Roberta A. Barsotti

Roberta A. Barsotti is a tax lawyer and a litigator, who specializes in the field of trusts and estates. She represents individuals, multi-generational families, charitable organizations and corporate fiduciaries. Her clients include corporate executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, special needs individuals and international clients.

Ms. Barsotti advises her clients about multi-generational wealth transfer, planning with tax-deferred assets, asset protection strategies, succession planning for closely-held businesses and structuring charitable gifts. She also counsels clients about their rights and responsibilities in the administration of trusts and estates. And she regularly represents individual and corporate clients in litigation before the Pennsylvania Orphans’ Courts and before the appellate courts of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Barsotti speaks frequently on issues of tax and fiduciary law to professional fiduciaries and in continuing legal education programs. Since 2008, Ms. Barsotti has taught fiduciary income taxation as an adjunct professor in the graduate tax program of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Ms. Barsotti’s charitable activities have included service as chair of the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Church Foundation, vestry member and accounting warden for St. Paul’s Church in Chestnut Hill and vice president of the board of trustees of Art in City Hall.

Prior to joining Schnader, Ms. Barsotti served as Vice President and Senior Wealth Planner for PNC and Managing Director of Wealth Planning for Wilmington Trust.

Ms. Barsotti received a B.A. in biology from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in the history of art from the Courtauld Institute, University of London and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, where she served as Articles Editor for the Temple Law Review. After graduating from law school, Ms. Barsotti served as law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia. She is conversational in both French and Italian.

Other Distinctions

•Temple University Beasley School of Law, Graduate Tax Program, Adjunct Professor
•Philadelphia Bar Association, Pro Bono Award
•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Litigation -Trusts and Estates, 2019-2020

Clerkships

•Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1994-1995

Community & Pro Bono

•Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania, Advancement Society, Vice President and Chair
•Episcopal Church Foundation, Executive Committee, former Vice President and Chair
•St. Paul’s Church, Chestnut Hill, former Vestry member and Accounting Warden
•Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, former vice president board member

Related Events

•Schnader Attorneys Presented “Perspectives on the Impacts of the Supreme Court DOMA Ruling”
•Roberta Barsotti Spoke at Morgan Stanley GFSP Group Panel

News & Publications

•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020
•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019
•Schnader Wins Precedent-Setting PA Supreme Court Decision for Wells Fargo
•Schnader Recognized for PA Supreme Court Victory
•Recent Superior Court Decision Underscores Difficulty and Need for Caution When Determining Appealability of Orphans’ Court Orders
•Lift of Prohibition on Same-Sex Marriages in Pennsylvania Provides New Estate Planning Opportunities
•Schnader Welcomes Roberta A. Barsotti to the Firm