Brian H. Grabill and Joel C. Seelye, Attorneys practicing law in the area of Contested and Uncontested Divorce, Custody, Support, Adoption, DUI/DWI, Felonies and Misdemeanors, Traffic Offenses, Drug Violations & Social Security Disability. Practicing Law in the Altoona and Blair County Area.
He began his legal career in the Blair County Public Defender’s office where he litigated hundreds of criminal cases ranging from the most serious felonies to minor traffic offenses. In 1999, he accepted a position as an associate attorney with the Altoona law firm of Sullivan, Forr, Stokan and Huff which expanded his practice areas to include business litigation and formation, estates, civil litigation and family law. In 2002, Brian was admitted by the Oklahoma Supreme Court into practice and began employment with the Tulsa, Oklahoma law firm of LaCourse & Davis. In 2004, he was named a partner and primarily focused his practice in Family law, Civil Litigation and Criminal Defense.
I am very active in the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In the past, I have served as the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Zone Eight chair on the PBA YLD Executive Council. I then was elected and served as the Chair of the PBA YLD in 2016-2017, where I represented young lawyers across the Commonwealth through promoting initiatives important to young lawyers and advocating for them before the PBA at large. Some of these initiatives include the Pennsylvania High School Mock Trial Competition where I previously served as the regional coordinator for several years. also is the Blair County coordinator for the PBA YLD “Wills for Heroes” program, which provides free basic estate planning documents to first responders and military veterans in Pennsylvania. I also previously served on the PBA Board of Governors and was a designated director for the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, the 501 (c)(3) charitable affiliate of the PBA. I currently am a member of the PBA Judicial Evaluation Commission.