Call Us Now 215-790-1095
Peter L. Klenk
BACK TO OUR PEOPLE

Peter L. Klenk

Founder, Principal Attorney

vCard

Phone: 215-790-1095

Fax: 215-814-8929

Email: peterklenk@klenklaw.com

Peter was raised on a farm located 60 miles north of Minneapolis, Minnesota. While working several jobs to pay for his education, he graduated cum laude and with honors from the University of Minnesota in 1987 and graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1990.

Furthering his study of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes, Peter earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the top-ranked NYU tax program. An LL.M. is an intensive one-year program focusing on a single area of the law that is in addition to the typical three-year J.D. program.

Following a family tradition of military service, Peter served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy JAG Corp. In 1992, the Navy awarded his team of attorneys a Meritorious Unit Commendation for providing estate planning services to more than 10,000 service members deployed to the Middle East during Desert Storm/Desert Shield.

After leaving the Navy, Peter focused his practice in the area of estates and trusts. By concentrating his practice exclusively on estates, Peter can provide his clients with an understanding of the subtleties, including the most recent changes in the gift, estate, inheritance, and generation-skipping taxes.

Since founding his firm in 1998, Peter’s estate planning practice has flourished, and he now represents clients throughout the country.

Professional and Community Affiliations:

  • Philadelphia Estate Planning Council
  • International Network of Boutique Law Firms

Honors and Awards:

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, US Navy
  • Recognized as a Philadelphia Five Star Wealth Manager (every year since 2012; Estate Planning Part)
  • Received Client Distinction Award 2013 for providing outstanding service by Martindale-Hubbell
  • AVVO Rating – Very Good
  • Rated by Super Lawyers
BACK TO OUR TEAM

Peter L. Klenk

Founder, Principal Attorney

Education:

  • University of Minnesota, B.A., cum laude – 1987
  • University of Minnesota, J.D., cum laude – 1990
  • New York University, LL.M., Tax – 1997

Military:

  • Lt., JAGC, Dept. of the Navy, 1991-1995

Bar Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania – 1993
  • New Jersey – 1995
  • Florida- 1996
  • New York – 1996

Court Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania appellate courts
  • New Jersey appellate courts
  • Florida appellate courts
  • New York appellate courts
  • Minnesota appellate courts
  • US Court of Federal Claims
  • United States Tax Court
  • US Court of Military Appeals

What Our clients are saying

Klenk Law Logo
Stars

Richard Test

Very knowledgeable and easy to work with. Also very competitive pricing. Recommended to me by another attorney. First class service from start to finish.

Klenk Law Logo
Stars

CEGM

Peters' firm has prepared and updated our Wills and Trusts for the last 15 to 20 years. They know the law and help with your decision making to use the law to your best advantage. Response time to your requests is very reasonable, and final reviews and signing is executed in a timely manor with a thorough coverage of the documents. Our most recent updates to our Wills & Trusts were somewhat complicated, in our opinion, but Peter and his staff handled them effortlessly. As you can tell from this review Peter Klenk's firm is top notch.

Klenk Law Logo
Stars

Walker Vreeland

Peter Klenk was a joy to work with. He made sure I understood every element of the process of estate planning and his firm made the process seemless and uncomplicated. Very grateful!

Klenk Law Logo
Stars

Michelle Schamis

Peter explains things in a practical way to help guide you through a rather daunting process. We have been using Klenk Law for years. Highly recommend.

Klenk Law Logo
Stars

James Palmer

Recently hired this firm to help me write a will (something I had been procrastinating on doing for too long). The process was quick, easy, painless and I'm glad that thanks to the great team at this firm I was able to cross this off my "to do" list!!

Let us put our expertise to work for you.

Free consultation within 24 hours.