Bio

Francis Sullivan is the Founding Partner of Hill Wallack LLP’s Yardley, Pa., office. He is partner-in-charge of the Business & Commercial and Trusts & Estates practice groups, a member of the Banking & Financial Services group and is a member of Hill Wallack’s Management Committee. He is the legal counselor to numerous family owned businesses, middle market corporate entities and partnerships, and provides guidance in their development and growth, whether through M & A activities or organic growth. As such an advisor, he counsels business owners on the when and how to maximize and protect the value of their labors, including generational transfers via succession planning; internal transfers to existing shareholders/partners and external arm’s length transfers/sales to third parties. Because of his extensive background and experience in dealing with the life cycles of business entities and their owners, Mr. Sullivan is also frequently requested to act as a Mediator to assist in the resolution of business and commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, as well as internal disputes among the owners, both before and after litigation is filed. Mr. Sullivan is admitted to practice before the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He earned his Law Degree and Master of Laws in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law. He is a former Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Sullivan earned a Certificate in Estate Planning from the Graduate Tax Division of Temple University School of Law and obtained his B.A. from La Salle University.