Brad Terebelo’s practice involves all aspects of trust and estate planning and administration, focusing extensively on trust administration and fiduciary litigation.
Brad has spoken and written on issues concerning trust modification and change of situs. He presented at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orphans’ Court Rules Committee concerning representation of minor, unborn and unascertained beneficiaries in trust proceedings.
Brad served as chair of the Litigation Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Probate and Trust Law Section and currently is co-chair of the Committee. Brad is also a former member of the Executive Committee of the Section and was former chair of that Section’s Legislative Committee.
Brad is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Brad was named a Super Lawyer and is recognized as a Best Lawyer. In 2019, Brad was named a Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer as part of the publication’s annual Professional Excellence Awards.
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Probate Section, Litigation Committee, Chair
- Probate Section, Legislative Committee, Member
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Montgomery Bar Association
- Philadelphia Estate Planning Council
- Montgomery County Estate Planning Council
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (2019)
- Best Lawyers in America (2021 – present)
- Lawyer on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer (2019)
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star (2014 – 2017)
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2020 – present)
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- 2019 Bradley D. Terebelo, Speaker/Author, “Litigating in the Orphans’ Court,” and “Fees and Commissions,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, “Modification of Trust and Nonjudicial Settlement Agreements,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019.
- 2017 Bradley D. Terebelo, Author/Co-Speaker, “Ten Anniversary: a 10-Yr. Retrospective of the Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act,” Pennsylvania Bar Association Probate & Trust Law Section Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Peter J. Johnson, Esquire, Pennsylvania Trust Company, March 2017.
- 2016 Bradley D. Terebelo, Author/Speaker, “New Orphans’ Court Rules,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2016 Bradley D. Terebelo, Speaker, “The New Pennsylvania Orphans’ Court Rules,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2015 Bradley D. Terebelo, Speaker/Co-Author, “Orphans Court Litigation update: The Pennsylvania Uniform Trust Act and Family Settlement Agreements,” 2015 Fiduciary Education Foundation, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2015 Bradley D. Terebelo, Speaker/Co-Author, “The New Pennsylvania Power of Attorney Statute – What You Need to know NOW,” Philadelphia Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia Bar Association Probate and Trust Section Quarterly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2015 Bradley D. Terebelo, Speaker/Co-Author, “Trust Modification,: Lehigh County Estate Planning Counsel, Bethlehem, PA.
- 2014 Bradley D. Terebelo, Speaker, “Financial Powers of Attorney: What You and Your Clients Don’t Know (or at Least Don’t Do) Can Hurt You Both,” co-presented with Timothy J. Holman, Esquire, Smith Kane Holman, LLC, and Peter Johnson, Esquire, Vice President, Pennsylvania Trust Company, Probate and Trust Section Quarterly Meeting, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2012 Bradley D. Terebelo, Co-Speaker, “GST Consequences of Trust Modifications, Decanting and Other Changes to GST-Exempt Trusts,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, “19th Annual Estate Law Institute,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
