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Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew, LLP is a leader in representing local governments and
agencies. The Firm’s municipal law group presently serves as Solicitor to various
municipalities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It has successfully represented municipalities
(including townships, boroughs, municipal authorities, zoning hearing boards, and
regional police commissions), local agencies, police departments and public officials
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for over fifteen years.
The municipal law team consists of skilled attorneys who are experienced in the
areas of civil rights, labor and employment, land use, zoning, motor vehicle, public
official and police liability and personal injury. The Firm has been instrumental
in establishing precedent by successfully litigating what have become landmark decisions
that protect municipal land use decisions, public official immunity, and employment
matters. As a result of its experience, the Firm is frequently retained as Special
Counsel to provide consultation to municipalities faced with complex legal matters.
The Firm’s established relationships with self-insured and group self-insured entities
have proven very successful. Our attorneys work effectively with third party administrators
to pursue cost-effective resolutions to claims. In addition, the municipal law group
advises clients on risk management and loss control efforts in order to reduce the
potential for future liability through the development of sound policy and business
practice.
The municipal law group advises and defends clients on the following representative
areas:
- Federal Civil Rights
- Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act
- Public Official Liability
- Land Use and Zoning
- Premises Liability
- Police Professional Liability
- Labor & Employment Matters
- Board Governance
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Municipal Alert - Abandoned Vehicle Nuisance Provisions Invalidated by Michael G. Crotty and Ryan M. Jennings
2/1/2012
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, in Borough of New Bloomfield v. Wagner, et al., (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012) (Docket No. 53 C.D. 2011), has recently stricken certain provisions of a nuisance-based Ordinance regulating abandoned vehicles on private property.
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Municipal Alert - Validity of Agricultural Preservation Zoning Upheld by Michael G. Crotty & Ryan M. Jennings
1/24/2012
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, in In Re: Appeal of KMRD, L.P. from Decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Forks Township, (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012), has recently upheld the validity of Forks Township’s zoning protections for conserved and preserved agricultural lands.
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Municipal Alert - Public Officials' E-mails Might be Subject to Disclosure Under Right-to-Know Law by Michael G. Crotty and Ryan M. Jennings
12/23/2011
If you are under the impression that the Commonwealth Court’s January 2011 decision, In re Silberstein, exempts e-mails of an individual elected or appointed official from disclosure under the Right to Know Act (“RTK”), think again!
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