Blue Bell, PA Lawyers

Corporate and Transactional Law

985 Jolly Rd, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA

Francine Thornton Boone is a Pennsylvania attorney whose registered office is in Malvern. Her Pennsylvania registration lists active status and an admission date of November 25, 1985. She is a graduate of Hampton University and Temple University School of Law. Her professional background includes tax work in both government and business. In Philadelphia, she served in the City Solicitor’s Office as an attorney in its Major Business Tax Unit. Her work as a senior regional attorney for the FDIC in New York involved closed-bank issues and negotiations over workouts with developers. She also held the real estate tax manager position at The Stop & Shop Companies in Boston. Real estate and commercial matters were central to her responsibilities as associate general counsel at Drexel University. There, her assignments included zoning and tax appeal litigation, construction and property documents, and advice on public finance, nonprofit, and business matters. She also served as general counsel for SBG Management Services, Inc., whose property business encompassed multifamily, retail, and commercial holdings in Greater Philadelphia. At Boone Properties, LLC, she combined the roles of general counsel and co-managing partner. Boone’s corporate legal experience includes serving as associate general counsel for Henkels & McCoy Shared Services, Inc., a national infrastructure construction company. In that position, she headed the commercial legal and insurance teams.

Personal Injury Law

484 Norristown Rd suite 124, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA

Mr. Murphy has been practicing law for over forty (40) years. He is the managing partner at the Norristown firm of Murphy and Dengler. He received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University and his law degree from the University of Miami where he attended on a full scholarship and graduated with honors. Mr. Murphy is designated as an Advocate by the National College of Advocacy. He has earned the highest Peer Review Rating by other lawyers of Av from Martindale Hubbell (Lawyers.com) and a rating of 10 out of 10 from AVVO. Mr. Murphy is actively involved with the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. He is also a member of PAJ’s Auto Law Section; the Medical Malpractice Section; and he serves on its Amicus Committee concerning important legal issues in the courts involving personal injury law. In 2013 he was awarded the Amicus Committee’s highest award. In October 2008, he was recognized by the Montgomery Bar Association’s Trial Lawyer Section as Trial Lawyer of the Year. He has lectured on automobile law, trial tactics and medical-legal issues. His practice is focused on representing injured victims before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Mr. Murphy regularly represents other attorneys or their family members who suffered personal injuries. He has earned a reputation as a trial attorney who actually is not afraid to try a case. Many of his cases are as a result of referrals from other lawyers. He has obtained significant verdicts and settlements for many of his clients. He regularly is appointed to serve as an arbitrator to help decide injury cases as well as acting as a Philadelphia Court Judge Pro Tem to aid the court in obtaining case settlements

Tax Law

564 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA

Mr. August has served as chair and co-chair of the tax law departments of two Am Law 200 law firms and as a partner in both national and regional tax law firms and in a tax litigation boutique. He now announces the opening of August Tax Law, P.C., located in Blue Bell, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia located near Valley Forge, PA. For the past five years, Mr. August served as Co-Chair of the International Tax and Wealth Planning Group for Fox Rothschild, LLP. Before Fox, he was a partner at two national tax law firms: Houston- based Chamberlain Hrdlicka and Kostelanetz & Fink in New York City. Mr. August was the majority shareholder in the tax law firm of August, Kulunas, Dawson & Siegel, P.A., in West Palm Beach, Florida, which he started in 1988 after serving as co-chair of the Tax Department of the Miami-based firm of Steel Hector & Davis. In 2005, he merged his firm with Fox Rothschild and worked from the firm’s Philadelphia and West Palm Beach locations. He spent 10 years as a partner and co-chair of the Taxation and Wealth Planning Department and chair of the firm’s Tax Opinions Committee of Fox Rothschild before joining Kostelanetz & Fink. Per the photos on the home page, Mr. August continues to represent major clients from South Florida, the Philadelphia tri-state area, and New York.

Estate Planning Law

910 Harvest Dr suite 200, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA

Kenneth R. Pugh is an associate at Kaplin Stewart with a practice focusing on estate planning, estate administration, tax law and general business matters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Kenneth’s estate planning work includes preparation of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. He assists clients in responding to Statutory Notice of Deficiency letters from the Internal Revenue Service. He is well versed in estate and trust administration and has previously served as outside counsel advising corporate fiduciaries. He has helped traditional, blended, and nontraditional families plan for the future. Kenneth earned his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. During law school, he participated in the Villanova Federal Tax Clinic where he represented taxpayers in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service. Before attending law school, Kenneth worked as a research biochemist in the medical field. His scientific endeavors have allowed him to develop the rigorous attention to detail that he now uses to help clients achieve their planning goals. Kenneth is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.