Adrianne Sipes |

Compass Estate Planning & Elder Law

Adrianne Sipes | Compass Estate Planning & Elder Law

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Attorney Peters Sipes was born and raised in Clearfield.  After graduating from Clearfield High School, she went to Clemson University, where she was a member of the Calhoun Honors College and Pre-Law Society.  Through an intensified course load and extreme dedication to her studies, she was able to complete her undergraduate degree in Communication Studies, with minors in Legal Studies and Psychology, in three years.  She remains an avid fan of the Clemson Tigers, and takes pride in being an alumnus of the University.  

Following graduation, she entered Law School where she was a member of the Student Bar Association Senate and ultimately served as Vice President, and subsequently, President of the Student Bar Association.  Additionally, while in Law School she volunteered her time with the Teen Court Program, assisted pro-se litigants in navigating divorce and custody proceedings, reviewed files and provided case law research for the Actual Innocence Project, represented indigent clients while interning with Legal Services, and took part in a comparative children’s rights seminar in Tanzania. 

She then returned to her hometown and successfully passed the Pennsylvania Bar Examination receiving her license to practice law.  Within a week of receiving her license, she was in the courtroom advocating for her clients in civil and criminal matters, which she has done for the past twelve years.  

Attorney Peters Sipes is actively involved in the Clearfield County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.  She is currently the President of the Clearfield County Bar Association.  She has also served in the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates for the past seven years, and currently holds the position of Zone 11 At-Large Delegate.  Additionally, she is on the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division, serving as Zone 11 Co-Chair.  She volunteers her time serving on the Board of Directors for both the Clearfield Soccer Association and Children’s Aid Society.  She also is the coordinator for the Clearfield Soccer Association Pee Wee Soccer program.  She is a lifelong member of the Mountain Top Larger Parish, and has previously served as a Deacon for Grace United Presbyterian Church in Glen Richey assisting in mission projects both locally and internationally.     

EDUCATION

Charlotte School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2010

Clemson University
B.A. Communication Studies, 2006 

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS​

• Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Council – PA Bar Association Elder Law Section Representative

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member

• Pennsylvania Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member

• Lawyers with Purpose, Member

• Pennsylvania Bar Association – Member, Zone 11 Governor

• Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division – Executive Council – ABA Delegate, Elder Law Section Liaison

• American Bar Association – Member, Pennsylvania Delegate to the House of Delegates

• Clearfield County Bar Association, President 

• Clearfield Soccer Association, President

• Children’s Aid Society, Board of Directors

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BAR ADMISSIONS

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania