Family Law

• Guardianship
  With the baby-boom generation advancing in age, Pennsylvania's senior citizens and their families increasingly encounter legal and practical concerns surrounding the care and support of elder loved ones. An attorney experienced in elder law matters can assist clients in establishing guardianships and conservatorships to provide the day-to-day assistance many elders need to manage their financial and personal matters. An experienced elder law attorney can prepare legal documents to allow senior citizens to predetermine medical and financial decisions during a period of incapacity, and provide for long-term medical care or nursing home residency through various funding sources. Additionally, an experienced elder law attorney can provide much-needed legal and emotional support to family members suddenly faced with the mounting pressure of caring for an elder loved one.

Criminal Law

• DUI/DWI
  If you have been injured because of a drunk driver, call Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak today. We have successfully recovered compensation for many people who are suffering from injuries resulting from a drunken driving accident. Call us at (814) 237-4100.
• Wrongful Death
  Injuries from car accidents range from lingering back pain to brain injury or in some cases, even a wrongful death. Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak litigators do not hesitate to go to trial to obtain compensation for your car crash injuries, if a satisfactory settlement cannot be reached. To speak with a Pennsylvania Injury Attorney who understands your needs and is willing to fight for you in court, contact Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak at our State Colle, PA office. Call (814) 237-4100.
• Fraud
  Prior to his time with RHP Law Group and shifting his law focus to elder law, Attorney Young spent parts of six years at the law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check, LLP in Radnor, Pa., serving first as a staff attorney and later as an investigator. His work supported active cases of securities fraud and securities and consumer class action litigation. Attorney Young spent time as a contract attorney for several different law firms in the Philadelphia area as well as a staff attorney at Dechert, LLP from 2005-2010, working primarily on business law litigation.
• Identity Theft
  With identity theft being the crime of the time, most of us have been told that the safest way to dispose of our personal records is by shredding them. While shredding your personal and financial records is the most recommended and safest way to dispose of your documents, the challenge is knowing
• Forgery
  Forgery —Sometimes will contests involve an issue regarding the authenticity of the decedent's signature on his or her putative estate planning documents. In these types of cases, the factual question of whether a signature is truly that of the decedent often requires the involvement of handwriting experts and/or other document examiners.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  Prior to practicing with Steinbacher Goodall & Yurchak, Kathleen worked at one of the nation’s premier litigation firms. Kathleen has more than 25 years of experience handling high-profile trial work in state and federal courts across the nation. She acted as counsel in the following areas: employment disputes, Title

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  If you have been emotionally, psychologically, or physically harmed by the careless actions of another, you may want to pursue a personal injury claim. Many times people wonder if they should talk to an attorney about their possible claim. They may feel like they are "out of line" to feel that their circumstances merit a personal injury claim. Or, they may feel that it is not worth the effort and cost to pursue a claim against the injuring party and that, in time, they will just "get over it."
• Auto Accidents
• Medicaid Planning

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  What makes Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak the very best choice when it comes to planning for the second half of life? If you Google Elder Law attorney in Pennsylvania, your search will result in options to browse many websites developed by law firms that promote themselves as the best choice for your legal planning needs as you are aging…Even in rural Lycoming or Centre County, you can find countless attorneys and just as many promises that your Estate Planning is in the best hands. Or that they are best able to help you apply for Medical Assistance to pay for nursing home care.
• Wills
  Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak strives to help you identify your concerns and goals and to provide options for you to achieve those goals. Our job is to balance all the tax and legal concerns and create the most effective plan that is specific to you and your family. Wealth Protection Planning encompasses anything from business succession planning and gas lease planning to retirement planning and estate and long-term care planning. Sometimes a client may incorporate several of these categories into their comprehensive Wealth Protection Plan. Typically you will have multiple concerns you want to address, and your Wealth Protection Plan provides a roadmap to do just that. We use multiple tools as part of your Wealth Protection Plan, including, but not limited to, trusts, business entities, and beneficiary designations. Wealth Protection Planning can be something as simple as updating beneficiary designations and coordinating those with your Last Will and Testament, or it can be more comprehensive to address gas lease planning, business succession planning, and/or retirement planning.
• Trusts
  Plan before a crisis: Talk with an attorney experienced in Special Needs Planning to make sure that important documents are in order. Using an attorney unfamiliar with the laws that govern special needs trusts and government benefits may result in loss of benefits, financial hardship, and a diminished quality of life.
• Power of Attorney
  A Health Care Power of Attorney allows you to appoint who you would want to make medical decisions on your behalf if you’re unable to make those decisions for yourself due to incapacity.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak different than all the other elder law firms? Uniquely, we plan for your need before it arises, so that when the circumstances of your life change, your documents and plan are ready to provide for your changing needs. We think of things you may never have thought to plan for, from little things like who will mow your lawn to who would take care of you if you get sick. Or how you will manage the tax issues related to your business succession. Or how your estate plan can protect your assets from the “4 D’s”… Our approach is undeniably comprehensive.