People: Lawyers

Ralph N. Teeters

Ralph grew up in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, and, after attending Oak Lane Country Day School, graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1963. From there, he received an A.B. degree from Cornell University in 1967 and a J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1970. Ralph was Chair of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 1996 and served thereafter on its Executive Committee and as a member of the Bar Association Board of Governors. He has been a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel since 1992. Ralph has also been listed in consecutive editions since 1997 in The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, for Philadelphia, and for all years from inception in 2004, as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for Estate Planning & Probate.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania Law School J.D. 1970
• Cornell University A.B. 1967
• Cheltenham High School 1963
• Oak Lane Country Day School 1948-1957

Bar Admission and Past Employment

• Pennsylvania November 1970
• Reed Smith (and its predecessor, Townsend, Elliott & Munson) 1970-1983

Honors

• Chair 1996
  Probate and Trust Law Section
  Philadelphia Bar Association
• Fellow - elected 1992
  American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• The Best Lawyers in America
  Trusts and Estates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
  Estate Planning & Probate

Personal

• Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residence in Broomall, Pennsylvania