Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young and Jones

1980 - 1984

Attorney, Shearman & Sterling

Associations

2013 - Present

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member

2009 - Present

Delaware County Estate Planning Council

Member

2006 - Present

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Member

2006 - Present

Delaware County Bar Association

Member

2005 - Present

Philadelphia Bar Association

Member

2007 - 2007

Rotary Club of Swarthmore

Board Member

2006 - 2007

Swarthmore Zoning Hearing Board

Member (Appointed)

1991 - 1995

Swarthmore Borough Council

Member (Elected)

Sample of Legal Cases

Joint Reorganization Plan of Fansteel, Inc.

Chapter 11 Reorganization

Republic National Bank v. Hales, 75 F. Supp. 2d 300 (1999), affirmed 4 Fed. Appx. 15 (2001)

Summary Judgment granted in part and denied in part. Defendnat's discovery motion denied

In Re. Orion Refining Corporation, 2004 WL 350737 (2004)

Rockwell International Systems V. Citibank, 719 F 2d 583 (2nd Cir., 1983)

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Education

2017

Villanova University School of Law

LLM (Tax) and Professional Certificate in Estate Planning

1980

Georgetown

JD - Juris Doctor

1975

Northwestern University

MA - Masters

1975

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2017

Estate Planning Workshop

Estate Planning

2017

Estate Planning Seminar

Estate Planning

2017

Delaware County Bench Bar

Estate Planning

2011

Living Will Workshop

Living Will

2009

Women's Retirement Questions

Retirement

Publications

Languages

English

Activity

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