The Law Offices of Reese, Samley, Wagenseller & Mecum

ABOUT US

	"Practicing law is about helping people. It's about using our knowledge and skill to help you succeed personally and professionally." Collectively, we have over 120 years experience in service our community's legal needs. You can count on us to be there today and tomorrow, to carry on that proud tradition of legal excellence on your behalf.

Timothy J. Reese. Esq.

Biography
Mr. Reese is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1974, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1977, is a Member of Woolsack Society for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Past Co-Chairman Family Law Section of the Lancaster Bar Association and has been in practice since 1977.

He formerly served as President of both the Lancaster Chapter of American Business Club and the Lancaster Mediation Center as well as serving on the Boards of the Penn State Club of Lancaster County and the Manheim Township Park and Recrestion. He was one of the original six attorneys selected by the Court to act as a Child Custody Conference Officer, a position he held for several years. His interests include coaching youth sports, Penn State football and photography.

He was President of the Manheim Township's Corner Kick Club in 1999, The Booster Club for Township's Boys' Soccer and was instrumental in establishing the Journey Schuss Cup, a Traveling Trophy awarded each soccer season to the overall winner of the Township/Hempfield regular season soccer contests.

He feels it is most important that we take pride and honor in serving our clients by balancing their needs, resources and objectives to always reach results in the client’s best interests.

Mr. Reese is married to Pat Dorenkamp-Reese, R.N., B.S.N., M.S., an instructor at the Lancaster General Hospital and certified nurse practitioner, and has three children, Jason, Christopher and Sara.

Matthew C. Samley, Esq.

Biography
Born and raised in Lancaster County, Mr. Samley graduated from Millersville University with honors in Business Administration and a minor in Mathematics. He received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in 1992. He is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Samley is a former adjunct instructor for Penn State York where he taught courses in Debtor/Creditor Law, Commercial Law, Corporations and Partnerships, and Understanding and Writing Legal Documents for the Business Professional. Currently he teaches for Sterling Educational Services and the National Business Institute as a instructor in collection law, ethics, LLC formation and bankruptcy. He is a member of the Business Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Estate Planning Council of Lancaster County, the Commercial Industrial Real Estate Council of Lancaster where he serves on the board of directors, the

Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, and is secretary of the Lancaster Lions Club.

Mr. Samley is a staff officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and an instructor for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission where he teaches courses in safe boating. An avid boater and outdoorsman, Mr. Samley enjoys spending summer weekends at his family cottage in Maryland. An avid clarinetist, he is a principal for the Lititz Community Band and plays with the Ephrata Concert and Millersville University Summer Concert Bands. In addition, Mr. Samley is a member of the Pennsylvania exit advisors network, an advisory service emphasizing exit and succession planning for businesses (See www.paexitadvisors.com).

Mr. Samley is a graduate of Millersville University, B.S., 1989, Cum Laude and Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1992.

David E. Wagenseller,lll, Esq.

Biography
A lifelong Lancaster resident, David received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Franklin and Marshall College, and, after graduate work at The Pennsylvania State University, earned his Juris Doctor at the Dickinson School of Law.

He has been admitted to practice before The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and The U.S. Supreme Court. He has been a divorce master and has received a number of appointments by judges, such as master in partition.

David’s community involvement includes having served as President of Lancaster Sertoma Club (which operates the world’s largest chicken barbecue annually at Lancaster’s Long’s Park).

He has served as President of Family and Children’s Service of Lancaster County. David has served as President of the Donegal Society.

An avid reader of science fiction; David is also deeply involved in church affairs. The Wagenseller family includes his wife, Linda, and a son and a daughter. Mr. Wagenseller, lll is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall B.A. cum laude, 1968, Dickinson School of Law, J. D., 1974 and is a Member Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lancaster Bar Association.

Samuel M. Mecum, Esq.

Biography
Born in Scranton Pennsylvania but a resident of Lancaster County since infancy, Sam is a graduate of Manheim Township High School in 1966, where he was a member of the County championship tennis team for two years, a member of the National Honor Society, and the Candlelight Singers (a cappella group).

He has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1973), and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1974) and the United States Supreme Court (1970).

He has been active on the Boards of several community organizations including the James Buchanan Foundation (President, Board of Trustees, 2004-2006), Grave Concern, Inc (Vice President), and the Open Arms Christian Child Care Center. He received the Access to Justice Award in 2002 from the Lancaster Bar

Association for pro bono work, and was elected President of the LBA in 2006. The LBA judiciary committee rated Sam highly recommended for a judgeship on the Lancaster County Court in 2005 and 2007. Sam is an elder in his church, a former Sunday School teacher, and a tenor in the church choir.

Sam's interests include traveling, hiking, friendly poker games, bocce (he was Secretary of the Lancaster Bocce League for 30 years.), fishing, trivia tournaments, history, blues and rock and roll music, fantasy baseball, real baseball, and getting together with family, which includes Wife Debbie, and sons Alex and Travis.

Sam is a graduate of Penn State University, BA 1970 ( History--with Distinction), Villanova University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1973 and is a Member, PA Trial Lawyers' Association, Member, PA Bar Association, Member, Family Law and Workers' Compensation Sections, Lancaster Bar Association, President, Lancaster Bar Association, 2006. Sam has been in private practice in Lancaster County since 1974.

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