ESTATE PLANNING AND TAXATION • ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES & TRUSTS • SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST PLANNING
Edward J. Lentz is a founding member of the firm, as well as the former 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.
EDUCATION
- Moravian College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1974
- University of Pennsylvania, J.D., cum laude, 1977
- Order of the Coif
- Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1975-1976
- Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1976-1977
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Pennsylvania
- U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Bar Association of Lehigh County
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- American Bar Association
HONORS & AFFILIATIONS
- Accredited Estate Planner by National Association of Estate Planning Councils
- Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2005 – 2006, 2008, 2010 – 2022
- Martindale Hubbell Lawyers’ Rating “AV® Preeminent™,” Highest Professional Ranking
- Named a “Select Lawyer” in:
- Estate Planning/Administration/Probate Law, Taxation Law, and Elder Law, 2014, 2016 – 2017
- Estate Planning/Administration/Probate Law, 2015 – 2017
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer for Estate Planning by American Lawyer Media
- Member of Association of Family Held Enterprises
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
- 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, Active Member, Former Member of 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
CALL DIRECT
610-797-9000, ext. 307
ASSISTANT INFORMATION
London Griffith
610-797-9000, ext. 352
