Olyphant, PA

Scott R. Sanderson

ATTORNEY SCOTT R. SANDERSON, joined the law firm as an attorney in 2009 and concentrates in the areas of Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Employment Law, Family Law, Real Estate Transactions and Tax Law. He is a graduate of Widener University School of Law and Seton Hall University. He was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in Employment Discrimination Law and named to the Widener University School of Law Dean’s Honors List. He is a licensed Pennsylvania Resident Title Agent. He has been recognized as a 2020, 2021 and 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, invited to Best Attorneys of America (2016), and selected by the National Academy of Jurisprudence as one of the Premier 100 trial attorneys in Pennsylvania (2016) for his excellence in Orphans’ Court litigation.

John P. Sanderson, Jr.

ATTORNEY JOHN P. SANDERSON, JR. has 45 years of experience in the practice of law and concentrates in the areas of Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, and Corporate law as well as Real Estate transactions, Business Planning and Pension Planning. He is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is also a former professional baseball player with the Houston Astros Organization, signing right out of high school playing shortstop for the Astros in the 1960’s. He represented professional athletes in the area of sports law and contract law. Attorney Sanderson represents high net-worth individuals and their families, owners of closely held businesses, and numerous financial and charitable institutions. He also volunteers his time to represent indigent former professional baseball players through the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Lackawanna County Bar Association, the Luzerne County Bar Association, the United States Middle District Court of Pennsylvania, the American Bar Association, the United States Tax Court, and the Association of Professional Ball Players of America and the National Association of Accountants. Attorney Sanderson was BV rated by Martindale-Hubbell for the year 2010. In 2016, Attorney Sanderson was selected by the National Academy of Jurisprudence as one of the Premier 100 trial attorneys in Pennsylvania for his excellence in Orphans’ Court litigation.

John P. Sanderson, III

ATTORNEY JOHN P. SANDERSON, III, joined the law firm as an attorney in 2007 and concentrates in the areas of Civil Litigation, Wills and Trusts, Estate and Trust Administration, and Real Estate Transactions as well as Civil and Orphans’ Court Litigation. He is a graduate of Widener University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Pennsylvania and is a licensed Pennsylvania Resident Title Agent. He has received numerous awards including Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star (2011, 2012, 2019), inclusion in Best Attorneys of America (2015), AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell (2016), selected to Top Attorneys of North America edition of The Heritage Registry of Who’s Who (2016), National Academy of Jurisprudence Premier 100 trial attorneys in Pennsylvania (2016), Marquis Who’s Who in America (2019, 2020), and US News & World Report Legal Elite Award for estate planning (2020). He has handled high-profile cases, including the estate of a celebrity New York attorney with assets over $70 million and a Healthcare Corporation CEO with a net worth of $125 million.