Mr. Granger is a shareholder in The Granger Firm in Paoli, where he concentrates his practice on real estate issues. The firm actively handles litigation involving title disputes, construction defects, failure to disclose and failed real estate deals in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania. Clients include real estate and commercial brokerages, developers, builders, landlords, tenants, homeowners, business owners and individuals engaged in sophisticated transactions or litigation. Mr. Granger handles claims on behalf of several major title insurers for their insured owners and lenders and has litigated numerous complex title claims. He is a frequent lecturer for attorneys and other real estate professionals on real estate topics. Mr. Granger has served as the course planner and/or lecturer for numerous PBI seminars, including: Litigating the Failed Real Estate Deal; Advanced Title Insurance Issues; Marking Up Title and Handling Title Issues at Settlement; Title Insurance: From Commitment to Claim; Boundary Law in Pennsylvania; Trial Tactics; Handling the Failure to Disclose Case; Handling the Residential Construction Litigation Case; The Uniform Construction Code; and the annual Year in Review at the Real Estate Institute. He has taught several real estate courses for consumers at Montgomery County Community College. Mr. Granger has published numerous articles on real estate related topics for the Pennsylvania Law Journal and for the title industry in Common Ground magazine. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Ms. Blanton is a partner at the law firm of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, member of the firm’s Executive Committee, chair of the firm’s Finance Practice Group and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. She represents financial institutions in various types of residential, retail and office development projects, syndicated secured real estate credit facilities and the structuring, drafting and negotiation of workout and forbearance agreements. Ms. Blanton also represents investors and institutional clients in complex real estate sales and acquisitions and has significant experience representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University and her B.S., summa cum laude, from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Blanton is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women and is a Child Advocate Attorney for the Support Center for Child Advocates. Ms. Blanton was included in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, has been selected as a “Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star” for real estate, 2010-2018 and was one of Pennsylvania’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer in 2013. Ms. Blanton was also recognized by the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia as the “Business on Board Volunteer Leader of the Year” in 2013.  Ms. Blanton currently serves on the Board of Directors for Fleisher Art Memorial and Perkins Center for the Arts.

Mr. Lewis is a member of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC and practices in its Philadelphia office. He graduated from Ithaca College, cum laude, in 1975 and received his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law (now part of the Pennsylvania State University) in 1978. Mr. Lewis is a former Co Vice-Chair of the PBA Professional Liability Committee. On behalf of that committee he has lectured on professional liability issues to various local bar associations. He also has lectured for P.B.I on legal professional liability and ethics issues on an annual basis. Most recently he co-presented the ethics segment of the PBI Real Estate Institute program in Philadelphia and the professional liability segment of the PBI program, The Year In Review For the General Practitioner 2019, presented in Mechanicsburg and transmitted as a satellite program to county bar associations across the state. He co-authored with Jeffrey Albert an article for The Legal Intelligencer, The American Law Institute’s Restatement Of The Law Governing Lawyers Provides New Guidance On Attorney Liability, March 16, 1998 issue. He also co-authored with Jeffrey Albert, Legal Malpractice in Estate Planning and Taxes: The Inevitability of Death, Taxes and Malpractice, a chapter appearing in Malpractice Avoidance, You Be the Judge–Part Two, a PBI publication published in 2000. From 2006 through 2019, Mr. Lewis wrote the monthly column on Avoiding Legal Malpractice in the Pennsylvania Bar News, a PBA publication, for which The Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors bestowed a PBA Special Achievement Award in 2013 and for which he will be presented the PBA President’s award later this year. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Chester County Bar Associations. For C.C.B.A. he has served on its board of directors as well as chairman of its C.L.E., Judicial Evaluation and Membership Committees at various times, and is a former delegate from Zone 9 to the PBA House of Delegates. Mr. Lewis served on the Board of Directors of Legal Aid of Chester County, Inc. from 1996 until its merger with other county programs in 2001 to create Community Impact Legal Services, Inc., where he served as its first president, and Legal Aid of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc., where he served on the Board of Directors until 2011. Mr. Lewis served on the Advisory Committee of the Villanova University Paralegal Education Program from 1986-2011. He has served as a member of the Legal lntelligencer’s editorial board from 1997-2016. His practice is limited to civil litigation, with a concentration in professional liability defense, including the defense of prosecutions by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and Dragonetti actions, and as well as intellectual property litigation.

