About Us
Officers & Board of DirectorsAward Recipients
ABOUT PAELA
The Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys currently has more than 180 members. These attorneys provide legal counsel and assistance to those looking to the future, those for whom the elder years are rapidly approaching, and those currently dealing with the struggles and unique complications of “old age.”
An elder law attorney deals with long-term care planning, end-of-life issues, housing assistance and options, elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, age discrimination in employment, veterans’ benefits, services of the Area Agencies on Aging, the legal rights of residents of nursing facilities, and federal and state legislation affecting the elderly.
So what is Elder Law?
Officers (2022 – 2023)
Tammy Weber, CELA
President
Dionysios C. Pappas, CELA
President-Elect
Carol Sikov Gross, CELA
Vice President
William R. Blumer, CELA
Sally Schoffstall, CELA
Officer
Stanley Vasiliadis, CELA
Officer
Robert C. Gerhard III, CELA
Immediate Past President
Board of Directors
Linda Anderson, CELA
2022-2024
Robert K. Schweitzer, CELA
2022-2024
Dana Breslin, CELA
2021-2023
Marielle Hazen, CELA
Robert Clofine, CELA
2023 – 2025
Richard Newman, CELA
2023 – 2025
Past Presidents
2008-2009
Marielle Hazen, CELA
2010-2011
Jeffrey Marshall, CELA
2012-2013
Rob Clofine, CELA
2014-2015
Stanley Vasiliadis, CELA
2016-2017
Leslie Wizelman, CELA
2018-2019
Linda Anderson, CELA
2020-2021
Bob Gerhard, CELA
Award Recipients
The following is a list of recipients:
2023
Anthony Marone, Harvey, Ballard, and Bornstein, L.L.C.
2022
Robert C. Gerhard, III, CELA, Gerhard & Gerhard, P.C.
2021
Karyn Seace, CELA, Nescio & Seace, LLP
2021
Bill Blumer, CELA, Leiswitz Heller
2020
Tammy A. Weber, CELA, Marshall, Parker & Weber, LLC
2019
Larry Frolik, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
2017
H. Amos Goodall, CELA, Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak
2016
Leslie Wizelman, CELA, The Law Office of Leslie Wizelman
2015
Dana M. Breslin, CELA, Pappano and Breslin
2014
2013
Sally Schoffstall, CELA, Schoffstall Elder Law
2012
Linda Anderson, CELA, Anderson Elder Law
2011
Rob Clofine, CELA, The Elder Law Firm of Robert Clofine
2010
Kemp Scales, CELA, Los Scales Elder Law
2009
Marielle Hazen, CELA, Hazen Law Group