Eugene H. Gillin

Eugene H. Gillin is Of Counsel at Alexander & Pelli, LLC in Philadelphia and practices primarily in estate and trust law. His career has centered on trust and estate matters, supported by substantial involvement in probate and trust law organizations and professional education. He previously owned the Philadelphia firm Harkins and Harkins. His work and leadership reflect long experience with the legal, tax, fiduciary, and procedural issues that arise in estate and trust practice.

Eugene graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and Suffolk University Law School. His legal education provided the foundation for a career focused on estates, trusts, taxation, fiduciary administration, and related court procedure. He later developed substantial experience through private practice and professional education, including teaching programs on Pennsylvania inheritance tax, fiduciary accounting, and Orphans’ Court rules. That background supports careful analysis of technical estate and trust issues and the practical responsibilities faced by fiduciaries and beneficiaries.

Eugene previously owned Harkins and Harkins and has spent much of his career working in estate and trust law. He has served as Chair of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and earlier chaired its Tax Committee. He also served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee and was Editor-in-Chief of the 2002 Philadelphia Estate Practitioner Handbook, reflecting extensive involvement in estate-law practice and procedure.

Eugene H. Gillin is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and was named Distinguished Estate Planner of the Year by the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council in 2006. He has been affiliated with American, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Philadelphia bar organizations and has served as faculty for Pennsylvania Bar Institute programs. His combination of estate and trust practice, professional leadership, legal education, and procedural knowledge provides clients with experienced guidance on complex matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Alexander & Pelli, LLC
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
• Past Chair and Chair, Tax Committee, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association
• Member, Supreme Court Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Licensed State

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey

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