Julieanne E. Steinbacher is the founding shareholder of Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak, an elder care and special needs planning law firm established in 2002. The firm also offers its clients quality representation in litigation matters. Julieanne is Certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation and holds an LLM degree in elder law and estate planning from Western New England School of Law. She has a “Superb” AVVO Rating for attorneys and was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Julieanne is a recipient of a 2015 Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Special Achievement Award, which recognized her dedication and commitment to the PBA’s Quality of Life /Balance Committee.
Julieanne is the President of Estate & Long Term Care Planning, Inc., a company which provides continuing education for professionals in Pennsylvania and coaching for attorneys throughout the nation. Julieanne has lectured extensively for Pennsylvania State University Tax Institutes and Tax Week, PICPA-Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Tax Practitioners-PA Chapter, Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants, Elder Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association Annual Meeting, Back to Basics, Tax Pro Seminars, and the University of Illinois.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Julieanne was employed by AARP and as a geriatric social worker at Valley View Nursing Facility. As a gerontologist and former social worker, she has seen the devastating effect a lack of planning for long-term care needs can have. As an attorney, her goal is to provide a bridge between legal services and the aging network. In 2008, she developed The Elder & Special Needs Resource Center in Williamsport, which hosts frequent public seminars about issues affecting those who are aging. She has co-authored The Pennsylvania Trust Guide (Editions I and II), The Pennsylvania Special Needs Planning Guide, as well several books in a Protect Your Family series that inform people about planning for the second half of life.
Julieanne resides in Jersey Shore with her husband Donald, their three children, Cortney, Stephanie, and DJ, and two dogs. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and diving into a good book.
*Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation
Amos Goodall has been practicing law in Centre County since 1976, and is currently affiliated with the eldercare and special needs planning firm of Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak. Amos is an Emeritus in Elder Law (a Certifield Elder Law Attorney that is no longer practicing full-time) through the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF) of which he is a past President. Amos also serves on the Elder Law Certifying Exam Drafting Committee. He is a Fellow both of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and is a member of the Special Needs Alliance, an organization of leading elder law and disability law attorneys located throughout the country. Amos is a contributing author for Lexis Nexis “Tax, Estate & Financial Planning for the Elderly” and “Tax, Estate & Financial Planning for the Elderly: Forms & Practice”. He has been recognized as a pre-eminent attorney by Martindale-Hubell since 1992 and has been named as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the area of Elder Law by Philadelphia Magazine every year since that category was created. Amos has been recognized for a number of years in the list of Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of elder law, and this year was identified as the Best Elder Lawyer in central Pennsylvania. In 2016, Amos was appointed to the Advisory Council of the Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law. Amos is a member of the PA General Assembly–Joint State Commission on Decedents’ Estates Laws; The PA Bar Association, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Inc., Board of Directors; The American Bar Association, Military Pro Bono Project, “Operation Standby”. Most recently, Amos was appointed to the disciplinary and ethics commission (DEC) of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFB Board) for a three-year term running through 2024.
Amos received his bachelor of arts degree from Franklin and Marshall College, his juris doctor from Fordham University School of Law, and his LL.M. in Elder Law from Stetson University.
As a long time resident of Centre County, Amos’ many community service commitments include the Centre County Community Foundation Board of Directors; incorporator and solicitor with The Centre County Farmland Trust; Halfmoon Township solicitor; Foxdale Village agency solicitor; State College Friends School agency solicitor; Center County Bar Association, Centre County Legal Journal Associate Editor; University Baptist and Brethren church, church counsel.
*Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation
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