For the second time in three years, a record-tying seven attorneys from the elder law firm of Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak have been named 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars in the annual rating service compiled by Thomson Reuters. 

Attorney Julie Steinbacher, CELA*, the founding shareholder of SGY, as well as Attorneys Amos Goodall and Kathleen Yurchak were named Super Lawyers, which represents the top five percent of practicing attorneys in each state. Attorneys Jenna Franks, Landon Hodges, Megan Ingram and Pat Santucci were each named Rising Stars.

Produced and compiled by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is patented and multiphased, and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made annually and on a state-by-state basis.

The Rising Stars selection process is the same as that for Super Lawyers, with one key difference: candidates must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. All attorneys first go through the Super Lawyers selection process, with those not selected as Super Lawyers but meeting either of one of the Rising Stars eligibility requirements remaining eligible for the Rising Star designation. While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, Rising Stars represent no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in each state.

This marks Julie's sixth consecutive inclusion in Super Lawyers, as she has been on this list each year since 2020. She was also previously a Rising Star for three straight years from 2011-13. She has been licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania since 2000, and founded SGY in 2002. One of just 65 Certified Elder Law Attorneys (CELA) in Pennsylvania, she is also one of only 84 Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in the state, and one of just eight attorneys in Pennsylvania with both credentials (as of June 2025). See Julie's Super Lawyers Profile

This is Amos' 21st consecutive year of being designated a Super Lawyer, as he has earned the honor in every year since 2005. He has been practicing law in State College, Pa., since 1974 and along with Kathleen, founded the law firm of Goodall & Yurchak, which was acquired by Steinbacher Law in 2015. He remains the only designated Super Lawyer in the elder law category in State College, and he and Kathleen are two of just three Super Lawyers in the estate planning & probate category in State College. Both Jenna and Megan are also listed in both categories as Rising Stars. See Amos' Super Lawyers Profile

Kathleen is making her fourth straight appearance on the Super Lawyers list, having been named a Super Lawyer in every year since 2022. She began her practice of law in Pennsylvania in 1989. She has more than 25 years of experience in handling high-profile trial work in state and federal courts in areas of employment disputes, Title IX complaints, breach of contracts, defamation, product liability, bankruptcy and trustee issues, insurance coverage, will disputes and removal of trustees and executors, partnership disputes and civil rights and Section 1983 litigation. She handles the firm's estate administration department in the State College office. See Kathleen's Super Lawyers Profile

Jenna has now been a Rising Star for six consecutive years dating back to 2020. She joined SGY in 2017 and became a partner in 2022. and has been practicing law in the firm's State College office since that time and also practices in Altoona. She is is licensed to practice law in both Pennsylvania and Florida. A co-author of the 2021 and 2022 Supplements to the Pennsylvania Trust Guide: A Handbook for Trustees and Their Advisors, Jenna is one of the 65 CELAs in Pennsylvania, and in 2023, was named the Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County’s (CBICC) Employee of the Year. See Jenna's Super Lawyers Profile

Landon has also been a Rising Star for six straight years since 2020. He also joined SGY in 2017 and became a partner in 2021. He practices out of the firm's Muncy, Williamsport, Wysox, Wyalusing and Wilkes-Barre offices. Also one of 65 CELAs in Pennsylvania, Landon successfully argued a case before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court setting a statewide precedent affecting inheritance taxes applied to trusts. See Landon's Super Lawyers Profile

Megan has been with SGY since 2020, when she was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, and prior to that was a legal assistant with the firm during law school. This year marks her fourth straight year as a Rising Star dating back to 2022. A summa cum laude graduate of Penn State Law, Megan practices out of the firm's State College office and heads up the firm's special needs planning department. See Megan's Super Lawyers Profile

Pat makes his first appearance as a Rising Star this year. He joined SGY in 2023 and handles litigation as well as long-term care planning out of the firm's Williamsport office. A veteran, Pat served his country for 22 years in the United States Army, rising to a rank of Major. He has been licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania since 2021. See Pat's Super Lawyers Profile