DANIEL R. COLEMAN
Daniel is an associate in the Trusts and Estates Department of Eckell Sparks in Media, PA. Daniel joined Eckell Sparks in July of 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Daniel served as Judicial Law Clerk to President Judge Chad F. Kenney in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. While serving as a judicial law clerk, Daniel also sat as a Master hearing various guardianship issues.
Daniel received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law, graduating summa cum laude. While at Widener, he served as a sub-editor on the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Daniel completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University where he was a member of the Lightweight Crew Team and majored in History.
Daniel has resided in Lansdowne, PA his entire life and has an extensive family network that lives in Lansdowne, PA and neighboring towns.
Areas of Practice
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Orphans’ Court
- Real Estate
Admitted to Practice
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Widener University School of Law, Juris Doctorate awarded in 2011
- Graduated summa cum laude
- The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, sub-editor
- Widener Merit Scholar
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Yale University, Bachelor of Arts awarded in 2006
- Major: History
- Yale Lightweight Crew – 2005 recipient of JV Spirit Award for leadership
Professional Memberships
- Delaware County Bar Association
- Delaware County Orphans’ Court Rules Committee
- DCBA Young Lawyers’ Section
- Guy G. DeFuria Chapter of the American Inns of Court
- Yale Club of Philadelphia