David L. Hotchkiss was born in Cochranton, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1947.  He earned his B.A., cum laude, from Lehigh University in 1969 and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1975.  He was a member of the Dickinson Law Review.  Mr. Hotchkiss is a member and past president of the Crawford County Bar Association, and is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, the Erie Estate Planning Council and the Pennsylvania Borough Solicitors Association. 

He  is active in the community and is long time director and past president of the Meadville YMCA. He is a retired military officer.

Mr. Hotchkiss has published the following articles:  Regulations Run Amok (Private ADA Enforcements against Municipalities), Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2007 Municipal Law Colloquium; Life Insurance Trusts, National Business Institute seminar and publication on Tax Issues in Estate Planning and Probate in Pennsylvania, 2004; SEC Rule 147 - Distilling Substance from the Spirit of the Intrastate Exemption, 79 Dick.L.Rev. 18 (1974); Corporations --- Fair Value for Dissenting Shareholders Under the Pennsylvania Appraisal Statute, 78 Dick.L. Rev. 582 (1974).

Mr. Hotchkiss practices with the firm's Business, Real Estate and General Practice Group and focuses his attention upon Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Corporate and Municipal law, including bankruptcy and transactional matters.  He is responsible for supervising the firm's estate planning and probate practice.

Contact Mr. Hotchkiss:

David L. Hotchkiss, Esq.
Culbertson, Weiss, Schetroma and Schug, P.C.
Suite 200,  201 Chestnut Street
Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335

Telephone: 814.336.6400  | Telefax: 814.336.6570
Email: dlh@cwss.com