Resolution Law Group / Law Offices of Scott G. Hoh

Resolution Law Group, also known as the Law Offices of Scott G. Hoh, is an estate planning law practice located at 606 N 5th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. The firm concentrates on the legal work that surrounds wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate administration and property transfers, serving individuals and families throughout Berks County and the surrounding region. Appointments are recommended, and the office handles matters both in person and through online meetings.

The practice is led by attorney Scott G. Hoh, who works alongside a small support team that assists clients through document preparation, signing appointments and the administrative steps that follow a death in the family. The firm's name reflects its general approach: rather than treating estate planning as a single transaction, the office frames it as a process with defined stages, from the first conversation about goals through the execution of documents and, later, the settlement of an estate.

Estate Planning Services

Estate planning covers the legal instruments that determine what happens to a person's property, finances and medical decisions when they are no longer able to manage those matters themselves. The firm drafts and reviews the core documents that most Pennsylvania families need, including:

• Last wills and testaments, including provisions for minor children and guardianship nominations
• Revocable living trusts and related funding documents
• Financial powers of attorney, which allow a named agent to handle banking, bills and property matters
• Health care powers of attorney and advance directives, sometimes called living wills, which set out medical wishes in writing
• Beneficiary designation reviews for retirement accounts and life insurance
• Planning considerations connected to long term care and nursing home costs

Pennsylvania has its own rules that make local guidance useful. The state imposes an inheritance tax with rates that vary depending on the relationship between the person who died and the person inheriting, which means planning decisions made in Pennsylvania can differ from advice given in neighboring states. The firm's work includes explaining how those rules apply to a particular family situation and how documents can be structured accordingly.

Probate and Estate Administration

When someone dies, the estate often has to pass through the Register of Wills in the county where the person lived. In Berks County, that office is in Reading, a short distance from the firm's location. Probate involves presenting the will, obtaining letters testamentary or letters of administration, notifying beneficiaries, inventorying assets, settling debts, filing the Pennsylvania inheritance tax return and finally distributing what remains.

The firm represents executors and administrators through these steps. For people who have never served in that role before, the responsibilities can be unfamiliar and the deadlines easy to miss. The practice provides the procedural structure: what forms are due, what documentation the court expects, how to handle real property that must be sold or transferred, and how to close the estate properly so the personal representative is released from further obligation.

Real Estate and Deed Work

Deed preparation and transfer is a recurring part of the firm's caseload. Property changes hands for many reasons connected to estate planning: adding or removing a spouse, transferring a family home into a trust, distributing real estate to heirs after a death, or correcting an older deed with an error in the legal description. Each of these requires a properly drafted document, the correct realty transfer tax treatment, and recording with the Berks County Recorder of Deeds. The firm handles that paperwork from start to finish, including the exemption claims that often apply to family transfers.

Location, Access and Practical Details

The office sits on North 5th Street in Reading, within the city's legal and civic corridor and convenient to the Berks County Courthouse and Register of Wills. The building has a wheelchair accessible entrance, a wheelchair accessible restroom and accessible parking, so clients with mobility limitations can attend meetings on site without difficulty. A restroom is available for visitors.

Scheduling is done by appointment, which allows the office to allocate enough time for the detailed conversations estate planning usually requires. The phone number for the office is +1 610-374-5841. Online appointments are available for clients who prefer to meet remotely or who live outside the immediate area, and the firm also conducts on site services, including document signings arranged away from the office when a client's health or circumstances make travel impractical. That flexibility matters in this area of law, where time sensitive signings sometimes need to happen at a hospital, a rehabilitation facility or a family residence.

Approach and Client Education

One characteristic of the practice is an emphasis on explanation. Estate planning involves terms that rarely come up in daily life, including fiduciary duty, per stirpes distribution, residuary estate and spousal elective share. The firm translates those concepts into plain language so that clients understand not just what they are signing but why each provision exists and how it will operate in practice.

Attorney Hoh has also written a book on estate planning, titled Legacy of Love, which addresses the subject for a general audience and is made available to planning clients as part of the process. The material covers the reasoning behind common planning decisions and the conversations families should have before documents are drafted. It functions as a supplement to meetings rather than a replacement for them, giving clients something to review at their own pace.

The firm's method is deliberately structured, with defined steps and written documentation at each stage. That structure produces a clear record of a client's intentions, which can reduce confusion and disagreement among surviving family members later on. For blended families, families with a child who has special needs, or situations where assets are divided unevenly, having the reasoning documented alongside the legal instruments can be as valuable as the instruments themselves.

Who the Firm Works With

Clients range from younger parents putting a first will and guardianship plan in place, to retirees updating documents after a move or a change in family circumstances, to adult children helping an aging parent organize affairs, to executors who have just been handed responsibility for an estate and are not sure where to begin. The firm also assists people who already have documents drafted elsewhere and want them reviewed for current Pennsylvania law and present day circumstances.

For most people, estate planning is not an urgent matter until it suddenly becomes one. A practice located in Reading, familiar with Berks County procedures and able to meet clients where they are, covers both the planning done in advance and the administration that follows. To discuss a matter or arrange a consultation, contact the office by phone at +1 610-374-5841.