Mark Scoblionko

Native of the Lehigh Valley. Has been the President of Scoblionko, Scoblionko, Muir & Melman since 1975. Married to Deena since 1964; two children, three grandchildren. 2012 recipient of the Lifetime Service Award from Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley. Certified as "Civil Trial Advocate" by National Board of Trial Advocacy. Focuses on civil personal injury and commercial litigation, business and corporate law, real estate.

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

J.D. | Law

1965 - 1968

Honors: Graduated with Honors

Activities: Assistant Editor, University of Michigan Law Review; Research Assistant, Constitutional Law

Cornell University

B.A. | English

1961 - 1965

Scoblionko, Scoblionko, Muir & Melman

1970 - Current

Notes

Michigan Law Review

1968

Civil Trial Advocate

National Board of Trial Advocacy

Lifetime Service Award

Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

2012

Awarded upon retirement from the Board of the Jewish Federation

Pennsylvania State Bar

Member

Current

Lehigh County Bar Association

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Member

Current

American Association for Justice

Member

Current

Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley

Counsel

2010 - Current

Activities: Provide pro bono services, including financing, contracts, general litigation.

Jewish Community Center of Allentown

Counsel

2010 - Current

Activities: Provide pro bono legal services in a variety of areas, including financing and real estate.

Jewish Day School of Lehigh Valley Supporting foundation/Endowment

President

1990 - Current

Activities: Provide endowment support for Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley

Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

Board Member/Vice President

1985 - 2012

Activities: Served as Vice President, Campaign Chair, and Co-Chair of Strategic Planning; Performed merger of Federations in Lehigh and Northampton Counties

Pennsylvania

Since 1968

3rd Circuit

Since 1968

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1994

• Free Consultation
• Credit Cards Accepted
  VISA, MasterCard
• Contingent Fees
  (For personal injury matters)

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Insurance Claims

Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance

Medical Malpractice

Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Health Care Law

Nursing Home Abuse

Construction Law

Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

• Automobile Accidents

Q. Where is State Court In Pennsylvania?

July 25, 2022

A: State courts in Pennsylvania are located in the county seat of a county. “Jurisdiction” pertains to the power of a particular court to exercise control over a particular defendant. Ordinarily, the first question is whether a defendant resides in the same county where suit has been filed. Often, the second question is whether, if the defendant does not reside within the same county where suit has been filed, and if the case is an accident case, if the accident occurred in the state of Pennsylvania. If so, any Pennsylvania court has jurisdiction, that is, the ability to accept the case. “Venue,” the second prong of your question, pertains to convenience. Thus, in the second example I gave you, if an accident happened in Lehigh County, and a defendant lived in Northampton County, the venue rules say that, although a court in Pittsburgh could exercise jurisdiction, it would be unfair for a court in Pittsburgh to handle the case because it would be so inconvenient for everyone.

Q. If there is unclaimed death benefits from my grandparents who died 28 years ago is it hard to claim

May 20, 2022

A: Your question is not specific enough to answer. What are “death benefits?” Is this life insurance, real estate, etc.? As a general proposition, a portion of estate assets would ordinarily go from one grandparent to the other and a portion would have gone to your dad, unless your grandparents died at the same time. In that event they would have all gone to your dad. Upon the second grandparent to die, all the assets would have gone to your dad. Upon your dad’s passing, everything would have gone to you. For you to now assert a claim, you would have to open estates for each grandparent plus your dad. This gets fairly expensive, so you would have to decide if the value of the claim is worth it. To give you more specific information from here, a lawyer would have to know more about the assets being claimed and where they are located.

Q. The will states "half to be distrib to those as if she was intestate and unmarried". Had no kids. What does this mean ?

March 14, 2022

A: A lawyer would need to review the Will in its entirety. On the basis of what you have quoted, the Will might be referring to distribution of half of his estate in accordance with the Pennsylvania intestacy laws, i.e., to her family, or the equivalent of half of what was her estate in accordance with the Pennsylvania intestacy laws. I think it would likely be the former, but you would need to examine the Will to see the language for the definition of the other half.

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