Law Firm Overview

Lori J. Cerato, Esq., graduated cum laude from the University of Scranton with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from The Dickinson School of Law in 1993. Attorney Cerato completed a judicial clerkship with President Judge Ronald E. Vican and Senior Judge James R. Marsh, both of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas. In 1995, she became an associate with O'Malley & Harris, P.C., an insurance defense litigation firm, practicing first from the firm's Wilkes-Barre office, and then becoming resident attorney at the Stroudsburg office.

In August of 2000, Attorney Cerato opened her own practice on Courthouse Square in Stroudsburg, PA. She concentrates her practice in the areas of elder law, real estate transactions, and civil litigation. Attorney Cerato is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Insurance Department as a title insurance agent.

Attorney Cerato is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Monroe County Bar Association.

She authors an article on elder law for the Pocono Record's Dignity section, which is published the first Wednesday of every month. She is a Board Member of the Monroe County Arts Council, a Board Member of the Stroudsburg Chapter of University Women. Attorney Cerato is a Stroudsburg Borough representative for the Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg/Stroud Township Open Space Advisory Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Elder Law
• Estate Administration
• Real Estate
• Civil Litigation

West Practice Categories

Elder Law, Estate Planning, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law