Summary

As an estate planning attorney, Elaine T. Yandrisevits is committed to guiding individuals and families through the process of planning for their future needs. Elaine takes the time to develop an understanding of her clients’ goals and priorities and helps them to develop comprehensive estate plans which provide for their families and preserve their wealth in future generations. Elaine concentrates her practice in estate planning, asset protection and wealth transfer planning, planning for retirement and life insurance benefits, probate and estate administration, trust administration, and estate and trust fiduciary litigation matters.

Elaine counsels individuals and families to design and implement their estate plans through core planning documents such as Wills, Revocable Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Healthcare Advance Directives/Living Wills. Additionally, Elaine advises high net-worth individuals about the effects of the Federal Estate Tax, Federal Gift Tax, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax on their estate plans, and develops more advanced documents where appropriate, including Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Qualified Domestic Trusts, Charitable Remainder/Lead Trusts, among other techniques.

Elaine also represents fiduciaries and individuals in fiduciary litigation matters before the Orphans’ Court and Surrogate’s Court, including will contests, trust modifications, petitions for allowance, and accountings.

Elaine is active in the Bucks County Bar Association, where she is a member of the Board of Directors and served as the Chair of the Bench Bar Conference Committee, Member Services Committee, Orphans’ Court Section, and Young Lawyers’ Division. Elaine is the Zone 9 Co-Chair for the Young Lawyers’ Division of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and was a member of the Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2022-2023. Elaine is also a member of the Bucks County Estate Planning Council.

Elaine earned her J.D. from the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and LL.M. in Taxation and an Estate Planning Certificate from the Graduate Tax Program at Villanova University School of Law. Elaine is a graduate of the University of Delaware, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Political Science and History and was named to the Dean’s List every semester. Elaine is also a proud former member of the University of Delaware marching band, symphonic band, and pep band.

Elaine has been selected to the Thomson Reuters Pennsylvania Rising Stars List, 2020 - 2024.

Elaine was interviewed by the PBA Real Property Probate & Trust Section’s “Death and Dirt” podcast for a candid conversation about being a trusts and estates attorney in Pennsylvania. Listen to Elaine’s episode by clicking on this link.

In her free time, Elaine enjoys traveling, hiking, and following her favorite sports teams.

 

 

Professional Memberships:

Pennsylvania Bar Association: Young Lawyers' Division (Zone 9 Co-Chair, 2022 - 2025); Real Property Probate and Trust Section (Executive Council)
Bucks County Bar Association: Executive Board (Secretary, 2025) Board of Directors (2024); Bench Bar Conference Committee (Chair, 2022 and 2024); Budget and Bar Property Committee; Young Lawyers' Division (Chair, 2023); Orphans' Court Section (Chair, 2023); Member Services Committee (Chair, 2025)
Bucks County Estate Planning Council

Honors, Awards:

Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers "Rising Star" by Thomson Reuters, (2020 - 2024)
Bucks County Bar Association President's Award, 2022 and 2024
Pennsylvania Bar Association Bar Leadership Institute, Class of 2022 - 2023

  SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• Course Planner, SECURE Act 2.0 and Beyond, Bucks County Bar Association, November 2023
• Course Planner, Administering an Estate in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, September 2023
• Course Planner, Death Law 101, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, August 2023
• Course Planner, The First Inning of Your Case: From Consultation to Fee Agreement, Bucks County Bar Association, June 2023
• Course Planner, Come Together: Civility in the Legal Profession, Bucks County Bar Association, February 2023
• Course Planner, State of the Orphans’ Court and Register of Wills, Bucks County Bar Association, February 2023
• Course Planner, Estate Horror Stories, Bucks County Bar Association, September 2022
• Course Planner, Britney Comes to Bucks: Post-Guardianship Proceedings, Bucks County Bar Association, September 2021
• Course Planner, Administering an Estate in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, August 2021
• Presenter, Tips on Closing an Estate, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February 2021
• Presenter, What Family Lawyers Need to Know about Trusts and Estates, Bucks County Bar Association, November 2020