Darwin is a partner in Obermayer’s Business & Finance Department where his practice focuses on zoning and land use as well as local government affairs. Darwin represents real estate owners, developers, and investors in a wide variety of development and construction projects including residential, commercial, corporate, and alternative energy.  He is certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED® AP). This designation gives him an industry-leading understanding of green building practices and principles. In his practice, Darwin works closely with elected officials and municipal agencies for the benefit of his clients. Throughout his career, Darwin has been recognized by his peers and the legal community for his exceptional work. His acknowledgments include: City & State’s 2022 “Pennsylvania Power 100”, The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Real Estate Law; Land Use and Zoning Law, 2022-2024; City & State PA Fifty Over 50; “Lifetime Achievement Award”, 2021; Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2016–2020; Philadelphia Business Journal “Best of the Bar”, 2017; Philadelphia Business Journal “Minority Business Leader Award”, 2014; National Diversity Council’s Multicultural Leadership Award, 2012.  Darwin is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association Real Property Section, the Urban Land Institute, and the Philadelphia Real Estate Alliance. He is a founding board member of the African American Real Estate Professionals in Philadelphia and serves on the board of Visit Philadelphia, as well as on the Government Affairs Committee of NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Association).

Ms. Baldwin is the Chief Code Official for the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections and has served with the Department for thirteen years. Most of this time was spent with the Permit Services Division, with a primary focus on engineering services, plan review, and process management. Ms. Baldwin began her career with Licenses & Inspections as a Plans Examiner and, most recently, served as the Director of Permit Services. Ms. Baldwin holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Drexel University. She is a Pennsylvania registered professional engineer and certified building code official.

Mr. Brahin is the owner and founder of Brahin Law Offices. He concentrates his practice in the area of real estate and commercial litigation, transactional real estate and corporate and general civil litigation. Mr. Brahin represents numerous landlords, tenants, property management companies and condominium associations in landlord/tenant litigation, litigation regarding options, adverse possession, partition, foreclosures, mechanics liens, the Real Estate Seller Disclosure Act, actions to quiet title and the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act. He also handles commercial real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and financing and represents a wide variety of companies and individuals in commercial litigation matters, including covenants not to compete, partnership and shareholders disputes, debt collection, trade name litigation and the Uniform Commercial Code. Mr. Brahin has a corporate practice that involves entity formation and dissolution, mergers and acquisitions, employment agreements, business-to-business contracts, joint venture agreements, and security agreements. He handles litigation throughout eastern and central Pennsylvania. Mr. Brahin has been the Co-Course planner for the Bucks County Business law institute for the past five years and was appointed by the Court to the Bucks County Injunction Practice panel. Mr. Brahin has also been appointed by the Court to serve as arbitrator on commercial litigation matters and serves as a Judge Pro Temp in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Brahin is a graduate of Tufts University (cum laude) and the Dickinson School of Law. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and Bucks County Bar Associations, Real Estate, Business and Civil Litigation Sections, the Civility in the Profession Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Fee Dispute and Solo and Small Firm Sections of the Bucks County Bar Association.

Ms. Loverdi is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at Dilworth Paxson LLP, where she has spent her entire legal career. She represents real estate developers, family-owned real estate investment funds, retailers, manufacturers, and other middle-market companies in commercial real estate transactions. In the public sector, she has advised economic development agencies and state authorities in procurement matters, including structuring requests for proposals (RFPs), and has also represented public and quasi-public entities in real estate transactions. Ms. Loverdi regularly counsels clients in leasing, acquisition, construction, and financing matters. Her engagements have included mixed-use developments, condominium projects, multi-tenant and single-user office, warehouse, and shopping center retail leasing. Ms. Loverdi has also structured joint ventures for project development. She has represented both landlords and tenants, lenders and borrowers, and sellers and purchasers of real estate and therefore has an understanding of the concerns of both parties to a transaction. In 2020, Ms. Loverdi was President of CREW Greater Philadelphia, the Philadelphia chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), and served on the Board  from 2015 through 2021. She was a member of the March of Dimes Transportation, Building & Construction Awards Luncheon Board for four years, and was the co-chair of the Development Committee for Green Building United (formerly Delaware Valley Green Building Council) from 2015-2016. She is also a member of The Forum of Executive Women, the Audit and Budget Subcommittee of The Union League of Philadelphia, and the board of the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Campaign in Philadelphia.

Eric Berkowitz, a Senior Associate with JLL, provides real estate advisory services to clients throughout the Philadelphia Region. He specializes in portfolio management, dispositions, site selection, transaction management and strategic planning. Eric is well versed in leveraging the enormous resources within JLL for the benefit of his clients. Prior to joining JLL in 2021, Eric served as Senior Transaction Manager and Chief of Staff at Dilworth Paxson LLP and Reed Smith LLP. He played a lead role in over 1600 complex structured finance transactions and was responsible for cultivating relationships with the firm’s top revenue producing clients. Eric has established himself as a strategic real estate partner with some of the region’s largest organizations in the financial, legal and non-profit sectors.  Eric holds a BA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh and is a licensed real estate salesperson in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Breitmayer is a Managing Director at Real Estate Services Firm JLL specializing in Tenant and Landlord representation. Alex has completed over 2.5 million square feet of tenant representation transactions and has helped secure over 7.9 million square feet of landlord representation assignments. In his current role, Alex has facilitated the strategic placement and planning of Tenants in the Philadelphia CBD and surrounding suburbs through combining workplace strategy, site selection, occupancy planning, budgeting, quantitative & qualitative analysis and flexibility analysis to achieve his client’s goals. Key industries that Alex services are Legal Services, Financial Service, Technology, Non-profit and Engineering. Key transactions have included the largest lease transaction in the Philadelphia Region in 2019 as well as 3 of the 4 largest lease transactions in the Philadelphia CBD in 2023. Alex holds a BA in Finance and Economics from Saint Joseph’s University and was awarded the Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journals top 30 under 30 in 2018.

Ms. Kochosky is chair of the Real Estate Practice at The Lynch Law Group. She has over 25 years of experience counseling clients in a variety of real estate matters. Ms. Kochosky assists real estate investors with business formation as well as acquisition and sale/leasing of residential and commercial property. She represents developers/builders and individual property owners with zoning and land use matters before municipal boards and in civil court inclusive of boundary disputes and quiet title actions. She represents commercial landlords with leasing and property management of retail space as well as residential lessors of long and short term rental properties. In addition to her assistance with transactions, she has extensive litigation experience representing clients in civil suits in state and federal courts in actions for breach of sales and construction contracts, quiet title/specific performance, and violation of consumer protection laws. She lectures frequently for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and national programs. Her most recent presentations include “Quiet Title Actions: Primer in PA,” “Drafting and Modifying Agreements of Sale,” “The Role of Insurance and Indemnity in Business Litigation” and “Drafting & Modifying Residential Agreements of Sale” sand “Airbnb, VRBO and Short-Term Rental Leases.” Ms. Kochosky is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, as well as the Supreme Court of West Virginia. She graduated magna cum laude from Kent State University in 1993 with a B.A. in English. Ms. Kochosky received her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1997, where she represented Duquesne in Trial Advocacy.

Robert (“Bob”) J. Iannozzi Jr. is a partner at Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin & Maxwell, P.C. He has decades of experience representing municipalities, school districts, large commercial developers, and residential property owners in zoning, land development, real estate matters, municipal law, tax assessments (School District & Taxpayer Appeals), and right-to-know law. He also has notable experience in wills and estates. Bob is solicitor to Towamencin Township, Towamencin Municipal Authority, Horsham Township Zoning Hearing Board and serves as Special Right-to-Know Counsel for Central Bucks School District. Recognized annually for his leadership in the law, since 2019, Bob has been selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List for Estate Planning & Probate, Land Use & Zoning, and Real Estate. In 2008 and from 2010-2015, Bob was annually named to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars List for the same practice areas (only 2.5% of the total lawyers under 40 in Pennsylvania receive this distinction annually). A cum laude graduate of Villanova University in 1998, Bob received his law degree from Villanova’s Charles Widger School of Law in 2001. He is a member of the Justinian Society (Philadelphia chapter) and the American, Pennsylvania, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Bar Associations. Immediately following law school, Bob served as a Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Alan M. Rubenstein, a former Bucks County District Attorney from 2001 – 2005 and, to the Honorable Edward “Pete” Biester, Jr., a former Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and United States Congressman, 1967-1977. He is a current resident of Bucks County.

Reed Lyons, Esq. is a seasoned real estate professional with an extensive background in corporate real estate, now serving as Vice President of Campus Operations at Comcast’s Philadelphia headquarters. Reed brings a depth of experience, having practiced land use and transactional real estate law at Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia before transitioning to the corporate real estate arena, first managing US market acquisitions and retail development projects for IKEA, and then in corporate real estate leadership roles. Reed previously served as Vice President of Navy Yard Development at PIDC, where he was responsible for driving the Navy Yard’s leasing, development and business attraction initiatives, and then as Vice President of US Corporate Real Estate Strategy & Planning at TD Bank, where he spearheaded the strategic direction of the Bank’s national corporate real estate portfolio. Reed received his B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School.

Emily Friedman, a Senior Research Analyst at JLL, is the current market research lead within the Philadelphia market, contributing to day-to-day production of research materials focused on the office, life sciences and multifamily sectors. She has been with JLL for 3 years, entering the CRE field at the analyst level and growing within the company. Prior to joining JLL, Emily spent 2 years working in legal research with J. G. Wentworth creating comprehensive competitor reports and uncovering missing information from relevant court filings. She plays a crucial role in the production and review of standardized and custom pieces including media interviews, quarterly insights and statistics, and analysis to assist brokers and clients in achieving their leasing, sales, and development ambitions. She is adept at creating and presenting market overviews for internal and external use, highlighting the demographic and economic demand drivers contributing to local real estate dynamics in all 5 area markets. Emily holds a master’s degree in business administration from Washington State University with a concentration in Hospitality and Business Management, graduated May 2022 cum laude. She graduated with honors from Temple University with a B.A. in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and was an active participant in the University’s cognitive neuropsychology lab.

Mr. Franey is a partner at Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, an environmental and energy law firm located in Bala Cynwyd, PA. He has experience in counseling and representing clients on a range of environmental and energy matters. Over the last several years, Mr. Franey’s practice has focused on the environmental aspects of commercial transactions and brownfield development, regulatory compliance matters (particularly in the area of water quality, waste, and renewable fuels), environmental permitting, site remediation, sustainability, and renewable energy development. He received his B.S. in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University and his J.D. from Villanova Law School. Prior to law school, Mr. Franey worked as an energy consultant in Fairfax, Virginia, assisting industrial and commercial clients in optimizing energy supply sources, decreasing energy demand and implementing energy benchmarking. Mr. Franey has served as the co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Environmental and Energy Law Committee and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court and Leadership Philadelphia Class of 2016. Mr. Franey previously served as an adjunct professor at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and is currently the Board Chair at Riverbend Environmental Education Center. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Derek Dissinger is chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice and its Hospitality Industry Group. He is also a member of the Finance Practice. He represents creditors such as banks and credit unions in wide range of commercial loan transactions, including real estate loans, construction loans, asset-based credit facilities, participations and loan sales. Derek’s experience as a real estate attorney and title agent allows him to bring a unique perspective to the documentation of real estate loans which benefits his financial institution clients. He also regularly presents to financial institutions on various topics including title insurance, loan modifications, mechanic’s liens and unique collateral. You can find a sample of these presentations below. Derek’s real estate practice includes the representation of clients in the purchase and sale of real estate, commercial leasing and land development matters. He is experienced in representing clients in hotel purchases and sales, as well as the purchase and sale of various types of franchised businesses, such as Subway, Dunkin Donuts and Burger King. Derek is a licensed title agent in Pennsylvania and Maryland and regularly presents on title insurance topics to banks and other organizations, such as the Pennsylvania Land Title Association. His experience as a real estate finance attorney and title agent allows him to bring a unique perspective to the documentation of real estate loans on behalf of financial institution clients, and representation of buyers and sellers of real estate in Pennsylvania and Maryland. With central Pennsylvania cemented as one of the most recognizable tourist destinations in the U.S., Derek’s busy practice in the hospitality industry led him to enlist the help of a number of attorneys and professionals to form the first Barley Snyder Hospitality Industry Group. The group, formed in early 2018, caters to the thriving mid-Atlantic hospitality industry, including hotels, restaurants, breweries, amusement sites and leisure activities. Derek also works in the hospitality industry with the application, sale and transfer of liquor licenses for hotels, restaurants and joint ventures. If you are interested in having Derek present to your group, you can contact him directly at (717) 553-1075 or ddissinger@barley.com.

