April is the founding member of The Charleston Firm in Chester County. She is the first of the third generation to pursue a career in law and join the Charleston family practice. April’s focus is on estate and trust administration and estate and tax planning. In addition to her estate practice, April represents many small, mid sized and family owned businesses, handling and resolving divergent matters ranging from business formation, acquisition of financing and working capital, employment agreements, contractual disputes, EEOC claims and defenses, loan modification and work-outs for distressed companies and a variety of litigation representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
April counsels many families and individuals in a wide array of personal and business concerns including corporate dissolution, winding up and shareholder disputes, the prosecution and defense of employment contracts, insurance claims, stolen identity and intellectual property claims.
April handles all aspects of both commercial and residential real estate transactions on behalf of sellers, purchasers and investors.
April has tried cases in courts of multiple jurisdictions in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has also represented clients before the Philadelphia Register of Wills, the Pennsylvania Orphan’s Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. April is the author of the website Painheritancetax.com.
April also practices in an area of personal passion, by representing both visual and performing artists by assisting and consulting with them on contract negotiation, subcontractor rights, sale of works and services and copyright ownership. She represents several prominent Chester County artists whose works have improved our local community here in Exton and West Chester.
April currently serves as the Vice President of Healing Art Works, Inc., a Pennsylvania non- profit based in Exton, PA, which places original, donated artwork in patient spaces at medical centers and outpatient facilities including Chester County Hospital, the Milton Hershey Medical Center, Cooper University Hospital, Asera Care Hospice, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Paoli Hospital, the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge and most recently Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children.
April is a member of both the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council as well as the Chester County Estate Planning Council. She has spoken on numerous occasions at Drexel University’s Performing Arts Management Course, local area Senior Centers and businesses on the importance of proper estate planning.
April counsels many families and individuals in a wide array of personal and business concerns including corporate dissolution, winding up and shareholder disputes, the prosecution and defense of employment contracts, insurance claims, stolen identity and intellectual property claims.
April handles all aspects of both commercial and residential real estate transactions on behalf of sellers, purchasers and investors.
April has tried cases in courts of multiple jurisdictions in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has also represented clients before the Philadelphia Register of Wills, the Pennsylvania Orphan’s Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. April is the author of the website Painheritancetax.com.
April also practices in an area of personal passion, by representing both visual and performing artists by assisting and consulting with them on contract negotiation, subcontractor rights, sale of works and services and copyright ownership. She represents several prominent Chester County artists whose works have improved our local community here in Exton and West Chester.
April currently serves as the Vice President of Healing Art Works, Inc., a Pennsylvania non- profit based in Exton, PA, which places original, donated artwork in patient spaces at medical centers and outpatient facilities including Chester County Hospital, the Milton Hershey Medical Center, Cooper University Hospital, Asera Care Hospice, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Paoli Hospital, the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge and most recently Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children.
April is a member of both the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council as well as the Chester County Estate Planning Council. She has spoken on numerous occasions at Drexel University’s Performing Arts Management Course, local area Senior Centers and businesses on the importance of proper estate planning.
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Michelle C. Power is an estate and family law attorney residing in Glen Mills, Pa., with a commitment towards guaranteeing her clients the best possible outcome in each case. Whether you seek an estate plan, guidance during an estate administration, help through an amicable divorce, or need to fight for what you are entitled to, Michelle will work to ensure that your rights and needs are met.
Michelle’s counsel is characterized by a balance of dedication, insight and conviviality with her clients that is matched only by her ruthlessness in the courtroom. Her intense work ethic has been demonstrated through her ability to build, maintain and enhance working relationships with both clients and attorneys, and has ensured that her consistent legal victories are never achieved at the expense of her steadfast morals.
Michelle’s career began at the University of Delaware, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She then earned her Juris Doctor at the Widener University School of Law, where she supplanted her studies with active involvement in committees for the American Bar Association and Women in the Profession. To gain more firsthand experience, she also worked as a research intern at the Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. She then parlayed this experience into a position at the Law Office of James I. Devine in Norristown, where she assumed every responsibility offered to her, from meeting with clients and opposing council to attending mediations. Before joining The Charleston Firm, Michelle was employed at a boutique Criminal and Civil firm where she was in charge of the Family Law Department.
At the Charleston Firm, Michelle draws from this breadth of experience to provide counsel that is both exact and empathetic, always keeping compassion for people, and the struggles they face in their everyday life, her foremost priority. Enthusiastic, passionate and committed to excellence, Michelle brings strength and energy to representing clients throughout the counties of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Lancaster.
Michelle’s counsel is characterized by a balance of dedication, insight and conviviality with her clients that is matched only by her ruthlessness in the courtroom. Her intense work ethic has been demonstrated through her ability to build, maintain and enhance working relationships with both clients and attorneys, and has ensured that her consistent legal victories are never achieved at the expense of her steadfast morals.
Michelle’s career began at the University of Delaware, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She then earned her Juris Doctor at the Widener University School of Law, where she supplanted her studies with active involvement in committees for the American Bar Association and Women in the Profession. To gain more firsthand experience, she also worked as a research intern at the Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. She then parlayed this experience into a position at the Law Office of James I. Devine in Norristown, where she assumed every responsibility offered to her, from meeting with clients and opposing council to attending mediations. Before joining The Charleston Firm, Michelle was employed at a boutique Criminal and Civil firm where she was in charge of the Family Law Department.
At the Charleston Firm, Michelle draws from this breadth of experience to provide counsel that is both exact and empathetic, always keeping compassion for people, and the struggles they face in their everyday life, her foremost priority. Enthusiastic, passionate and committed to excellence, Michelle brings strength and energy to representing clients throughout the counties of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Lancaster.