Wendy Ashby |

Ashby Law Offices, LLC

Wendy Ashby | Ashby Law Offices, LLC

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Wendy J. Ashby is a powerful and resourceful attorney as well as a skilled mediator. She has been licensed to practice law in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1992, and she focuses her practice on elder law, ip, estate administration, probate and family law.

Wendy comes to the table with the experience, skill and tenacity to protect her clients’ interests. A cornerstone of her practice is her responsiveness to the client’s needs. Wendy listens carefully to each client’s objectives and develops a strategy to obtain those goals while providing unflinching honesty about the prospects of her client’s cases. With that, she exercises her creativity and wisdom to bring about workable solutions. Wendy makes it a priority to respond to all inquiries as soon as possible.

While working for the State of NJ, Wendy consulted for the Superior Court, implementing a more effective court case management system for Mercer County. This experience working for the State, in combination with her twenty-five-plus years of private practice, has given her a unique and powerful insight into the legal system and how it can work best for her clients. As a mediator, in both estate and domestic matters, she uses her skills and insight to craft more successful resolutions to legal disputes than can be achieved through litigation alone.

In great demand as a seasoned elder law and estate attorney, Wendy is often invited to speak at various locations about the importance of long term care planning, ip, estate administration/probate, asset protection and many other topics surrounding legal issues.

Wendy Ashby is an active leader in her community. She has been appointed to serve on the following boards, commissions and other community positions:

Professional Memberships and Associations
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Bucks County Bar Association
Bucks County IP Council
Court-Appointed Mediator for Bucks County Foreclosures
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Member
St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus Board of Trustees Member
St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus Strategic Planning and Development Committee Member
St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus Quality Control Board Chair
Upper Buck Senior Center Steering Committee Member
Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce Member
Upper Milford Township Open Space Chair and Committee Member
Upper Milford Township Parks and Recreation Commission Member
Upper Milford Township Open Space Committee Member

Areas of Practice
IP (Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Advance Directives)
Probate & Estate Administration
Elder Law
Guardianships
Asset Protection Planning
Medicaid/Long Term Care Planning
Conservation Easement
Divorce Mediation
Family Mediation
Family Law
Divorce
Child Support
Child Custody
Adoptions
Name Changes

Admissions to Practice
Pennsylvania (1992)
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1992)
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey (1992)

Education
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, J.D. (1992)
University of Maryland, B.S. (1984)