Dawn Getty Sutphin

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Folsom, PA

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Dawn Getty Sutphin has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar since 1989 and New Jersey Bar since 1990. Her current areas of practice are:

Dawn Getty Sutphin has practiced in a large Philadelphia firm as well as for a smaller New Jersey Law office. She has completed the Estate Planning Certificate Program at Villanova Law School, concentrating on federal estate taxes, state inheritance tax, drafting Wills and Trusts, estate planning for individuals and for small business owners, taxation of estates and of trusts, post death estate planning, and estate administration and probate.

Personal philosophy: Everyone needs an effective and personal estate plan including at a minimum a Will, as well as a Durable Power of Attorney, and an Advance Medical Directive or Living Will. These documents permit you to set forth your personal directions and plans for the future. Everyone should have a good lawyer who they can trust and who will charge them a fair and reasonable fee for these legal services.

Areas Of Practice

  • Estate Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Wills

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 1989
  • New Jersey, 1990

Education

  • Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 00/1989
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • B.S., Bachelor of Science - 00/1985
    • Honors: Phi Kappa Phi

Honors and Awards

  • Howard M. Berg Award, Recipient

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Philadelphia Bar Association, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member

Past Employment Positions

  • Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Associate, 1990 to 1992
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Hon. William W. Caldwell, Law Clerk
  • PECO Energy Company, Assistant General Counsel

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Phi Delta Phi