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Experienced Pennsylvania Trusts and Estates Attorney

With 50 years of experience, attorney C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. possesses in-depth knowledge about all aspects of trusts and estate issues, including:

  • Estate planning
  • Estate tax issues
  • Executorship duties
  • Guardianship
  • Living wills
  • Living trusts
  • Probate
  • Probate and will disputes
  • Will drafting and execution
  • Estate planning

C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. can advise you on the best approach to your estate planning. We thoroughly analyze your estate and strategize the best means of transferring your assets, minimizing taxes, establishing guardianship for your children, supporting personal philanthropic causes and protecting your loved ones. We can draft a will that reflects your desires and establish living trusts, if beneficial to your estate.

Probate
We apply our extensive knowledge about the Pennsylvania probate court to guide you through the complex process of probating a will. We assist executors in all steps of the process, including:

  • Creating a plan of action to probate the estate fairly and expeditiously
  • Filing the will with the Pennsylvania probate court
  • Closing and opening bank accounts
  • Transferring assets from the deceased to the estate
  • Valuating the estate
  • Managing and liquidating assets as appropriate
  • Paying taxes and other debts
  • Locating beneficiaries
  • Hiring professionals and experts when necessary

Probate disputes
When disputes occur between beneficiaries, we successfully represent your interests. We have the extensive knowledge to challenge invalid wills or to defend valid wills against the improper assertions of dissatisfied beneficiaries. We can negotiate between beneficiaries to preserve relationships or diligently pursue your rights in court when necessary.

Experienced Pennsylvania Personal Injury Attorney

Personal injury attorney C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. has successfully helped injured clients recover just compensation for losses and damages resulting from:

  • Auto accidents
  • Medical malpractice
  • Unsafe products
  • Dangerous drugs
  • Slip-and-falls
  • Unsafe work conditions
  • Workers compensation claims
  • Social Security Disability claims

Personal injury claims are those in which the victim suffers physical or psychological injury directly resulting from another person’s negligence. We employ a practical, professional approach to ensure our clients obtain full and fair recovery for their injuries, including damages for their past and future medical bills, lost income, emotional distress, and pain and suffering. Through our extensive civil litigation experience, our knowledge about insurance company tactics and our skills at settlement negotiations, we obtain the best possible recovery for our clients.

At C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr., the client’s interests are our priority. We provide personalized legal guidance at every step of a client’s case, keeping clients updated on case progress and fully informing them about the legal strategy and recovery options available.

Subject matter experts to help with your case
We consult with knowledgeable and respected experts to help with case preparation. With the assistance of physicians, trauma doctors, pharmacists, chiropractors, forensics engineers, mechanics and accident reconstruction analysts, we can negotiate the best possible settlements. At trial, these experts are available to deliver clear, professional testimony.

The importance of immediately seeking help
Pennsylvania law sets limits on the amount of time you have to file a personal injury claim. Consult an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible to file your claim by the crucial statutory deadlines. By investigating your claim immediately, we are able to collect valuable evidence and interview witnesses while their memories are fresh.

Full-Service Family Law Firm in Lebanon, Pennsylvania

If conflicts concerning your family have reached the point where legal action is necessary, C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. can help. Attorney Whitmoyer has served families in Lebanon for 50 years. We provide legal services in a wide spectrum of areas:

  • Adoption
  • Alimony
  • Child custody and visitation
  • Child support
  • Child support modification
  • Divorce
  • Juvenile delinquency and dependency proceedings
  • Mediation
  • Prenuptial agreements
  • Adoption

Our firm assists families with all aspects of international and domestic adoptions. We handle the legalities of your adoption, so you can concentrate on your new family.

Alimony
Divorce should not lead to a financial crisis. Our firm will help you establish an equitable amount of spousal support.

Child custody and visitation
We will protect your parental rights to raise your children in a fit and supportive home.

Child support
An attorney can ensure you receive or pay an equitable amount of the financial support required to raise your children in a healthy, happy home.

Child support modification and enforcement
Child support payments remain the same unless and until the court modifies the child support order. If either the custodial or the non-custodial parent experiences a significant change in circumstances, we can guide you through the proper legal procedures to modify child support payments accordingly.

Divorce
Through mediation or litigation, our divorce law firm can help you gain equitable results from your divorce, including fair distribution of assets, division of the marital home, child support payments and child custody rights.

Juvenile delinquency and dependency proceedings
We are skilled at maneuvering through the complex laws of Pennsylvania to protect your parental rights from the interference of government authorities.

Mediation
Mediation puts the decisions in your hands and can often provide more expedient, predictable results than trial. Our firm can help you obtain the most equitable divorce settlement.

Prenuptial agreements
Our firm expects the unexpected and drafts premarital agreements that protect both spouses’ interests. A prenuptial agreement can alleviate some of the stress should you ever divorce.

Experienced Lebanon, Pennsylvania Attorney Lives up to a History of Excellence

Lebanon, Pennsylvania family, personal injury, and trusts and estates lawyer with 50 years of experience
The law practice of C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. has a long tradition of providing exceptional legal service to residents throughout central Pennsylvania. Attorney C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. has made a commitment to provide outstanding, efficient and professional legal representation to his clients. As one of the most distinguished law firms in Lebanon, C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. has earned a reputation for its integrity, dedication and hard work and for giving clients the care, attention and respect they deserve.

Testimony to attorney Whitmoyer’s commitment to hard work and integrity is his BV® Distinguished™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell® for his professionalism and ethics.

The firm can help you in the following areas:

  • Adoption
  • Automobile accidents
  • Business law
  • Child custody
  • Corporate
  • Divorce
  • Elder law
  • Estate planning
  • Family
  • General civil practice
  • Personal injury and wrongful death
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Municipal and bankruptcy law
  • Probate
  • Real estate
  • Traffic violations
  • Visitation rights

Pennsylvania lawyer committed to high standards
C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr. is focused on resolving your legal matters in the most effective, cost-efficient manner. He prides himself on his firm’s history of excellence and works hard to live up to the high standards his clients and peers have come to expect of him. He is committed to winning your cases and does so by applying his extensive experience, his acquired skills and his in-depth knowledge of the area of the law where you need help.