A principal attorney at Fort Washington, Pennsylvania-based Friedman Schuman, Robert A. Bacine divides his practice among estate planning and administration, corporate law, business succession planning, tax matters, commercial and residential real estate transactions and disputes, and elder law. His clients include people and businesses located throughout the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area.
In his estate planning practice, Mr. Bacine regularly prepares and reviews living, irrevocable, charitable and other trusts, wills, powers of attorney and advance health care directives. He also has related experience in providing representation to surviving family members of the decedent in probate and other estate administration proceedings. His business law background encompasses entity formation, the preparation of shareholder and employment agreements, mergers and acquisition, the drafting and review of business contracts and tax advice. He also advises business owners on how to plan for succession in the event of retirement, incapacity or death. Mr. Bacine’s elder law practice includes Medicaid and long-term care planning as well as guardianships, and he has assisted clients in the purchase, sale and development of commercial and residential real estate. His successful track record in all of these endeavors has earned him an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Bacine is an active participant in a variety of legal organizations. His memberships include the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council and the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States Tax Court. Mr. Bacine holds a Juris Doctor from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and an LLM in taxation from New York University School of Law.