Kenzie P. Ryback
Associate
Kenzie concentrates her practice on estate planning, trust planning, estate administration, and business & tax matters. She has experience with a wide variety of client demographics ranging from simple estate plans to high-net-worth, complex plans. She has also been involved in numerous business succession plans and complex estate administrations.
Kenzie is a summa cum laude graduate of both Gannon University and The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law. Having graduated law school in the top 1% of her class, she received four CALI awards and participated as Comments Editor for the Penn State Law Review. She served as a certified legal intern at the Rural Economic Development Clinic in State College, creating LLCs, drafting and revising documents and contracts, and conducting legal research.
Practice Areas
- The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law, J.D.; summa cum laude; Penn State Law Review, Comments Editor; Woolsack Honor Society
- Author: Dear Prisoners – Be Prepared to be Gawked At: Other Prisoners Watching You Strip Naked is Reasonably Related to Penological Interests, or is it? Penn State Law Review, Vol. 123, Issue 3, April 1, 2019
- Gannon University, B.A. and B.S.; summa cum laude; Academic Excellence Award for Legal Studies
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Drafts estate plans for a variety of clients
- Aids clients in business succession planning
- Works on complex estate administration matters
- Served as certified legal intern at the Rural Economic Development Clinic in State College, PA, creating LLCs, drafting and revising documents and contracts, and conducting legal research
- Researched federal regulations and obligations for franchising a business
- Researched Pennsylvania’s laws and defending irrevocable trusts in divorce proceedings where the principal of the trust appreciated during the length of the marriage
- Researched and drafted terms and conditions for a medical provider’s in-house discount payment plans
- Served as a paralegal intern for Knox Law’s litigation group during undergraduate studies, supporting the team and conducting legal research
- CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (4) in Legal Research Tools and Strategies; Applied Legal Analysis & Writing II; Insurance Law; and Rural Economic Development Clinic
Professional Affiliations
- Erie County Bar Association, Member, and AKT 5k Committee Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Young Erie Professionals (YEP)
Community and Professional Service
- Mercy Center for Women, Board Member