Mr. Troy joined the Montgomery County law firm of Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer, LLP in 1991. He focuses his practice on the defense of professional liability and medical malpractice litigation. He has tried over 100 cases to verdict. Mr. Troy is a graduate of The Dickinson School of Law and was a law clerk to the Honorable Albert R. Subers in Montgomery County before entering private practice. Mr. Troy is a past President of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He has also served two terms on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors, having served as Chair of the Young Lawyers Division and later as Chair of the House of Delegates. He is a past Co-Chair of the PBA Bar Leadership Institute. He has previously served as either Chair or Vice-Chair of the PBA Health Care Law Committee from 2000 until 2010. Mr. Troy was President of the Montgomery Bar Association in 2012. He was President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Section in 2003. In 2011, Mr. Troy was honored by the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association by being named “Trial Lawyer of the Year.” He gives several presentations annually to County Bar Associations and private firms on the subject of Avoiding Professional Liability. In 2018, Mr. Troy was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Sherman C. Toppin is the founding attorney of Toppin Law, P.C. and has over 20 years of experience representing commercial and residential real estate clients. Toppin Law is a boutique Philadelphia law firm that concentrates in land use, litigation, technology, estate, and probate matters. Mr. Toppin obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia and his Juris Doctor from the William & Mary Law School. In addition, Mr. Toppin has acquired certificates from the MIT Sloan School of Business for completing the Executive Program “Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovations and Application” and from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business for the Executive Program “Business in the Metaverse Economy.” He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia, and is eligible to represent clients in both state and federal courts within these jurisdictions. Within academia, Mr. Toppin currently serves as a member of the Adjunct Faculty at William & Mary Law School, where he instructs Law and Business in the Metaverse. Mr. Toppin is also an Adjunct Professor at the Temple University Real Estate Institute, where he instructs Real Estate Law. Mr. Toppin has been an instructor with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute since 2014 and has presented several continuing education programs in the area of real estate over the years. Mr. Toppin has established a Virtual and Digital Technology practice group at Toppin Law, P.C. that concentrates in transactions involving the metaverse, web3, emerging digital assets and virtual technologies.

Jonathan H. Spergel, Esq. is a partner with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the environmental and energy law firm with which he started his legal career in 1993. He served as the Managing Partner of the firm from 2014 to 2019.  Mr. Spergel handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of real estate and corporate transactions, brownfield redevelopments, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, and regulatory compliance counselling. From 2001 to 2003, he served as general counsel of large regional brownfields redevelopment company. He has authored numerous articles on environmental legal issues, and he frequently lectures for various groups and organizations. He graduated with distinction from Stanford University (1988) and received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude (1993). Mr. Spergel has also been an adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law. Mr. Spergel currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Legacy Youth Tennis and Education (formerly Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis).  He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority, and he also serves on the Board of the City Avenue Special Services District.

Kacy Clouser is associate counsel for the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors^®. As counsel, she is one of the voices that you will hear when calling the PAR Legal Hotline. She is the liaison to the Standard Forms Committee and Standard Forms Feedback Panel. Kacy also works with other PAR contracts and educates our members at the local and state level on legal issues and the PAR forms. Kacy is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and Widener University School of Law. She has been admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar since 2015 and has been with PAR since 2019. Prior to joining PAR, Kacy worked as in-house counsel for a multi-tiered corporation. She also has experience in general civil litigation in private practice.

Mr. Gentilcore is a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Real Estate (Construction) for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law. Ed has been a frequent speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Day on Real Estate programs on a variety of topics of construction topics encountered in his 35-plus year career as a construction contracts attorney and litigator. Mr. Gentilcore has been both an outside counsel, recognized as Best Lawyers in America Construction Lawyer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Region in both 2014 and 2018 and Construction Litigation Lawyer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Region in 2016 and multiple years of recognition by both Best Lawyers of America and Super Lawyers, and in-house counsel, where Ed served as Deputy General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer in owner and design organizations. Mr. Gentilcore is Chair Emeritus of the Marketing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law and a former member of that organization’s Governing Committee. Ed obtained his undergraduate B.A. (cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh and his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Jennifer Ellis is a legal ethics attorney in Pennsylvania. She owns the consulting/law firm marketing company Jennifer Ellis, JD, LLC, through which she assists attorneys with issues such as electronic discovery, practice management, and online presence. Previously, Jennifer worked with a Philadelphia area personal injury firm, where she practiced legal ethics, managed the firm’s online presence, and oversaw its IT and security consultants. Jennifer also served as the Associate Director of Media Technology with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, where she organized and presented courses on numerous issues, including law practice management, technology, and ethics. Jennifer speaks and writes throughout Pennsylvania and nationally on issues relating to law practice management, technology, ethics, marketing, and more. Find her online at jlellis.net. 

