Gross McGinley LLP

Stuart T. Shmookler focuses his practice in the related areas of business, real estate, wills, estate planning and administration.  A third generation Allentownian who has been in practice for nearly forty years, Stuart has been able to refine the business intuition he first acquired through exposure to his grandfather’s business, which is still family-owned and operated today.

Clients find Stuart’s sensitivity to their personal concerns comforting as they make major life decisions.

Stuart’s commercial clients range from small start-ups to large companies in diverse areas such as manufacturing, distribution, construction, food, retail and real estate development and investment.  He advises clients with entity choice and formation, transactions, contracts, business financing, buying and selling businesses, succession and business planning, liquor law, and collections.  As a value-added service, Stuart visits new business clients without charge to learn as much as he can about their operations.

In his real estate practice Stuart represents individual and business clients who purchase residential, commercial, and investment properties.  His services include drafting and review of leases, zoning, real estate financing, title problems, boundary disputes, title insurance, and easements.

Chairperson of the Wills, Trusts & Estates Group at Gross McGinley, Stuart helps families plan for the future with wills, powers of attorney, living wills, advanced health care directives, estate planning, trusts, elder law, guardianships and incapacities, and business succession planning. Clients find Stuart’s sensitivity to their personal concerns, as well as his knowledge of the law and years of experience, comforting as they make major life decisions.

Stuart is an experienced lecturer and regularly speaks to Lehigh Valley groups on retirement and estate planning topics. He is an annual presenter at the Pennsylvania State Education Association teacher’s union annual retirement planning meeting and has previously addressed employees of Lehigh County on the confidentiality of mental health records.

Alongside his law practice, Stuart takes an active role in the community where he has previously served as President of the Board of Directors for Valley Youth House and numerous other charitable and public organizations. He and his wife Susan have raised their children in the Lehigh Valley and worked together and with others to found a new synagogue that serves sixty families.

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