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The Region’s
Highest Quality Legal Services
Gawthrop Greenwood’s wide array of practice areas ensures a comprehensive suite of services for your changing needs. Businesses, individuals and governmental entities entrust us with their representation in the following areas:
Business Law
Business Law
Gawthrop Greenwood’s Business Law Department is a mainstay of our firm. We advise and assist our clients with a full range of issues that arise during the life of a business. Along with our clients’ accountant, banker, insurance broker and other advisors, we strive to become part of the business team, providing the advice, counsel and support necessary to allow our clients’ businesses to realize their full potential.
Community Association Law
Community Association Law
Drawing from multiple legal disciplines that are of limited availability elsewhere, we advise homeowners associations (HOAs), planned communities and cooperatives.
Family Law
Family Law
The divorce lawyer and family law practice at Gawthrop Greenwood provides support across state lines for the major life changes of our clients. Our experienced attorneys provide legal counsel for individuals in anticipation of marriage, adoption, divorce, support, child custody and other personal matters that require vigilance.
Family Law Mediation
Prenuptial and cohabitation agreements
Child and spousal support issues
Adoptions and guardianships
Child custody matters
Separations and divorces
Government & Education
Government & Education
At Gawthrop Greenwood, we have a long history of serving as solicitors for municipal authorities, townships, boroughs, police departments, zoning hearing boards and other governmental entities. Because of the breadth and impact of this area of the law, we provide representation in areas such as land use, municipal finance, public contracts, law enforcement and other regulatory matters.
Townships
Boroughs
Police Departments
Planning Commissions
Municipal Authorities
Zoning Hearing Boards
Education & Special Education
Litigation
Litigation
Litigation attorneys handle matters that require court intervention. This can include everything from complex corporate litigation to personal injury cases to criminal defense. Our litigators work hand-in-hand with attorneys in our business, municipal, trusts & estates, and family law divisions in order to tailor an appropriate litigation strategy for every client.
Corporate
Nonprofits
Insurance
Municipalities & Government
Banks & Financial Services
Individuals
Small Businesses
Construction & Real Estate
Maritime & Transportation
Maritime & Transportation
Gawthrop Greenwood represents local, national and international transportation companies in their maritime and transportation needs. Our maritime attorneys have vast experience in all facets of commercial transactions, financing, regulatory and legislative issues, environmental issues, casualty litigation and contract disputes.
Commercial Transactions and Finance
Legislative and Compliance
Jones Act Trade
Environmental
Litigation
Personal Injury
Personal Injury
Having served our community for more than a century, Gawthrop Greenwood’s personal injury lawyers are highly selective in representation of personal injury cases and are unwilling to settle for less than full value. This results in maximum recovery and a reputation for integrity that benefits clients.
Car & Motorcycle Accidents
Pedestrian Injury
Sexual Assault Claims
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Home Neglect
Product Liability
Slips and Fall Accidents
Work Related Accidents
Wage Loss & Disability
Real Estate & Land Dev
Real Estate & Land Dev
Permitting and land use approvals are primary challenges facing businesses and residents in our region. Gawthrop Greenwood navigates the challenges of submitting land use applications, securing approvals and interacting with regulatory bodies as you develop your investment.
Acquisitions & sales
Subdivision
Zoning & land use
Construction Financing & Contracts
Commercial Leasing
Community Association Law
Brownfields Redevelopment
Economic Development Incentives
Workouts & Foreclosures
Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates
At Gawthrop Greenwood, our estate planning practice includes sophisticated wealth planning, business succession planning and land planning. We assist some of the most affluent families in the area in managing and disposing of their assets, going beyond simply writing wills and trusts. Using a holistic approach to estate planning, we assist clients with gift planning, charitable giving, investment management and the exercise of intricate powers of appointment over long-term family trusts.
Estate Planning
Tax Planning
Succession Planning
Estate Administration
Trust Administration
Latest News
Gawthrop Greenwood Welcomes Community Association Lawyer Rachel M. Sorokin
Gawthrop Greenwood, PC is pleased to announce that community association lawyer Rachel M. Sorokin has joined the firm as an associate, representing the needs of homeowners’ and condominium associations in what has become the fastest-growing form of housing in Pennsylvania.
Family Law Attorney Don Kohler Goes Back to School for Mock Trials with Local Children
You know him as family law attorney Donald F. Kohler, but on Friday he was "Judge Justice Kohler" to these wonderful children! This is the 15th year that...
Deadline to File Tax Collector Surety Bond with Court of Common Pleas is March 15th
A reminder to Elected Tax Collectors for boroughs, towns and townships: In accordance with the Local Tax Collection Law, 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et.seq. you are required to secure a surety bond for the faithful performance of your duties, and have the bond filed in the Court of Common Pleas by March 15, 2026.
Gawthrop Greenwood Attorney James Doyle Appointed President of Chester County Bar Foundation
Gawthrop Greenwood, PC Partner James D. Doyle has been elected President of the Chester County Bar Foundation for 2026. "It is my honor to carry on the Foundation's 41-year history of helping Chester County citizens understand, gain access to and benefit from our legal system," said Doyle.
