Charles J. Avalli

Charles J. Avalli received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978 and his Juris Doctorate Degree from its Law School in 1981. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1981 and the United States Tax Court in 1985.

For the first three years of his practice, Mr. Avalli worked in the tax department of the Pittsburgh office of Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Thereafter, he became an associate and later a shareholder at a medium-sized Pittsburgh law firm where he was a managing shareholder for the last six years of his association with that firm. Also at that time, Mr. Avalli was in charge of all estate planning, administration, and litigation matters for the firm, as well as all areas of family law cases.

Mr. Avalli has extensive experience in all aspects of estate litigation, estate planning, and estate administration. He has represented and sued all the major banks of Pittsburgh in estate litigation matters and has created estate plans for some of the wealthiest families in Western Pennsylvania. He has successfully litigated surcharge actions that recovered as much as 1.4 million dollars for the estate's beneficiaries. He regularly lectures on estate and tax planning to civic and professional groups. Also, he has had articles published in Financial Advisor on estate and trust litigation matters.

Mr. Avalli’s extensive experience also includes the practice of family law. He has worked on and litigated some of the biggest divorce cases in Western Pennsylvania and is widely respected as a leader in the field of family law. He utilizes his tax and accounting background to his client's advantage in the determination of income for support purposes and the valuation of assets for the distribution of marital property.

He is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association's Probate and Trust Law Section and Family Law Section. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Trusts and Estates, as well as Family Law. He is recognized in the Continental Who's Who Registry.

Mr. Avalli has served as a hearing member of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and on the Board of Directors of Auberle, a non-profit agency helping troubled children and families in Western Pennsylvania.