Involved in a motor vehicle accident? Embroiled in a bitter lawsuit?

If the answer to either of those quandaries is in the affirmative, then Steckel and Stopp Law Offices of Slatington could be just the anecdote.Selected as Business of the Month by the Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce, the firm features attorneys Edmund J. Healy, Stephen A. Strack, Frank M. Skrapits, and Keith Strohl.Strohl, an associate attorney with the firm, said it's a "great honor to be chosen" for the accolade."We appreciate the fact that the Chamber is allowing us the chance to get this exposure," Strohl said. "We'd like to show our appreciation to the Chamber for all it does for us and all the other businesses in the region."Strohl said that as a smaller firm, customers can expect to receive service that is up close and personal."We know our clients by face and name," he said. "We get personal relationships with our clients to try and separate us from the other firms."With its main office located at 1036 Main St, P.O. Box 159 Slatington, the firm also has locations at 125 S. Walnut St., Slatington, 4331 Route 309 Schnecksville, and 2152 Main St, Northampton.Steckel and Stopp offers legal services, which include Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Elder Law, auto accidents, personal injury, civil litigation, copyright and trademark, real estate, title insurance, Tax Law, local District Court, Charitable Organizations, Landlord/Tenant, Municipal Law, Corporate Law, DUI, Adoptions, Zoning and Land Development.Opened in 1945 by William A. Steckel, Steckel and Stopp was formed as a partnership in 1976. The firm is managed by Pamela A. Eck, and is equipped with an experienced estate department that consists of five paralegals and legal assistants, as well as a highly experienced staff of real estate paralegals and legal assistants that employs a total non-attorney staff of around 20 people.In addition, the firm also has a stand-alone Title Insurance Company, Lehigh Settlement Services, located in Slatington.For all legal and estate needs, call 610-767-3861, or visit Steckel and Stopp online at

www.steckelandstopp.com.