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Dale A. Tice, Esquire, is an attorney with Marshall, Parker & Associates law office where he serves a lead attorney for the firm’s Gas Planning Group. His practice is limited to oil and gas law, estate planning and elder law. Mr. Tice received his law degree from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, where was awarded the William H. Dodd Award to the graduate who best exemplifies the highest ideals of the legal profession. Mr. Tice speaks frequently to groups of landowners, attorneys and other professionals on the subject of oil and gas law and representing landowners in leasing and estate planning matters. Attorney Tice has presented numerous public education seminars for the Penn State Cooperative Extension on gas leasing and related planning and regularly serves on the faculty of lawyer education programs for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. A nationally known expert on representing gas landowners, he has been quoted in the New York Times and Investor's Business Daily. Mr. Tice is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Northcentral Estate Planners Council, and serves on the Elder Law Committee of the Lycoming County Bar Association. He lives in Danville with his two children, Dean & Sierra. E-mail Attorney Tice

Tammy A. Weber, Esquire, CELA, is a native of Muncy, Pennsylvania. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lycoming College and received her law degree from Temple University. Attorney Weber is a Board Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. She was a federal judicial law clerk for the Honorable Louis C. Bechtle, Federal District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Attorney Weber previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where she was involved with major federal investigations and prosecutions. While in this position, she was the recipient of the Department of Health & Human Services Inspector General's Integrity Award for the investigation and criminal conviction of the first Medicare money laundering seizure case in the country. Attorney Weber has also served as an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's University Graduate Criminal Justice Program where she designed and taught a course on Law and Social Policy. For several years, Attorney Weber sat on the editorial board of the Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia's legal newspaper. She is a VA accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is course planner for the Pennsylvania Bar Association's course on "Representing an Individual Entering a Nursing Home." She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Elder Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and is the Vice President of the Northcentral Pennsylvania Estate Planners Council. Attorney Weber and her daughter Sarah live in Montoursville. She spends any remaining spare time playing piano and volunteering at her church. E-mail Attorney Weber

Jeffrey A. Marshall, Esquire, CELA, is founding attorney of Marshall, Parker & Associates, LLC where his practice focuses on estate and gas royalty planning and elder law. He is certified as an elder law attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is a recognized authority on elder law and has been quoted by a number of 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 every year since the inception of the Pennsylvania award and is listed as one of the Top 100 Pennsylvania Attorneys in all fields (by Law & Politics). He is also listed in the current edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Attorney Marshall is the author of the book, Elder Law in Pennsylvania, published by PBI Press. 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. He is current President of the Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys and serves on the Governing Council of the Elder Law Section of Pennsylvania Bar Association. Attorney Marshall was the 2008 recipient of the Elder Law Section’s Excellence in Elder Law Award "in recognition and appreciation of his superior professional efforts in the field of elder law, significant contributions to the legal profession and noteworthy service to the elderly." E-mail Attorney Marshall

Kevin R. Grebas, Esquire, CELA, a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, received his B.S. in Political Science from the University of Scranton and his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. Attorney Grebas is a Board Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is a VA accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs. He has provided training for Pennsylvania Department of Aging care-managers throughout Pennsylvania and frequently speaks to community groups and professional organizations about legal issues affecting the elderly. Attorney Grebas is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and its Elder Law Section; the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association (Luzerne County Bar Association); the Lackawanna Bar Association; the Estate Planning Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania; and serves on the Board of Directors for the NEPA End of Life Coalition. In addition, he sits on the Plan Advisory Committee of the Living Independently for Elders (LIFE) Program in Scranton and is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Riverside Adult Day Care Center in Plains. Attorney Grebas serves clients from across Northeastern Pennsylvania from the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton offices of Marshall, Parker & Associates, LLC. E-mail Attorney Grebas

Matthew J. Parker, Esquire, CELA, is a principal of Marshall, Parker & Associates, LLC. Attorney Parker is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and received his JD from the Dickinson School of Law in 1995. Attorney Parker is a VA accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is former Judicial Law Clerk to Presiding Judge Harold A. Thomson of the Pike County Court of Common Pleas. Attorney Parker is a Board Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation and has been named as a "Super Lawyer" in the field of elder law. In November 2008, he won a landmark decision in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the spousal annuity case of James v. Richman. He has taught for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and is a frequent speaker to consumer and professional groups on elder law issues including guardianship and estate planning. Attorney Parker is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Elder Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Northcentral Pennsylvania Estate Planners Council.

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Brenda D. Colbert, Esquire, CELA, LL.M, is a 1990 graduate of Mansfield University where she received a degree in Social Work. After working for several years as a social worker in nursing facilities she went on to law school, graduating magna cum laude from the Touro College Law Center. Ms. Colbert then proceeded to the University of Miami School of Law where she received an advanced legal degree (LLM) in Estate Planning. Since 2002, Attorney Colbert has been practicing law as an elder law and estate planning attorney in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Attorney Colbert is a Board Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. She and her husband, Mark, a teacher, reside in Moosic. Attorney Colbert is a frequent speaker to community and professional groups on issues affecting the elderly. She is a member of the elder law section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She also serves on the Allocations Committee for the United Way, is co-chair of the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Elder Law Committee and is a member of the Alzheimer's Association Planned Giving Advisory Committee. E-mail Attorney Colbert

Jody A. Lose is a Planning Specialist at Marshall, Parker & Associates. She assists Attorney Tice in the review of gas leases and preparation of addenda. Jody also works closely with clients and their families to develop a long term estate plan which can protect the assets and future generations of landowners. Jody has been instrumental in coordinating deeds and document preparation for the firm’s four offices since she began working for the firm in 2000. E-mail Planning Specialist Lose

Karen L. Griswold is a Planning Specialist at Marshall, Parker & Associates. She holds an Associates Degree and since 1987 Karen has played an integral part in creating and overseeing various departments at the firm including the Estate Planning and Technology and Information Resources Departments. She now serves as the Manager of the Life-Time Planning Department, overseeing a staff of nine located in four offices in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Karen assists seniors and their families with long-term care planning issues, including Medicaid eligibility, and the coordination of local, state and federal benefits. She works closely with attorneys to supervise and assist department staff in the planning process and in providing ongoing analysis of regulatory and planning changes.

Karen served 26 years in the United States Army, where she completed basic, primary, and advanced leadership training. In 2005, she served in Operation Iraqi Freedom as the First Sergeant of the 14th QM Det, a water purification detachment based out of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. They were tasked with a mission that became 75 percent larger than their original combat mission, providing water that supported in excess of 40,000 Multi-National Corps-Iraq personnel in seven locations throughout Iraq. Karen received a Bronze Star Medal for her service. E-mail Karen

Patti Jo Turner is a Planning Specialist in the Williamsport office of Marshall, Parker & Associates. She has worked for the firm since 1998. During that time, Patti Jo has been responsible for numerous departments at Marshall, Parker & Associates including the areas of business development and estate planning. Before joining Marshall, Parker & Associates, she worked in the marketing and financial underwriting departments for the "Major Case Unit" at BISYS, formerly known as The Underwriter's Group (TUG).

In November 2007, Patti Jo became qualified as an Advance Health Care Planning Facilitator in accordance with the Respecting Choices program. She received her bachelor's degree in education from Lock Haven University in 1988. In her spare time, Patti enjoys teaching Sunday School at her church and spending time with her family. E-mail Patti