Christina M. Lechette counsels individuals, families, business owners, and high-net-worth clients on estate planning, estate administration, business transactions, and real estate matters. She works closely with clients and their trusted advisors to develop practical, tailored solutions that protect assets, preserve wealth, and support long-term personal and business goals.
Christina’s estate planning practice encompasses the preparation of sophisticated planning designed to address each client’s unique circumstances. She has experience drafting a wide range of trusts and estate planning documents, including Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATs), Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs), Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITs), Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs), Special Needs Trusts, and Charitable Trusts. She also assists clients with estate and trust administration and prepares petitions and filings for Orphans’ Court proceedings.
In addition to her trusts and estates practice, Christina advises businesses and individuals on a variety of corporate and transactional matters. Her experience includes entity formation and governance, business planning, contract review and drafting, mergers and acquisitions support, private placement memoranda, commercial agreements, and real estate transactions. She regularly collaborates with financial advisors and certified public accountants to help clients navigate complex financial, tax, and succession planning issues. She also conducts research and analysis on tax regulations, estate and trust disputes, and other matters affecting individuals, families, and closely held businesses.
Christina is active in both the legal profession and her community. She serves as a Probate and Tax Section Committee member of the Montgomery County Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association, and is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In addition, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Community Center for Behavioral Health.
Christina was born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia and presently resides in Abington with her husband, two children, and dog, Thor.
