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Melanie Walz Scaringi Esq.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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phone 717-798-3601
866-643-7036
fax 717-657-7797
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Melanie Walz Scaringi, Esquire. Mrs. Scaringi focuses her practice on Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estate Administration/Probate and Real Estate.

In March, 2005 Melanie Scaringi and her husband Marc Scaringi opened the Law Firm of Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. Prior to the opening of this firm, Mrs. Scaringi and her husband worked as partners in the Law Firm of Walz, Walz, Scaringi & Scaringi, which was located in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Scaringi obtained her license to practice law in 2001. She is a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania and is also admitted to practice in the United States Middle District Court. Mrs. Scaringi is a member of the of the Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and is a member of the Real Estate, Probate & Trusts, Elder Law, and Tax Law Sections.

In 1998, Mrs. Scaringi graduated magna cum laude from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of the Arts in political science and a Bachelor of the Arts in Psychology, and she graduated from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University in 2001 with a Juris Doctorate. Mrs. Scaringi is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a national collegiate honor society.

From 1997 to 1998, Mrs. Scaringi worked as an Assistant Counselor for a Sexually Violent Predators Group Therapy in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1998, Mrs. Scaringi worked as a summer clerk in the Executive Office of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. In 1999, Mrs. Scaringi worked as a legal intern in the Criminal Appeals Division in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. In 2000, she worked for the Family Law Clinic of the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Scaringi is a member and Vice President of the Venture Club of Harrisburg, which is a professional women's service organization, and is a member of Faith Presbyterian Church in Dauphin County.

Accreditations
Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009

Areas of Practice:
Elder Law
Estate Administration / Probate
Estate Planning
Real Estate
Prenuptial Agreements
Surrogacy
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 2001
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2001
U.S. Supreme Court, 2009
Education:
Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2001
Juris Doctorate


Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1998
Bachelor of the Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Major:  Political Science
Major:  Psychology


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Central PA Paralegal Association Lunch and Learn, Harrisburg


Elder Law, 2008 Central PA Paralegal Association Annual Meeting


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate & Trusts Section
Member


Pennsylvania Bar Association, Elder Law Section
Member


Pennsylvania Bar Association, Tax Law Section
Member


Dauphin County Bar Association
Member


Venture Club of Harrisburg
Vice President


Past Employment Positions:
Sexually Violent Predators Group Therapy, Assistant Counselor, 1997 - 1998


Executive Office of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Summer Clerk, 1998


Criminal Appeals Division in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Legal Intern, 1999 - 1998


Family Law Clinic of the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Certified Legan Intern, 2000


Law Offices of Walz & Walz, Law Clerk, 2001


Law Offices of Walz & Walz, Associate Attorney


Law Firm of Walz, Walz, Scaringi & Scaringi, Partner, 2002 - 2005


Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. serves clients throughout Central Pennsylvania including:

Camp Hill • Carlisle • East Shore • Harrisburg • Lancaster • Lebanon • Lemoyne • Mechanicsburg • New Cumberland • West Shore • York • Cumberland County • Dauphin County • Juniata County • Lancaster County • Lebanon County • Mifflin County • Perry County • York County • Newport • New Bloomfield • Landisburg • Duncannon • Millerstown • Liverpool • Mifflintown • Port Royal • Thompsontown • Burnham • Lewistown • Mt. Pleasant Mills • Port Trevorton • Selinsgrove • Middleburg • Richfield • Snyder County