Antheil, Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is pleased to announce that partner, Jessica A. Pritchard, has been named a 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphia Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine, Super Lawyers editions. Only five percent of lawyers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are recognized on this annual list.  Since 2006, Pritchard had been recognized by the same publication as a “Rising Star.”  She is very honored by this newest level of achievement.

Ms. Pritchard chairs the firm's Family Law practice group, where she handles all phases of the negotiation and litigation of domestic relations cases, including divorce, child custody and support, alimony/spousal support, equitable distribution, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.  She has extensive experience working with high net worth individuals experiencing dissolution of their marriage or partnership.

Founders Bill Antheil, Sue Maslow and Bill MacMinn along with Partners Tom Donnelly and Mike Mills broke ground Wednesday on a two-story addition to our Doylestown Office on West State Street.  The addition will offer Class A office space, with the first floor featuring additional offices for our growing practice and a large state-of-the-art event/conference room for events and educational programs.  The second floor space will be offered for lease and will feature approximately 1650 square feet of premium office space including a separate entrance, elevator, restrooms and kitchen. We anticipate that the building will be ready for occupancy in the fall.

We are confident that our architectural design will improve the profile of our corner of town, and we look forward to expanding our services, professional staff and presence in the community.

Mike Mills will participate as a faculty member in the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Continuing Legal Education program entitled “Sophisticated Trust Techniques for the High Net Worth Client” on June 11th in Mechanicsburg, and July 21st in Philadelphia. This informative program explores the best planning techniques in a hypothetical fact/panel discussion format.

Mills’ practice focuses on helping businesses build and preserve value, and helping individuals preserve and protect their family wealth. He is highly experienced in the area of taxation, which impacts so much of business and personal financial planning. In representing businesses, this includes counseling clients on the tax aspects of business formation, financing, reorganization, and acquisition transactions, as well as business succession planning. With individual clients, this includes assistance with income tax planning, and planning for estate, inheritance, and other death taxes.

Mike Mills, a Partner of the firm, was elected as a Council Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Tax Law Section. The PBA promotes justice, respect for the rule of law, professional excellence, and betterment of the legal profession. The Section on Tax Law is focused on the development and practical working of the law relating to taxation, both substantive and procedural.

Mike holds an LL.M. in Taxation, and his practice concentrates in the area of taxation, which impacts so much of business and personal financial planning.  In representing businesses, this includes counseling clients on the tax aspects of business formation, financing, reorganization, and acquisition transactions, as well as business succession planning.  With individual clients, this includes assistance with income tax planning, and planning for estate, inheritance, and other death taxes.

Child Custody Legal Services include:

• Establishment of child custody orders (awards of primary custody, equal custody, and partial custody)
• Modifications to existing custody orders
• Parental relocations
• Grandparent visitation
• Contempt of child custody orders

We are very excited to report that work has begun on a two-story addition to our Doylestown Office on West State Street.  The addition will offer Class A office space, with the first floor featuring additional offices for our growing practice and a large state-of-the-art event/conference room for events and educational programs.  The second floor space will be offered for lease and will feature approximately 1650 square feet of premium office space including a separate entrance, elevator, restrooms and kitchen. We anticipate that the building will be ready for occupancy in the fall.

We are confident that our architectural design will improve the profile of our corner of town, and we look forward to expanding our services, professional staff and presence in the community.

Thomas P. Donnelly and Antheil, Maslow and MacMinn were approved in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as counsel to a conditionally certified class of employees relating to claims for overtime pay raised under the Fair Labor Standards Act.  The Complaint in Harrison v. DelGuerico’s Wrecking and Salvage et al. alleges that the company failed to compensate employees for overtime hours worked and, further, that the company mischaracterized employees as independent contractors over the span of several years.  The company argues an exception to the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Conditional certification and the form Notice to the putative class was approved on March 18, 2015.

AMM Partners Bill MacMinn and Tom Donnelly of the Firm's commercial litigation practice group will present a CLE on May 13th at 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the Bucks County Bar Association entitled "My Partner is Stealing - What Now?"  This Intermediate seminar will deal with what happens when a partner is found to be stealing from the business, and continued operations in the ordinary course can be impossible.  The presenters will reveiw the implication of the wrongdoing, the role of organizational documents, rights and remedies available to each party, litigation strategies, termination of employment and transfers of ownership interests. 

With decades of collective experience analyzing and resolving complex and diverse issues unique to business transactions, relationships and disputes.  Antheil Maslow & MacMinn's commercial litigation group brings exceptional skills to bear when conflicts arise regarding capital contributions, asset valuation, organizational documents, shareholders' rights and tax ramifications.   

We are proud to sponsor the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County Bowl for Kids' Sake Fundraising events happening throughout the county. This is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County’s premier fundraising event, where people get together with friends, family, and co-workers and have a fun time bowling in support of our mentoring programs in our community. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bucks County works to help broaden children’s perspectives and help them learn how to make good choices.

We want to encourage others to join the effort, whether you start a team, become a corporate sponsor or make a donation, its a great organization and a great feeling to help local youth on the path to fulfilling their potential and succeeding in school and life.

We are proud to announce the addition of Jessica Pritchard to chair the Firm’s Family Law practice group.    Jessica focuses her practice exclusively in the area of family law, where she handles all phases of the negotiation and litigation of domestic relations cases, including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony/spousal support, equitable distribution, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She has extensive experience working with high net worth individuals experiencing dissolution of their marriage or partnership.