Pennsylvania School & Municipal Law Attorney
School & government administrators encounter a range of complex legal obstacles each day, but most don’t know how to navigate through them.
Don’t let mistakes quickly deplete an already overstretched budget or disrupt your organization’s operations. Get the guidance & special counsel you need to keep your organization running by reaching out to PGHLAW.
Our attorneys have a strong background in the public sector, and are able to rely on their expertise to respond and anticipate the complicated legal issues you encounter each and every day. We fervently advise school districts, townships, boroughs, counties, authorities and more in the following:
- Maintain and advisory relationship with school boards to review current statutes, cases and trends in the increasingly complex area of education law
- Represent school board in matter of expulsions an suspensions
- General representation of municipal and redevelopment authorities, boards and agencies in employment law matters
- Home rule charter law, serving as counsel to home rule charter enforcement boards and special counsel regarding home rule charter matters
- Legislative drafting
- Local taxation litigation
- Municipal liability
- Public contracting
- Subdivision and land development
- Condemnation proceedings necessary for economic development of blighted properties and brownfield redevelopment, including civil rights litigation related to condemnation action
- Easements and rights of way
- Environmental issues
- Zoning litigation
- Litigation
- Code Enforcement
