Municipal Law

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Provided by Unruh, Turner, Burke & Frees

Our attorneys counsel townships, boroughs, zoning hearing boards, municipal authorities and school districts. We have extensive expertise representing water, sewer and transportation authorities. We represent these clients in all aspects of municipal law, including:

• Acquisition, sale, leasing and development of municipal real estate, including acquisitions by condemnation
• Zoning, subdivision and land development approvals and related matters
• Municipal finance, construction, regulatory approvals and construction dispute resolution
• Personnel matters
• State and federal requirements
• Contracting and public bidding
• Litigation
• Sewer and water projects
• Ordinance enforcement

Our attorneys serve as counsel and special counsel for school districts, providing advice to school boards, administrators and committees in a variety of legal matters, including:

• Preparing and reviewing contracts
• Advice on new legislation
• Teacher disciplinary proceedings and suspensions involving both discipline and layoffs
• Labor relations and personnel issues
• Administrative hearings before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Special education
• Charter schools
• Municipal finance
• Public works projects
• Construction and leasing
• Zoning and land development approvals
• Real estate transactions and condemnation
• Student disciplinary proceedings
• Students’ rights issues
• Real estate tax assessment cases
• Tax collection issues
• Litigation in state and federal courts