Jeffrey A. Marshall, Esq., CELA is managing attorney and a principal of Marshall, Parker & Associates, LLC. He is certified as an elder law attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation. Attorney Marshall’s practice is focused on elder law which includes, long term care planning, estate planning, and estate administration. He is a recognized authority on elder law and has been quoted by numerous national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The Kiplinger Retirement Report, and the Chicago Tribune. He has been named as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of elder law for each of the past 5 years. In addition, he has been selected as one of the Top 100 Pennsylvania Attorneys in all fields for 2008. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Attorney Marshall is the author of the book, Elder Law in Pennsylvania, published by PBI Press (www.pbi.org). Elder Law in Pennsylvania received the 2006 award for Outstanding Achievement in Publications from the Association for Continuing Legal Education, an international association of legal education professionals. Mr. Marshall is a contributing author to a number of other publications including Estate Planning in Pennsylvania. In addition to his law practice, he teaches educational courses for lawyers, Department of Aging staff, nursing home administrators, financial planners, and other elder care network professionals as well as consumers. He is a VA accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs. Attorney Marshall is also qualified as an Advance Health Care Planning Facilitator in accordance with the Respecting Choices® program. A native of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, he received his law degree from Stanford University in 1972, where he served as an Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He is past chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee, and currently serves on its Governing Council. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He has been a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys since 1988.