Keanna is a paralegal in the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group with a reputation for delivering high-quality service. She thoroughly enjoys meeting with clients and helping them through the estate administration process. Keanna helps clients and attorneys with various aspects of the estate administration process, including opening the estate, preparing and filing of all required Estate documents, liquidating assets, preparing Inheritance Tax Returns, family settlements and closing the estates.
Outside of the firm, Keanna enjoys spending her time reading and watching her fiancé race at the dirt race track. She is also an avid bowler, continuing her legacy as a previous member of the University of Kutztown Women’s Bowling team!
Dawn is a paralegal in the firm’s Finance & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. She brings over 40 years of experience in the legal field to Barley Snyder, focusing primarily on bankruptcy, debtor and creditors’ rights areas of law. Her attention to detail benefits the firm’s attorneys and clients.
Kaleigh is a paralegal in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group where she assists with various real estate and title matters. In her role, Kaleigh supports attorneys by reviewing title commitments and related documents as part of the due diligence process in a real estate transaction. She also assists with property research and the review of municipal ordinances in connection with land use and development matters. She reviews agreements of sale and lease agreements to identify key dates and tasks to help with project/matter organization. In addition, Kaleigh prepares real estate and title documents, attends closings, and serves as a Notary Public. She assists clients with the formation of homeowners associations as well.
Prior to becoming a paralegal, Kaleigh worked as a legal assistant where she gained valuable experience preparing real estate and title-related documents while providing administrative support to attorneys. She is a graduate of Liberty University where she earned her B.S. in Law and Policy: Pre-Law in only two years.
Outside of the firm, she enjoys hiking, playing volleyball, and swing dancing.
Payge is a paralegal in the firm’s Real Estate and Title Insurance groups with nearly a decade of experience in the industry.
Previously working as an Escrow Assistant and a Real Estate/Title Assistant, Payge provides a unique and well-rounded perspective to her role. She has experience facilitating the settlement process, including the review of purchase contracts and title commitments, obtaining curative items needed for closing, and preparing settlement statements. Payge is well-versed in handling the recording of original documents and distributing funds post-settlement, in addition to providing notarial services. Furthermore, she has maintained and supported activities of real estate closings, obtained title searches, tax lien certificates, and more.
Payge began her career in legal services, working for the Sargent’s Court Reporting Service, Inc. in Harrisburg. Prior to that, she interned at the Youth Advocate Programs in Reading. Outside of the firm, Payge actively participates in extracurricular company activities including kickball and softball. A graduate of Kutztown University, she served as President of the Equestrian Team during her junior and senior years of college.
- Licensed Escrow Officer, Texas
- Notary public
Maryann is a paralegal in the firm’s Business and Trusts & Estates practice groups. She has accumulated three decades of experience in the legal field, assisting attorneys with various corporate and estate planning matters.
In her business work, Maryann handles new entity formations and amendments with respect to corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and fictitious names. She has experience preparing various business agreements, maintaining proper corporate records, completing stock transfers and assignments of LLC membership interests. She also handles related real estate matters such as 1031 like-kind exchanges and agreements of sale for real estate purchases. Maryann’s estate planning work consists of preparing documents such as wills, power of attorneys, durable health care powers of attorney and health care treatment instructions (living wills) and trusts. She assists our business and estate planning counsel with various complementary matters as needed. She is also a licensed notary and frequently attends document signings.
Maryann enjoys the outdoors, traveling and spending time with her husband, daughter and son, and making memories with family and friends.
Bonnie is a paralegal in Barley Snyder’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group. She has been working in the legal field for more than 32 years with extensive experience in estate administration. Bonnie enjoys interacting with clients and guiding them through every step of the process.
Bonnie handles all aspects of an estate administration – preparing a full accounting of an estate from the date of death through the date of distribution. She is very knowledgeable in preparing petitions for probate, inheritance tax returns, claim forms, estate settlement documents and more. Bonnie prides herself in getting to know her clients and acting with compassion towards them.
Prior to starting a career in the legal field, Bonnie worked in various Finance Offices for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Department of the Army.
Jamie is a paralegal in the firm’s Real Estate and Title Insurance groups with four decades of legal experience. She began her legal career working in the areas of family law, collections and civil litigation. For the past 20 years, she has concentrated her work on real estate and title insurance matters.
Some of the tasks that Jamie handles are preparing real estate files for closing, ordering tax certifications, coordinating with mortgage lenders, clients and attorneys to schedule closings, reviewing deed transfers and more. As a Notary Public, Jamie attends closings as well as meets with sellers and buyers to get closing documents signed in the event they are unable to attend closing. Jamie also has experience managing the day-to-day operations of Lebanon Title Company, serving as office manager from April 2019 to March 2023.
Jamie is a mother of two and lifelong resident of Lebanon where she resides with her husband. Jamie serves as the cheerleading coach for Lebanon High School, a position she has served in for over 20 years.
Gretta is a paralegal in Barley Snyder’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group with more than 10 years of experience in estate administration. She enjoys interacting with clients and helping them through the estate administration process.
Gretta is very knowledgeable with preparing and filing documents required for probate, Inheritance Tax Returns, formal and informal accountings, Federal Estate Tax, fiduciary, and individual income tax returns. She regularly meets with clients to review returns, identify and liquidate assets, and close estates. She also has experience assisting attorneys with the preparation and filing of various legal documents, including civil pleadings, business organizational documents, business purchase and loan documents, and deed preparation.
Prior to joining Barley, she served as a PFA Coordinator with the Office of the Prothonotary at the Schuylkill County Courthouse in Pottsville where she gained experience with processing orders into the court docketing system and data entry of various civil filings.
Gretta is a graduate of McCann School of Business & Technology where she earned her Associate Degree in Specialized Business for Paralegal Studies. Outside of the firm, Gretta enjoys hiking with her partner and two German Shepherds.
