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Michael Cherewka
Law Office of Michael Cherewka
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Biography
With my background in accounting as well as law, I can share my unique background and experience when working with individuals, families and small and mid-size businesses in the areas of estate planning, taxation, corporations and business planning, business acquisitions and sales, succession planning, business exit strategies and real estate.
Education
- Dickinson School of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: cum laude Woolsack Society
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- Bucknell University
- B.S. | Accounting
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- Honors: cum laude Delta Mu Delta Omicron Delta Kappa College Register
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Professional Experience
- Owner
- Law Office of Michael Cherewka
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- Owner of law firm dedicated to Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates Administration, Business Planning for small to mid-tier businesses including choice of entity, acquisitions and sales, business exit strategies and succession planning
Publications
Articles & Publications
- Strictly Business
- Quantum Press
Speaking Engagements
- How To Close An Estate, Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Handling Real Estate Transactions From Start to Finish, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania
- National Business Institute
Certifications
- Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker License
- Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
Awards
- Distinguished Service Award
- American Heart Association
Professional Associations
- Pennsylvania State Bar
- Member
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- Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
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- Elder Care Matters Alliance
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- Wealth Counsel
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Pennsylvania
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Fees
- Free Consultation
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Residential Real Estate
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Planning
- Probate
- Probate Administration
- Elder Law
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Legal Answers
- Q. The successor of my father's deceased lawyer isn’t helping me obtain a will from his files. Is this ethical?
- A: It is unfortunate that this attorney has stopped communicating with you, especially if he has already confirmed that he is the successor to the prior attorney's practice and has his files. Since you have a copy of the Will, I would recommend that you hire your own attorney (assuming that you are a beneficiary and/or executor under your father's Will) to approach this "new" attorney to demand the original Will (if you are a named Executor) or a copy of the signed Will if for some reason he cannot locate the original. If you are not named Executor your attorney can demand a copy of the signed Will if you are named a beneficiary under the Will in the copy that you have.
- Q. Dad passed, left accounts as payable on death to me, his sole heir. One bank is requiring a short form (don't have yet).
- A: if all of the accounts are POD or TOD or have named beneficiaries, then there is no need for you to probate Will and get Short Certificate.
if your father forgot to designate a POD or TOD or Beneficiary on one of the accounts you may still be able to avoid probate if the amount in that account is $12,000 or less. bank should release that to you as long as you can show that the funeral was paid for, or that you will use that money to pay the funeral.
if you are talking about the discount for PA Inheritance Tax if make a payment within 90 days, if you don't need the cash in this particular account you can use other funds to make the payment and you need only estimate the amount in that ... Read More
- Q. The trustee of my fathers’ estate will not give me an accounting of the estate or release any funds. It has been 14
- A: If the Trustee ( Execeutor?) is not sharing information with you, you may need to engage your own attorney for Beneficiary Representation to obtain the accounting and release of funds (if that is appropriate). Much may depend on whether your father had a Trust, and this is a Trust Admininstration, or if there is an Estate, and this is an Estate Administration/Probate. If you received a copy of a Will you may be able to determine if you are to receive Estate assets outright of if they are going to a Trust for your benefit. Also, if there is a Will you can either go online in some PA counties and check the Estate records in the County Register of Wills website, or is not available on line you ... Read More
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- Website
- Cherewka Law
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