Bernard David Walter

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"A little light dispels great darkness."

Experience: 45 years

Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate Law and 3 others

California, Nevada and Pennsylvania

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Bernard Walter has been licensed to practice law since 1978 — over 40 years! He's an estate planning and estate administration attorney and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for attorneys who have won jury verdicts of more than $1 million. He's listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers AV with the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards.

The Pennsylvania Bar Foundation awarded attorney Walter its Pro Bono Publico Certificate of Achievement. He founded and is the co-chairman of the Elder Law Committee of the Luzerne County Bar Association. He also founded the legal side of the Free Back Mountain Medical/Legal Clinic called Doctors and Lawyers at Your Service.

Born in Boston, he has lived on both coasts and Hawaii, attended high school in Portugal and France, attended University in France before transferring to UC Berkeley, did graduate work at the California Institute of Asian Studies, did law school at U.C. Hastings in San Francisco, and graduated from the Oomoto School of Traditional Japanese Arts in Kyoto, Japan.

His present office is conveniently located on Memorial Highway in Shavertown since 1996, he is a happy resident of Harveys Lake Borough, and he presently focuses his work on Estate Planning and Estate Administration, taking care of the elderly and their families.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California

State Bar of California
ID Number: 84104
Since 1978

Nevada

State Bar of Nevada
ID Number: 5812
Since 1994

Pennsylvania

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ID Number: 73660
Since 1994

Professional Experience

1987 - Current

Law Offices of Bernard Walter

Owner

Sole practitioner focused on business law, telecommunications, and litigation eventually with offices in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Wilkes-Barre. The practice now focuses on elder law, estate planning, and probate.

1986 - 1987

Burditt, Bowles & Radzius International Law Firm

Associate counsel

1979 - 1986

Primary Assistant District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco

Prosecutor specialized in pimp prosecutions and appellate work.

1976 - 1977

California Court of Appeals, First District, San Francisco.

Clerk to Justices

Research and writing primarily for Justice Molinari.

Education

1981 - 1981

Oomoto School of Traditional Japanese Arts

Certificate (1981)

1975 - 1978

University of California Hastings College of the Law

J.D. | Jurisprudence

1975 - 1976

Antioch University-Los Angeles

B.A. | Comparative Philosophy

1965 - 1967

University of California - Berkeley

Pre-Med

1964 - 1965

L'Universite de Tours, France

Undergraduate Degree

Contacts

Law Offices-Bernard David Walter 1674 N Memorial Hwy Shavertown PA 18708 Telephone: (570) 674-9000 Cell: (570) 674-7000 Fax: (570) 696-9911

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Bernard David Walter "A little light dispels great darkness."

Experience: 45 years

Phone: (570) 674-9000

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Estate Planning

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

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Elder Law

Landlord Tenant

Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights

Languages

French: Spoken, Written