Wilkes-Barre PENNSYLVANIA

  • Address:
    • 15 South Franklin Street
      Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18711-0075
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  • Hours:
    • Monday: 09:00 - 17:00
    • Tuesday: 09:00 - 17:00
    • Wednesday: 09:00 - 17:00
    • Thursday: 09:00 - 17:00
    • Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
    • Saturday: By appointment
    • Sunday: By appointment
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ABOUT Thomas J. MacNeely

Practice

Mr. MacNeely's practice is split between his handling of bankruptcy and creditor's rights issues and real estate taxation matters. With respect to his creditors' rights practice, Mr. MacNeely has successfully obtained, enforced and executed upon judgments for his clients in a timely, professional and cost effective manner. His clients include businesses, banks and lending institutions in enforcing, protecting and advancing their rights against their debtors. He also represents the interests of creditors' committees in bankruptcy court proceedings. Mr. MacNeely has substantial experience representing such clients on a regular basis in bankruptcy court, federal court and state court actions as well as in appeals before the Third Circuit. A secondary aspect of his practice in this area is the handling of real estate foreclosures on commercial and residential properties and sheriff sale actions. In the real estate taxation area, Mr. MacNeeley has successfully appealed the real estate tax assessment of hundreds of clients' properties. He has also represented numerous hospitals, universities and other non-profit and charitable organizations in obtaining tax exempt status for their properties. In addition, he has helped various clients secure “Clean and Green” approval for their properties before the Board of Assessment Appeals and elsewhere. His efforts have resulted in these clients saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in real estate taxes.

Industry Experience
•Financial Services
•Natural Resources
•Nonprofit Organizations

Honors
•BV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell - This rating attests to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflects the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary. The BV rating signifies an “excellent” rating for a lawyer that has been admitted to the Bar.

Personal Interests
•Running
•Exercise
•Golf
•Sports (Watching & Participating)
•Reading (Biographies & Historical Books)
•Playing Guitar
•Music (Listening to Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles & John Lennon)

Presentations/publications
•“Mortgage Fraud and Insuring Titles Out of Foreclosure” (Clarks Summit, PA)
•Bankruptcy and Sheriff's Sales (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
One Valley, One Book: Join Your Neighbors in Reading “The Natural”
• “Pennsylvania Farmers and Large Landowners Targeted for Oil and Gas Exploration”
•Attorney MacNeely addressed the newly formed Back Mountain Chamber of Commerce in June, 2013.

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Areas of LAW

  • Business

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