Nicole C. Manley, Partner

Since joining the E. Kenneth Nyce Law Office in 2015, Nicole Manley primarily practices in the areas of estate planning, elder law, estate administration, fiduciary litigation, debtor/creditor law, mortgage foreclosure, as well as family law.

Nicole is a Berks County native and a 2002 graduate of Oley Valley High School. Nicole went on to earn her undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Professional Writing at Kutztown University in 2011, graduating magna cum laude.

During her time at Kutztown University, Nicole was granted membership in Alpha Phi Sigma, the national honors society of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and Alpha Sigma Lambda, the Non-Traditional Students Honor Society.

Nicole earned her Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law in 2014. During law school, Nicole was a member of the Widener Law Moot Court Honor Society, and participated in the annual Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition in Albany, New York.

Nicole worked as a Certified Legal Intern at the Harrisburg Widener Civil Law Clinic, and Vice-President of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Nicole interned from the Pennsylvania Department of Banking, as well as serving as a legal extern to the Honorable Judge Jeanine Turgeon in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas in the Spring of 2014.

Nicole served as a Board Member on Berks Community Action Program (BCAP) from 2015-2017. Nicole also served as Corresponding Secretary of the Business and Professional Women of Pennsylvania Organization (BPW). BPW is a statewide organization which advocates for working women in Pennsylvania. In June of 2016, Nicole was nominated to participate in the Young Careerist Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Through this opportunity, Nicole presented a speech to over 150+ members of the organization at the annual Convention.

Nicole is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Berks and Montgomery County Bar Associations. Nicole is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Nicole is also a member of the Berks Mont Business Association (BMBA) and Building a Better Boyertown (BBB).

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 2014

• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

• Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2014

• Kutztown University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2011

Honors and Awards

• Pennsylvania Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2020 to present

• Participant in the Young Careerist Competition, 2016

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Montgomery County Bar Association Member

• Pennsylvania Bar Association Member

• Berks County Bar Association Member

• Berks Mont Business Association Member

• Building a Better Boyertown Board of Directors, 2019 to present

• Justice William H. Strong American Inn of Court

  • President, 2021 to present

  • Secretary, 2019 — 2021

• Endlich Law Club, 2020 to present