Rhonda F. Lord
lord@kkaglaw.com

RHONDA F. LORD leads the firm's Public Finance Law Group and also practices in the areas of Education Law, and Trusts and Estates.  Rhonda regularly advises families through all aspects of estate and gift planning and helps them with the development, implementation and administration of comprehensive estate plans. Rhonda is a member and past chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Law Section of Lancaster Bar Association. Rhonda also practices extensively in the area of public finance representing school districts, municipalities and others in the issuance of debt. Rhonda is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Pennsylvania Bond Lawyers. Rhonda also advises school districts on various policy and contract matters.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Partner, Kegel Kelin Almy & Grimm LLP.
Concentration in public finance, estate and trust planning and administration, and tax law.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

Lancaster Bar Association
Section on Estate Planning and Probate, Chair 1998-1999
Elder law committee, Chair 2004

Judiciary committee 2004

Section on Taxation

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Section on Taxation

American Bar Association
Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Section on Taxation

Lancaster County Estate Planning Council

EDUCATION:

University of Delaware
B.A., 1988

Dickinson School of Law
J.D., Cum Laude, 1991

Temple School of Law
Certificate in Estate Planning, 1993

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP:

           Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Montemuro, Jr.
           Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1991-1993

RECENT PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

"Hospitalization Retirement Packages can be Taxing" to the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (March 2002)

"Estate Planning under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001" for accounting firms (2001)

PUBLIC SERVICE:

Homeless Advocacy Project -- Pro Bono legal work for indigent clients

Dickinson School of Law -- Student Mentoring Program