Joseph E. Lastowka Jr.

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Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C.

Experience: 58 years

Estate Planning and Elder Law

Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Trusts and Estates

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Joe Lastowka is a lifelong Delaware County resident who earned his Juris Doctor degree from The Law School of the University of Pennsylvania after graduating from Yale University with a B. A. in Economics & Mathematics.

During his years of practice, Joe has prepared Wills or Trust documentation for more than 6,500 individuals and has served as legal counsel for the settlement of more than 1,300 estates or trusts. He was featured nationally for the first court decision forcing the IRS to pay a taxpayer’s legal fees.

Joe is an elected fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He has been identified as a Super Lawyer™ in the fields of Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates, and also has been included in the listings of Best Lawyers in America™ in those fields of practice.

Joe has chaired the Delaware County Orphans’ Court Rules Committee and the Delaware County Orphans’ Court Education Committee. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Widener University where he developed and taught the Estate Planning and Administration introduction for the Widener University Paralegal Studies Program. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Delaware County Bar Association.

His talks have included presentations on estate planning and related topics to the International Conference of the National Association for Hospital Development, the National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations, the Delaware State Tax Institute, the Delaware and Chester County Estate Planning Councils, the Delaware and Chester County Life Underwriters Associations, many community groups, and at Bar Association seminars.

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Pennsylvania

Professional Experience

Current

Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C.

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Education

Yale University

B.A. | Economics and Mathematics

University of Pennsylvania Law School

J.D.

Awards

Joseph E. Lastowka Jr.

Super Lawyer in Estate Planning

Super Lawyer

Trusts and Estates

Super Lawyer

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Media Office 300 West State Street Suite 300 Media PA 19063 Telephone: (610) 565-3700

West Chester Office 113 East Evans Street Matlack Bldg, Suite D-1 Suite B West Chester PA 19380 Telephone: (610) 431-4600

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Joseph E. Lastowka Jr. Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C.

Experience: 58 years

Website: Open

Phone: (610) 565-3700

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Elder Law

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English: Spoken, Written

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