Attorney Esther Acosta is the founder of Acosta Law Firm, PLLC, where she focuses on estate planning, asset protection, elder law and Medicaid planning. Personable, thoughtful, compassionate and extremely knowledgeable, she listens to the needs of each client—because every person’s story is unique—and helps them to execute a well-thought-out, customized plan. As a distinguished speaker, Attorney Esther Acosta offers seminars and workshops to educate and empower individuals, not only to understand the foundations of estate planning but also to appreciate the value of being prepared. She helps each client gain peace of mind by ensuring their children will be taken care of as they would want, their assets will be protected, and they themselves will be adequately cared for in a crisis. Attorney Esther Acosta knows first-hand what it’s like to lose a loved one and she is compassionate toward others who are going through a difficult time. It’s her mission to make a difference in the lives of others by helping them to learn through her experience and protect their legacy. Attorney Esther Acosta received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her Law Degree from Michigan State University College of Law. She is currently working on her Masters at Harvard.

Miriam Acosta Castriz is a partner of Acosta & Fraga Law, a boutique style law firm in Lake Worth, Florida. Born in Miami, she received her undergraduate from the University of Oklahoma and her law degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law. She started her career in 1995 as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County and since 1998 she has concentrated her practice exclusively to the field of Immigration and Nationality Law. Currently she serves as the Chapter Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association South Florida. Throughout her distinguished career, she has demonstrated her commitment to being a leader in her profession, her community and numerous professional organizations. She is dedicated to education as a member of the committee for the annual AILA CLE in Miami, teaching at the FAU honors college and a frequent speaker at immigration conferences.

Jane is a Northeast Pennsylvania native and a graduate of Plains High School. She has been practicing law in Pennsylvania for over 29 years, with a primary concentration in family law matters. Jane is admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit. Jane is a Past President of the Luzerne County Bar Association and currently serves on Bar Association Committees. Committed to her community, Jane is a professional mentor to the Domestic Violence Service Center. Jane is a member St. Jude's Parish in Mountain Top where she is a member of the choir and volunteers as a religious education teacher. Jane formerly served as the Zoning solicitor for Rice Township.

Adamczyk Law Offices, L.L.P. in 1992. Since that time, her sole focus has been the various aspects of family law. She received her B.S. from Buffalo State University in New York in 1987 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1991. Ms. Adamczyk came to Pittsburgh from Buffalo, New York in 1991, having married her current law partner and immediately set off to establish her own law firm. She has met with success since the beginning and her reputation as a family law practitioner is well known. Over the years, she has represented thousands of individuals in divorce, equitable distribution, support, and custody issues. The court selects her on a regular basis to act as a guardian ad litem in difficult child custody cases so the child’s voice and needs may be heard. In addition, she has work as an Allegheny County Law Department Assistant County Solicitor in the Title IV-D Department handling all issues regarding support for the County. Mary Adamczyk has also been a legal clerk to judicial staff in both the family law and civil law divisions where she has gained further insight on how the legal process can best serve litigants in these difficult situations. This included working with the administrative judge of the family division. Super Lawyers Magazine recognized her as a Rising Star for family law. Ms. Adamczyk is routinely requested as a speaker for legal seminars as well as private organizations whose members are interested or have particular needs concerning family law issues. She also provides consulting services to school administrators regarding the interpretation of custody orders. Ms Adamczyk’s approach provides understanding and emotional support, yet she stresses that she can best help the client obtain settlement or succeed in litigation involving property division when they can focus on the “business deal” as she calls it. In child custody cases the considerations are, of course, different. As a mother of two, plus years of experience representing both parents and children, she is able to see all sides and provide the guidance and advice necessary to succeed in helping the children. Ms. Adamczyk has also successfully mediated many equitable distribution matters and custody issues. Litigation is always a last resort. Mary Adamczyk was selected to be a panelist at a CLE (Continuing Legal Education) seminar on Guardians Ad Litem called, “Guardians Ad Litem: Custody from All Perspectives.” The panel included Mary Adamczyk and two Family Division Judges. The seminar took place on February 7, 2018, and was organized by the Family Law Section. Mary Adamczyk was elected to the Family Law Section Council in 2017, with her term ending in 2020. She was selected to co-chair the mentoring committee. Adamczyk Law Offices L.L.P. was a main sponsor of one of Pittsburgh’s Fifty Finest Fundraisers, Attorney Sease, who was a paralegal for Adamczyk Law Offices, L.L.P. prior to her passing the bar. The law firm helped Attorney Sease organize a silent auction to support her fundraising efforts for Cystic Fibrosis. Ms. Sease was one of the top 5 fundraisers in the Pittsburgh Fifty Finest Class of 2017. Our law firm attempts to actively resolve our cases prior to proceeding to litigation.

Area of Practice: Mass Torts