Attorneys

Heidi Rai Stewart

Heidi Rai Stewart concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, special needs planning, elder law and Orphans' Court practice.

Heidi has also worked with Neighborhood Legal Services on the development of materials for NLSA’s Older & Wiser presentations. As a result of her efforts, Ms. Stewart received the Jane F. Hepting Individual Pro Bono Award from the Allegheny County Bar Association in 2004. Ms. Stewart speaks on estate planning, elder law and related topics on behalf of the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Senior Action Coalition and Neighborhood Legal Services Association and has written articles that have been published in The Jewish Chronicle, The Pittsburgh Business Times, and The Lawyers Journal.

Heidi has a BV rating, signifying a very high level of professional excellence through the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating System.

Bar Admissions

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

Education

• Carlow College, B.A., 1978
  Magna Cum Laude
• Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., 1994

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Allegheny County Bar Association (Probate & Trust and Tax Sections as well as the Elder Law Committee, chaired 2003-2005)
• Member, American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate & Trust Law and Tax Sections)
• Member, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association (Probate & Trust and Elder Law Sections) 

Community Involvement

• Legal Advisory Board Member, Pittsburgh AIDS Taskforce, and Recipient of 2009 Making A Difference Award
• Board Member, Senior Action Coalition, a 501(c)(3) organization that works in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Postal Inspector’s Office to educate senior citizens on how to avoid financial fraud.