Ms. Deborah Ann Hughes | Attorney

Ms. Deborah Ann Hughes

Ms. Deborah Ann Hughes

Experience: 46 years

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About Deborah

When in need of a bankruptcy attorney in Harrisburg, PA you can trust that Deborah A. Hughes, of Serratelli, Schiffman, & Brown P.C., is qualified. Along with the Harrisburg area, she also serves as counsel for residents and businesses of Hershey, Carlisle, Camp Hill and Central Pennsylvania. Deborah is a Board Certified Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney. Ms. Hughes is senior counsel at Serratelli, Schiffman, & Brown P.C., and the head of the Bankruptcy Group at the firm. She serves as legal counsel for both debtors and creditors. She was the first woman in Pennsylvania to receive the ABC board certification as a consumer bankruptcy specialist in the inaugural 1992 class. She was honored in the 1998 Class of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business. She is past Director of the Bankruptcy Section of the Dauphin County Bar Association and was in charge of the Section Newsletter published quarterly. She is a member of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, as well as the American Bankruptcy Institute, NACBA and Counsel of Certified Bankruptcy Specialists.

Experience

Senior Counsel

Serratelli, Schiffman, & Brown P.C.

2014-Present

Admission

Verified Pennsylvania

1979

Education

Dickinson College

B.A.

1975

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member, Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association, –
    2000 / present
  • Board Certified Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist, American Bar Institute, –
    1992 / present
  • Bankruptcy Committee, Corporation Banking and Business Law, Pennsylvania Bar Association, –
    1980 / present
  • Dauphin County Bar Association, –
    1979 / present
  • Director, Dauphin County Bar Association, –
    1979 / 1986
Honors / Awards
  • Local Legal Leaders Harrisburg Magazine
    2015
  • Top Lawyers in Pennsylvania The Legal Network
    2014
  • Class of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business Pa Business Journal
    1998 / 1998
  • Certified Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist American Bankruptcy Institute
    1992

Notable Work

Publications

Social Security Overpayment and Senior Citizens, The Bill Gladstone Group of NAI CIR,

2015