Wendy Fein Cooper concentrates her practice primarily in the areas of estate planning, tax planning and estate administration along with health law, elder law and business, professional and non-profit corporations. She also prepares pre-nuptial and property settlement agreements and the estate plans to implement them.
Wendy graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in History of Art. She obtained both her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation in the evening division of Temple University Law School while working full time, first as a paralegal and then as an attorney. At Temple, she was honored with a Bertram K. Wolfe Award, two American Jurisprudence Awards for Excellence, and three honors awards, one each in Taxation, Trusts & Estates, and Remedies.
She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and before the U.S. Court of Claims; the U.S. Tax Court; and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
An active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association Probate Section and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Wendy has lectured on tax issues for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. She has received the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell ® Peer Review Rating.
Wendy is a Trustee and Vice President of the Jewish Publication Society and serves on the Board of Directors of Congregation Adath Jeshurun. She previously served on the Planned Giving Committee of the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, the local Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Advisory Committee and the Cheltenham Township Economic Restructuring Committee. She provided pro bono counsel to The Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays, of which she was also an officer and Director, and represented The Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center for Women, both from their inception.
A lifelong musician who has performed with numerous choirs and orchestras, Wendy is also a theater and film aficionado. She and her husband Leonard, also an attorney, live in Laverock, Pennsylvania.