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Edward J. Lentz - Allentown, PA
645 West Hamilton StreetSuite 800 Allentown, PA 18101
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C.
Updated: 02/09/2023
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Allentown ESTATE PLANNING AND TAXATION Lawyer
Overview
Edward J. Lentz is Chair of the Estate Planning & Administration of Estates & Trusts Group. Mr. Lentz has worked extensively in the charitable area, the closely-held business area, the estate tax, gift tax and generation-skipping tax areas and other complex estate planning areas, including the use of GRATS, Family Partnerships/LLC's, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts and Qualified Personal Residence Trusts.About Edward J. Lentz
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder
- Chair - Estate Planning & Administration
Practice Areas
- ESTATE PLANNING AND TAXATION
- ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES & TRUSTS
- SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST PLANNING
- ELDER LAW
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1977
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Other Affiliations
- Lehigh County Bar Association (Member)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
Pro Bono Activities
- Embrace Your Dreams (The First Tee/The First Serve), Former Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2014; President, 2012
- Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, Former Member, Board of Directors, 2004-2013
- Saucon Valley Country Club, Former Member, Board of Governors, 2002-2010
- Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley, Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1990, 2004-2008; President, 1989-1991
- Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania, Former Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1989
- The Good Shepherd Workshop/Vocational Services, Inc., Former Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1989
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Associate Editor, 1975-1976, Editor, 1976-1977, 1975 - 1977 - Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1974
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Philosophy Honors
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
645 West Hamilton StreetSuite 800 Allentown, PA 18101
Fax
- 610-797-6663
Office Hours
8:30 - 5:00 (M-Th); 8:00 - 4:30 (F)
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Edward J. Lentz
Included on the 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Accredited Estate Planner by National Association of Estate Planning Councils
- Member of Association of Family Held Enterprises
- Martindale Hubbell Lawyers’ Rating “AV,” highest professional ranking
- Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005-Present
- Named a “Select Lawyer” in Estate Planning/Administration/Probate Law, Taxation Law, and Elder Law, 2014, 2016-2017
- Named a “Select Lawyer” in Estate Planning/Administration/Probate Law, 2015 – 2017
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer for Estate Planning by American Lawyer Media
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