Hilary Peery Vesell
Hilary is a trial lawyer with a psych backgroundHilary Vesell is a trial attorney, concentrating in family law and personal injury cases. Hilary has BA in psychology and MA in clinical psychology both from Columbia University. Her JD is from the University of Miami, School of Law.
Hilary represents clients in all family law issues including child custody, protection from abuse orders (PFAs), support, divorce, and property division. She also maintains a general practice, focusing on civil litigation including personal injury, property damage, and bad faith insurance cases. Hilary offers free initial consultations in personal injury cases, meeting with people who have suffered any form of injustice.
Hilary was selected by the Judges of the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas to sit on the 2019-2020 Arbitration Board. Hilary is admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania courts including the United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Hilary is also admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States and was appointed to the House of Delegates for the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is also a member of the Dauphin County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.
Hilary has written several articles that were published in the Pennsylvania Lawyer and Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. These articles are on the topics of mental illness in the legal system, co-parenting in custody cases, prenuptial agreements, and parental alienation. They are available in their entirety on vesellllaw.com. Hilary has also been voted a Legal Leader by Harrisburg Magazine.
Hilary can be reached in her office (717-533-4868) or on her cell phone (717-982-2777) to discuss cases. She can also be reached at hilary@veselllaw.com. Vesell Law, LLC, is located at 310 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033.
- University of Miami School of Law
- J.D. (2002) | law
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- Columbia University
- M.A. (1999) | Clinical Psychology
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- Columbia University
- B.A. (1997) | psychology
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- Parental Alienation and Reconcilation Therapy: Moving Toward Healthy Families
- The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly
- Co-Parenting v. Parallel Parenting
- The Pennsylvania Lawyer
- Prenuptial Agreements: Avoiding Debt, Planning for the Future
- the Pennsylvania Lawyer
- Summer's in Session: What We're Reading (contributor)
- The Pennsylvania Lawyer
- The Author Responds
- The Pennsylvania Lawyer
- Mental Illness and the Legal System
- the Pennsylvania Lawyer
- Outcome Following Child Psychiatric Hospitalization
- Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
- Variables Related to Outcome Following Child Psychiatric Hospitalization
- General Hospital Psychiatry
- Reunifying Families in Custody Cases, Dauphin County Bar Association CLE, Harrisburg, PA
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Parental Alienation and Reconciliation, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, Hershey
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- educational conference for state trial judges
- Custody: Parental Alienation & Reunification, York County Bar Association Lunch & Learn, York, PA
- York County Bar Association
- presented CLE on custody issues involving parental alienation and reunification with Dr. Steven Lindenberg. We also discussed how Protection From Abuse Orders (PFAs) are used in custody cases.
- Parental Alienation in Custody Cases, Berks County Bench Bar, Reading, PA
- Berks County Bar Association
- Family Law & Custody Issues in Cases with Parental Alienation
- Select Lawyer - Susquehanna Valley
- Susquehanna Style Magazine
- Local Leader
- Harrisburg Magazine
- as voted by fellow attorneys
- PA Bar Association
- Delegate
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- American Association for Justice
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- Pennsylvania Association for Justice
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- United States Supreme Court
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- United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- member
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- Dauphin County Bar Association
- member
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- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- member
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- Florida State Bar # 641189
- Member
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- Cumberland County Bar Association
- member
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- York County Bar Association
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- Florida
- Pennsylvania
- Personal Injury
- Family Law
- Domestic Violence
- Insurance Claims
- Traffic Tickets
- Protection From Abuse Orders (PFAs)
- litigation