About the firm
Timothy M. Anstine
Tim Anstine is a native of York County and a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the law school at the College of William and Mary. Tim has spent approximately half of his professional career in private practice in the Harrisburg area, and the other half in government service in the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
In private practice Tim was previously the managing partner of a boutique law firm concentrating in economic development financing, employment-based immigration, real estate, estate planning and civil litigation. Tim has provided counsel to numerous small business owners. He has served as bond counsel to the Adams County, Chester County, and Greene County Industrial Development Authorities in connection with numerous tax-exempt small-issue, Section 501(c)(3), and Next Generation farm loans. Tim has represented numerous home buyers and real estate investors in their real estate purchases. Tim has planned and settled numerous small and medium-sized estates and represented a regional bank in connection with trust and guardianship proceedings. Tim also won a $700,000 verdict, including punitive damages, from a Cumberland County jury in a breach of contract/tortious interference case.
In government service, Tim was Deputy Chief Counsel in the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, where he served as counsel to The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) and the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA). Tim supervised the Department’s transaction attorneys and structured and closed numerous complex financings for economic development projects. Tim was also counsel to the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) and worked extensively on its Business In Our Sites, Building PA, Alternative and Clean Energy, New PA Venture Capital Investment, and Tax Increment Financing Guaranty programs. Tim also supervised the Department’s litigation attorneys and managed litigation involving Right-to-Know Law appeals, contract claims, bankruptcy, and the recovery of defaulted loans and grants in state courts.
In addition, Tim was Pennsylvania's chief state regulator with respect to municipal and school district debt. He administered the Local Government Unit Debt Act (LGUDA) and regularly advised local government officials, solicitors, and bond counsel on compliance with state law.
Currently Tim’s practice is focused on advising real estate owners and investors, counseling start-up and small businesses, and providing estate planning and administration services. Tim also continues to counsel local government officials, solicitors, and bond counsel on compliance with state law.
Services
- Real estate
- Residential and commercial sales agreements
- Industrial and commercial development
- Deeds
- Residential and commercial leases
- Project financing, including economic development financing, conventional commercial mortgages, and private debt
- In addition to providing legal services relating to real estate, Tim Anstine is affiliated with two other real estate service firms. Tim is President of CT Land Services Company, a real estate settlement firm and authorized agent of First American Title Insurance Company and Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. Since 1996 CT Land Services Company has assisted thousands of individuals in Central Pennsylvania realize their dreams of home ownership and helped countless investors throughout the country build their portfolios of properties. CT Land Services Company has built strong relationships with institutional and private real estate lenders and has a national reputation for excellent service.
- Tim is also Broker of Record for Keystone Broker Group Ltd., a full-service real estate brokerage serving the Central Pennsylvania region. The agents at Keystone Broker Group, Ltd. work in tandem with AnstineLaw LLC and CT Land Services Company to help buyers and sellers of residential and commercial properties achieve their goals.
- Business
- Selection and creation of appropriate business entity for start-ups
- Employment agreements
- Shareholder agreements
- Partnership agreements
- LLC operating agreements
- Buy-sell agreements
- Commercial loan documents
- Economic development project financing
- Tax increment financing
- Estate planning and administration
- Wills
- Durable financial powers of attorney
- Healthcare powers of attorney and related documents
- Revocable or “living” trusts
- Special needs trusts
- Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax returns
- Estate administration
- Federal estate and fiduciary income tax returns
Contact Information
AnstineLaw LLC maintains offices at 1500 Paxton Street, Suite 105, Harrisburg, PA 17104.
Tim Anstine can be reached at 717-900-7400 or at tim@anstinelawllc.com.
Tim’s affiliated companies and their contact information is as follows:
CT Land Services Company—Real Estate Settlement Services and Title Insurance Agent1500 Paxton Street, Suite 105Harrisburg, PA 17104717-236-5263Contact: LaMar W. Hume (lhume@ctkeystone.com)
Keystone Broker Group, Ltd.—Real Estate Brokerage1500 Paxton Street, Suite 105Harrisburg, PA 17104717-730-1030Contact: LaMar W. Hume (lhume@ctkeystone.com)
Keystone Broker Group, Ltd.—Real Estate Brokerage1500 Paxton Street, Suite 105Harrisburg, PA 17104717-730-1030Contact: LaMar W. Hume (lhume@ctkeystone.com)