James J. Gillotti

About James

James J. Gillotti was admitted to the practice of law in Pennsylvania in 1979. After completing a one-year judicial clerkship, he has been in private practice in Lackawanna County since 1980. In 2012, Mr. Gillotti was certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF), the only organization authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to certify Pennsylvania attorneys in Elder Law. The certification is currently held by less than seventy (70) lawyers in the entire state. He was re-certified by NELF in 2017. Atty. Gillotti is the Chairman of the Elder Law Committee of the Lackawanna Bar Association. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Elder Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has given numerous presentations on Estate Planning and Elder Law topics. Mr. Gillotti’s practice is concentrated in Estate Planning, Medicaid eligibility, asset protection, estate and trust administration, Special Needs Planning, and Real Estate. A native of Carbondale, Atty. Gillotti is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Scranton. He received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle in 1979.

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Colleagues at Oliver, Price & Rhodes

Paul D. Horger

Joseph A. O'Brien

Solicitor of the City of Scranton

Alfred J. Weinschenk

Solicitor for Clarks Green Borough and the Roaring Brook Township Sewer Authority

James W. Reid

John R. O'Brien

William F. Dunstone