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WENDY J. ASHBY, ESQUIRE

Wendy J. Ashby, Esquire, offers her clients a strong and diversified background based in practical and administrative legal, as well as business, experience. She prides herself on the responsiveness she provides to each and every client. Her philosophy of service is to pursue the most efficient resolution of each matter. Ms. Ashby is recognized for the detailed creativity she brings to her negotiations and to her estate and pleading document drafting; however, she is also revered for the aggressiveness in which she will fight for her clients' entitlements.

 

Ms. Ashby has devotedly pursued the practice of law in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1992 in the areas of Wills/Estates, Elder Law, Mediation, Family Law, and Adoptions. Ms. Ashby is currently the owner of the firm ASHBY LAW OFFICES, LLC, founded in 1997. Ashby Law Offices has offices in Quakertown, Allentown and Warrington, Pennsylvania.  Prior to forming her current firm, Ms. Ashby practiced privately in PA and NJ and was selected by the State of New Jersey Superior Court as one of the two attorneys to implement the new State-reengineered court case management system, Differentiated Case Management (DCM), in the Mercer County Civil Division. Ms. Ashby's legal public service also includes an internship with the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

 

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Ashby was employed for several years by Media Management Services, Inc., managing the educational advertising accounts for the programs offered by TIME Inc. and other large publishers.

 

Ms. Ashby is a Certified Mediator and has been invited to speak for many elder, financial, attorney, insurance groups and civil groups on the topics of estate asset preservation planning and ethical issues for the elderly.

 

Ms. Ashby is a member of the Bucks and Lehigh County Bar Associations and the Pennsylvania Bar Association, sits on the Orphans’ Court, Estates, Family and Mediation sections of the Bucks County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association and sits on the Upper Milford Parks and Recs Commission, Upper Milford Youth Association in Lehigh County, Blue Heron Homeowner’s Association in Lake Harmony, PA, along with the Advisory Board of the Lehigh Valley Senior Services Council.

 

Ms. Ashby attended: University of Maryland, BS, Business Management, 1984
Rutgers University, School of Law, Camden, NJ, J.D., 1992
Admitted: Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars, 1992
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of PA and District of NJ, 1992

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NANCY J. HARROLD, ESQUIRE

 Nancy J. Harrold has practiced in the areas of divorce, support and custody since 1989.  She is also the firm's litigation attorney, which means when a case cannot be resolved through negotiation; she is the primary attorney who appears in Court on behalf of firm clients.  Prior to attending law school at Temple University, she was employed by the County of Delaware, Pennsylvania, as a Domestic Relations Conference Officer, and later as a Probation Officer for the Delaware County Office of Court Services.  While attending law school, she clerked for the Honorable Lois G. Forer, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, PA, from January 1985 through August 1987.  She also served as a teaching assistant at the Temple University School of Law from 1984 to 1985.

 

Ms. Harrold graduated magna cum laude from Cabrini College, Radnor, PA, in 1979.  She graduated cum laude from Temple University School of Law, PA, in 1987.  Admitted:  PA Bar 1987; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of PA, 1988.

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MELISSA L. WHITE

Paralegal, Notary Public 
 
Melissa L. White began working with Wendy Ashby, Esquire, in February of 1999. Ms. White graduated with honors from Temple University, majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Business Administration. Since beginning her employment with Ashby Law Offices, Ms. White has completed a Paralegal Certificate through Thomson Education Direct. She has also completed two certificate programs for research training through Lexis-Nexis. In addition, Ms. White is a Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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