Jeffrey J. Morella
Jeffrey J. Morella, Founder of Morella & Associates, has a strong background in taxation, corporate, and estate law.
Jeffrey concentrates his practice in the areas of estate and tax planning, estate administration, corporate tax planning, and assisting small-to-medium sized business with general corporate matters. He has expertise in formation and capitalization, business combinations, labor and employment, and succession planning.
Small-to-medium sized businesses face a broad array of regulatory, economic, and legal issues. As an experienced attorney and business owner himself, Jeffrey understands these issues and the many challenges business owners face. By providing legal services tailored to meet their unique needs, Jeffrey is able to help businesses and their owners negotiate a frequently complex economic and legal landscape.
Building on his foundation in corporate transactional matters and state and federal taxation, Jeffrey also counsels financially distressed companies. By working closely with banks and other lending institutions, Jeffrey helps companies to devise plans for recapitalization and reorganization to help restore stability and long-term economic sustainability.
Jeffrey is a leader in the creation and implementation of asset protection strategies. Through the use of both domestic and off-shore asset protection trusts, coupled with the use of domestic limited liability companies and international corporations, Jeffrey provides clients with comprehensive wealth-management, asset protection, and estate planning services.
Combining Jeffrey’s unique experience with corporate and business transactions with his experience in estate planning and asset protection allows him to provide clients with comprehensive legal solutions to maintain, expand, and protect the businesses and wealth they have worked so hard to create.
Jeffrey frequently speaks at seminars on topics relating to corporate transactions, domestic and off-shore asset protection, estate planning, estate administration, and general tax planning.
Jeffrey has authored or co-authored:
- Asset Protection with Offshore Trusts (National Business Institute)
- Trust Administration in Pennsylvania (Lorman Education Services)
- 8 Great Estate Planning Techniques In Pennsylvania (Lorman Education Services)
- The Probate Process Form Start to Finish in Pennsylvania, (National Business Institute)
- Tax Planning Opportunities and the Marital Deduction in Pennsylvania (National Business Institute)
Jeffrey is a 1987 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.), and a 1983 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (B.A. in Speech Rhetoric, Communications and Writing, cum laude).