Mr. Hume is a Shareholder in the Harrisburg office of Saxton & Stump, a full-service Lancaster-based law firm. He is Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Group and a member of the Business and Corporate Law Group. In his practice, Mr. Hume advises clients through all aspects of real estate transactions and development. He represents landowners and developers in the sale, acquisition, leasing, financing, and development of commercial and residential real estate. His practice also includes the creation, development, and administration of commercial and residential condominiums and planned communities. In addition to his real estate practice, Mr. Hume also has significant experience in oil, gas, and mineral law matters and in commercial loan origination. He is a licensed title agent. Mr. Hume has presented several times on issues related to real estate law including easements, condominiums and planned communities, stormwater management, oil and gas law, and pipelines. He received his B.A. in Government from Lehigh University and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Mr. Hume served as a law clerk to the Hon. Michael A. Georgelis of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas.

Mr. Yarsky received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Dayton (1970) and his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law (1976). He is a shareholder and director of Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. in Pittsburgh and Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Yarsky’s practice focuses on all aspects of real estate, business and banking, estate planning, estate administration, creditors’ rights and civil litigation, including contract, construction and title insurance litigation. His real estate practice with developers, investors and lenders includes acquisition, development, construction, finance, leasing and zoning. Mr. Yarsky has lectured on real estate law for the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Community College of Allegheny County, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and various other providers of continuing legal education. He is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, has held various offices in the Real Property Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association and chaired that section in 1996. Mr. Yarsky is a past member of council of the Real Property Probate and Trust Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He served on the Landlord-Tenant Advisory Rules Committee of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Mr. Yarsky is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania courts, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Sugarman is a partner in the law firm, Gawthrop Greenwood, PC, and chairs the firm’s Community Association Law Department. He concentrates his practice in the field of community association law, real estate and construction litigation. Mr. Sugarman is a member of the College of Community Association Lawyers and a past president of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), Pennsylvania/Delaware Valley Chapter. He is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and the American and Pennsylvania Association for Justice. Mr. Sugarman has been awarded Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV preeminent peer review rating and has been selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® every year since 2007. A former chairman of CAI’s Legislative Action Committee in Pennsylvania, Mr. Sugarman continues to participate actively in the review and drafting of amendments to Pennsylvania’s legislation governing common interest communities, and his writings include the article, “Setting the Standard of Care in Premises Liability Cases,” published in CAI’s Journal of Community Association Law. Mr. Sugarman is an adjunct faculty member at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where he developed and teaches the course “Condominium and Homeowner Association Law.” He serves as an expert witness on community association matters brought before Pennsylvania’s courts and its General Assembly. A frequent lecturer at the local and national levels on real estate and community association matters, Mr. Sugarman has planned courses and presented numerous programs for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI), including “Assessing the Law of Assessments in Condominium and Homeowner Associations;” “From the Developer to the Association: Tackling the Transition in the Community Association;” “How the Uniform Planned Community Act Really Works;” “Community Association Law Symposium;” “Dealing with Developers’ Liabilities in Condominium and Homeowner Associations;” “New Issues in Condominium and Homeowner Associations: Conflicts and the Courts;” “Dealing with Condominium and Homeowner Associations in a Down Economy;” “Condominium and Homeowner Associations: Lessons on Liabilities, Liens and Litigation;” “Fixing the Failed Development in the Common Interest Community;” “Litigating Condominium and Homeowner Association Cases;” ” The Ins and Outs of “Over 55″ Housing in Community Association;” and “Buying and Selling in Condominiums and Homeowners Associations.” Mr. Sugarman earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his J.D. from Temple University School of Law.

