is a third-generation law firm serving clients throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania. Our clients include individuals and businesses ranging from small, locally owned establishments to large corporations. We represent seriously injured workers and accident victims, people who have suffered the wrongful death of a family member, the elderly, estate planning clients, probate estates, and people invol
ved in other difficult situations. We offer a free initial consultation in all workers' compensation, wrongful death, accident, and personal injury cases. We accept these cases on a no-recovery, no-fee basis; we charge no fee unless we recover money for the client. Our business clients include tool and die manufacturers, building contractors, banks, trust departments, self-insured businesses, local governments, municipal authorities, public utilities, physicians, and restaurants. We are also committed to assisting those less fortunate through our civic activities in numerous community organizations. At Pepicelli, Youngs & and Youngs, P.C., we are local lawyers committed to our Clients, involved in our Community, and dedicated to High Quality Service. Our offices are conveniently located near the Crawford County Courthouse at 363 Chestnut Street in Meadville, Pennsylvania. OUR ATTORNEYS:
LISA PEPICELLI YOUNGS, ESQUIRE
Lisa is a 1982 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a 1979 graduate of Allegheny College. Her practice areas include estate planning and probate, trusts, elder law, real estate law, and corporate and commercial law. Born and raised in the Meadville area, Lisa takes pride in bettering the lives of others through not only her work as an attorney, but also through her involvement in the community. Her many activities have included serving as an elected councilman on the Cochranton Borough Council, Director of the ARC of Crawford County, and past President of the boards of the Young Women's Christian Association, the United Way of Western Crawford County, and the Crawford Heritage Foundation. She also has served on the advisory boards of the Economic Progress Alliance and Meadville Medical Center. Lisa is active in the Meadville Garden Club, currently serves on the board of both the United Way and the Crawford Heritage Foundation, and is a Director of the recently-established Cochranton Area Redevelopment Effort (CARE) organization. CAGLE, ESQUIRE
Brian graduated from the Widener University School of Law magna cm laude in 2008, and from Mercyhurst College in 2004. His practice focuses primarily on estate planning and asset preservation, nursing home planning, business succession and transfer planning, and municipal law. He believes that John Adams put it best when he said that there is no higher calling for attorneys than “to assist the feeble and friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure the redress to wrongs, [and] the advancement of right.”
SARAMARIA PATTERSON, ESQUIRE
Sara Patterson joined Pepicelli, Youngs and Youngs PC in December 2020. She brought with her years of experience representing clients in all aspects of family law, including equitable distribution, spousal support, alimony, child support, child custody, and protection from abuse, among others. She also handles Social Security disability, juvenile dependency, wills and estates, and real estate. Sara grew up in the Pittsburgh area and Titusville. She graduated from Penn-State Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA and has has been representing clients throughout Crawford, Venango, Warren, Mercer, and Erie counties. Sara is a member of the Board of Directors at the Benson Memorial Library, and often coaches her children's various sport teams. JEFFREY C. YOUNGS
Jeff is a graduate of the Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio, a graduate of Allegheny College, and a graduate of Cochranton Jr./Sr. High School. Jeff grew up in his family’s law practice working as a secretary, and later a law clerk, prior to practicing law with the firm. When he’s not practicing law, Jeff is often practicing music. He is currently the pianist at Grace United Methodist Church in Meadville, and is a member of the Allegheny College Chorus. He also is on the Board of the Crawford County Historical Society, St. James Haven, and is the Chairman of the Meadville Redevelopment Authority. The bulk of Jeff's practice includes workers’ compensation, real estate, personal injury, estate planning, and estate administration/probate. Jeff is also the Attorney for the Crawford County Register and Recorder’s Office. CHRISTOPHER J. YOUNGS - Chris is now practicing retirement - full-time! He used to practice workers' comp and personal injury law with the firm. While he's no longer a licensed attorney with the firm, he has helped shape the firm so that it can continue as one that offers friendly, compassionate, honest, and trusted legal advice to those in need. The firm continues to do all the kinds of law that Chris did, and with the same dedication to clients.
