Andrew G. Sykes, Esq.

Andrew Sykes is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA)* and is recognized as a leading elder law authority in Pennsylvania. He has practiced elder law for more than 25 years and is a past chair of the Elder Law Committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Mr. Sykes has taught on elder law topics to legal and professional groups, including the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Elder Law Foundation, and the FPA Pittsburgh Financial Forum. His comments on elder law topics have been quoted on WTAE-TV and in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Town and Country Magazine, Pittsburgh Senior News, and other publications.

Mr. Sykes helps individuals and couples make their futures more secure with powerful and well-designed estate plans. He focuses particular attention on ways to protect assets during the client’s lifetime, and for the next generation. An early practitioner of Medicaid planning in Pennsylvania, he has helped hundreds of nursing home residents qualify for benefits while protecting assets for their loved ones.

He graduated with honors from The Ohio State University College of Law, where he served as articles editor of the Law Journal and was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award. Before practicing law, Mr. Sykes served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Maurice B. Cohill, Jr., who was then Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

*Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation under authorization of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.