Mr. Weiner co-chairs the Real Estate and Zoning Department at the Lansdale firm of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin. For over two decades, he has handled an enormous array of real estate law matters for Delaware Valley clients, ranging from zoning and land development to real-estate financing and acquisition. His work includes the development of over 200 condominium and homeowners’ associations, and he has extensive experience in zoning litigation from numerous appearances before zoning hearing boards and appellate arguments. He has handled zoning cases and subdivision and land-development applications in a majority of townships and boroughs throughout Bucks and Montgomery Counties. He has represented developers, commercial landowners and banks with respect to the acquisition and financing of commercial properties held for future development. His experience also includes structuring multimillion-dollar real-estate acquisitions with contingencies for financing, land development and zoning approvals. A frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Community Associations Institute and the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA), Mr. Weiner is a past Chairman of the MBA’s Real Estate Land Use Committee, he has served on the MBA Board of Directors and currently serves as President of the Montgomery Bar Foundation. He is also a past president of the Keystone Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. Carl is also a Fellow with the College of Community Association Lawyers. Carl was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 through 2024; 2021 Lawyer of the Year in the area of Land Use and Zoning Law; and, a Super Lawyer 2019 through 2024. A graduate of Boston University School of Law, Mr. Weiner received his undergraduate degree from Brown University.

Attorney Daniel J. Siegel is a nationally recognized authority on ethics, technology, data protection and business workflow management, and the principal of both the Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, LLC and Integrated Technology Services, LLC. Dan provides techno-ethics counsel to solo, small and mid-sized law firms on cybersecurity, technology and other related issues. His practice includes representing of attorneys in disciplinary matters; providing professional responsibility guidance to attorneys and firms; serving as appellate counsel; and representing individuals in workers’ compensation and personal injury matters. Dan also consults with law firms and businesses on workflow management, implementation of paperless offices, and other productivity matters. Attorney Siegel is a prolific speaker and author, and serves as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and Past-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Professional Development Board Chair. The author of 15 books, Dan is a columnist and frequent lecturer on a wide range of topics, including ethics, technology, substantive law, appellate law, and professional responsibility matters. You can reach Dan at dan@danieljsiegel.com.

Mr. Granor practices law at Granor and Granor, P.C. in Horsham, concentrating in the areas of community association law and real estate transactions. He is a member of the Solo and Small Firm Section Council, is a Past Chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and is currently a member of PBA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team and the Minority Bar Committee. He was a principal author of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Planned Community Act. Mr. Granor is a member of the Montgomery, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations and of Community Associations Institute. He is a fellow in the College of Community Association Lawyers and has taught continuing education courses at CAI’s National Community Association Law Seminar. Marshal is an observer to the Uniform Law Commissioners committee on illegal deed covenants. He holds Pennsylvania and New Jersey licenses as a real estate broker and title insurance agent, as well as a license as a Pennsylvania Real Estate Instructor. Mr. Granor frequently teaches continuing education courses for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute including at the annual Real Estate Institute. He has served as an expert witness on community association and real estate matters in Pennsylvania courts, and has testified on community association legislation before committees of the General Assembly. He also teaches continuing education courses for real estate licensees, title insurance agents, and community association professionals. For 14 years, he and his wife, Tamar, served as co-presidents of the Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Philadelphia, where they remain active on its Board of Directors. In May of 2024, he received the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s President’s Award for his work on the enactment of Act 54 of 2023, Repudiation of Discriminatory Real Estate Covenants. Mr. Granor received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Temple University Law School

Frank Kosir, Jr., is a partner with Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Lending, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, and Energy and Mineral Rights Groups. He has significant civil litigation and general practice experience in all areas of real property law, and acquired extensive experience in all facets of real estate development, sales, construction, and leasing prior to entering the practice of law. Mr. Kosir represents clients in a wide range of matters including commercial and residential real estate tax assessment appeals, commercial and residential sales and leasing, oil and gas lease negotiations, title defense, commercial and residential landlord-tenant proceedings, and zoning and land use issues. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs. Mr. Kosir was recognized five times as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Rising Star® in real property law, and has been recognized five times as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Super Lawyer. Mr. Kosir has also twice been recognized in Best Lawyers in America. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and the Washington County Bar Association. Mr. Kosir received his B.A. from Washington & Jefferson College in 1998, and his J.D. from the Duquesne University School of Law in 2001. He resides in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, where he formerly served as a member of the Township Planning Commission and is now in his ninth year as an elected Township Councilman.