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Business moves fast. To stay ahead, clients look to us for business-minded solutions, arrived at through a highly-strategic, collaborative, and personalized approach. With over 100 years of legal knowledge and success, our attorneys have seen almost every legal issue and can help you navigate almost any matter.

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We know that the best relationships are formed out of a mutual trust and a respect which is earned over generations. Throughout your dealings with MacDonald Illig, our team will keep you informed, be responsive to your needs, explain the matter in the context of your business and keep you apprised of what lies ahead. We will work together with you to determine the best solution or means for achieving your goals.

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Businesses, public entities, and governments are faced with difficult legal decisions every day that can have far reaching consequences. We understand the business, legal, and political implications of your matter and routinely advise our clients on who best to turn, which resources are available, and what options can be taken to make each client’s business goals a reality.

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Articles & Presentations

Long-Lasting Organizations Prosper Through Careful Planning

MacDonald Illig can trace its existence back more than a century, to a partnership formed in 1897. We take pride in our firm’s history, but this longevity is not an accident. This longevity is the res...

Environmental Penalties: When Will They Stop Growing?

In recent years, we have seen a general trend of more severe penalties for environmental violations at the state and federal levels. Both the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ...

Closing the Gap: Executive Action Would Require Large Employers to Disclose Pay Data by Gender

In its most recent effort to close the gender wage gap in the United States, the Obama administration has proposed a new rule that would require large employers to disclose how much they pay their mal...

NLRB Strikes Down Anti-Recording Policy

Does your company have a policy prohibiting the recording of conversations, phone calls or company meetings? If so, you may be violating the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA").The NLRB Decisi...

Employee Wellness Plans: Get Your Workplace Into Good (Legal) Shape

With employee health benefit costs on the rise, employers are looking for ways to save. One approach is to adopt an employee wellness plan. In concept, a healthier workforce will lead to l...

Preserve and Protect: Assets Traditionally Not Considered in Estate Plans

We acquire an ever-growing and diverse collection of assets during our lifetime.To preserve and protect them, an estate plan is typically created with the counsel of an estate planning attorney. ...

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Representative Matters

With over $1.8M annually at stake, MacDonald Illig secures unanimous decision on appeal upholding prior grant of summary judgment which held that client is immune from property taxes.

MacDonald Illig recently secured a unanimous decision from a seven member en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court in favor of its client, the Erie County Convention Center Authority. The decisio...

Creation and acquisition phase of complex downtown condominium project completed.

MacDonald Illig attorneys Jack Mehler and Jay Alberstadt represented Erie Downtown Development Corporation (“EDDC”) in the formation of the Fifth & State East Condominium out of five historic buil...

MacDonald Illig successfully represented 30 individuals in both state and federal court and received approx. $9 million dollars in wrongfully diverted dividends and share value.

MacDonald Illig successfully represented a group of 30 shareholders who, collectively, owned approximately 25% of a large manufacturing concern in Pennsylvania.

Successfully represented the owner of a natural gas pipeline in a $70,000,000 pipeline construction project and advised on a variety of construction and right of way acquisition issues.

MacDonald Illig's business lawyers assisted with significant aspects of the transaction, including the bond issue to finance the construction project and negotiation of the related Note Purchase Agree...

Healthcare Practice Settles CMS Overbilling Matter With OIG’s Self-Disclosure Protocol.

Should we “self disclose” is an intimidating question for any healthcare practice that experiences a legal misstep.

Bankruptcy counsel to a business which owned and operated a Ontario Hockey League (OHL) team, the Otters, throughout the chapter 11 process and was able to maximize the value of its assets for all stakeholders.

MacDonald Illig was bankruptcy counsel to a business which owned and operated a Canadian Hockey League (CHL) team.

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The attorneys and staff at MacDonald, Illig are proactive, effective and responsive. I always have the highest degree of confidence that our insureds are in the best hands possible when a case is assigned to MIJB. I have direct access to the staff and receive immediate return calls and emails.