Lisa Shearman, JD, law, Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, PC is pleased to announce that attorney Lisa A. Shearman, a partner with the firm, has recently been elected a Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel(ACTEC).“Established in 1949, The College is a national, nonprofit association of approximately 2,500 lawyers and law professors from throughout the United States and abroad. ACTEC members (Fellows) are peer-elected on the basis of professional reputation and expertise in the preparation of wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, trust administration and related practice areas. Lisa Shearman is a principal in the firm and an extremely accomplished trust and estates and business lawyer. She has over 25 years of experience advising and implementing sophisticated estate plans for clients that focus on business continuity, succession and aim to reduce taxes and preserve wealth in the way her clients desire. Her practice includes estate administration and post-mortem planning along with trust administration and the preparation of Inheritance tax, Federal Estate and Gift Tax and Fiduciary Income Tax Returns. In addition, Lisa assists clients with the formation and operation of tax-exempt organizations including private foundations. Lisa serves as Treasurer of the Montgomery Bar Association, Chair of its Probate and Tax Section, Chair of the Law Reporter Committee, and Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee. She is a Fellow of the Montgomery Bar Foundation. In addition, Lisa serves as Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Council and is a Zone 9 Delegate to the PBA. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council and the Wills for Heroes Foundation, for which she also serves as Vice President. Among other awards, Lisa is the 2015 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association President’s Special Achievement Award and the 2014 Recipient of Milton O. Moss Community Service Award, presented by the Montgomery Bar Foundation. A graduate of the University of Scranton (B.S. 1989), Lisa received her law degree from Widener University in 1992 and her LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law in 1994.

Lisa Shearman graduated with the class of 1992 and a degree in law before going on to become an accomplished trust and estates and business lawyer. 

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