Brandon is a founding member of Sommer & O’Donnell, LLC in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he represents clients in all aspects of family law, such as divorce, separation, custody, support, grandparents’ rights, pre-marital agreements, adoption, involuntary termination of parental rights, paternity issues, name changes and guardianship. Brandon is also regularly appointed by the Court to act as a Guardian Ad Litem for children in Custody matters.
Brandon’s family law practice takes him from as far west to Huntingdon and Fulton counties and as far east to Lehigh County; however, he is licensed to appear in any county in the Commonwealth. Brandon frequently practices in Cumberland, Franklin, York, Adams, and Dauphin County.
Brandon is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University. He earned his Juris Doctor at the Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. While in law school, Brandon received the Pro Bono Distinction, which is earned by those law students who have completed at least 60 hours of pro bono service in the community.
Prior to opening his own boutique family law firm with Michelle Sommer, Esquire, Brandon was an Associate Attorney practicing family law at a local law firm in Cumberland County. Brandon is currently the Chair of the Cumberland County Bar Association Family Law Section.
Brandon is a native of South-Central Pennsylvania spending his childhood in Hanover, Pennsylvania; previously living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where his family owns the E.J. Bowman House Bed and Breakfast; and currently residing in York, Pennsylvania. In addition to his legal career, Brandon currently serves as Treasurer on the Hanover Little Theatre’s Executive Board of Directors, Hanover’s only all-volunteer community theater and is on church council at Union Lutheran Church serving on the Executive Board as Secretary.
