Notable Representations

Zoning & Land Use Litigation

• Successfully represented a developer in challenging the procedural validity of an amendment to a zoning ordinance.
• Successfully represented a developer in obtaining the necessary zoning and land development approvals for a 55+ community.
• Successfully represented an independent school in obtaining zoning and land development approvals for a new STEM/STEAM center and outdoor instruction area.
• Successfully represented a large agricultural supply company in obtaining extensive zoning relief to construct a cutting-edge composting operation.
• Successfully represented a biotech firm that produces and distributes environmentally friendly products in obtaining a variance under local zoning ordinances to construct a critical addition to the facility.

Charlie also regularly leads representations involving variances, special exceptions, conditional uses, zoning officer determinations and notices of violation, development rights, conservation easements and other zoning and land use related matters.

Construction Litigation

• Successfully represented a large electrical subcontractor in a multi-claim, multi-action dispute with the owner and general contractor of a multi-million dollar casino project.
• Successfully represented a developer-owner in a multi-million dollar mechanics’ lien and breach of contract dispute.
• Successfully litigated construction defect disputes on behalf of general contractors, subcontractors, and owners.
• Successfully represented a builder-developer against allegations of defective stormwater management facilities.
• Successfully represented an owner in a dispute over charges pursuant to a commercial construction agreement.

Charlie also regularly leads representations concerning construction defects, payment disputes, mechnics liens, and subcontractor-contractor disputes.

Corporate Litigation

• Successfully represented a managing member in a dispute among members of a limited liability company.
• Successfully represented a corporation following a books and records demand.
• Successfully litigated a partnership dispute.
• Successfully represented a minority shareholder in a “freeze-out” dispute.
• Successfully represented a construction material supplier in a shareholder dispute.

Real Estate Litigation

• Successfully represented a builder-developer in a dispute with a bank concerning a multi-million suburban development.
• Successfully represented a landowner in obtaining an injunction to ensure continued access to property after threats by an adjacent landowner to block access.
• Successfully represented a general contractor in an easement and boundary dispute with an adjacent landowner.
• Successfully represented a homeowners’ association in a dispute with an association member involving violations of restrictive covenants and claims under the Fair Housing Act.
• Successfully represented a homeowner in a dispute with a homeowners’ association motivated by bias as demonstrated by selective enforcements of restrictive covenants.

Charlie also regularly leads representations involving easements, boundary disputes, adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims, agreement of sale termination and deposit disputes, claims of misrepresentation or non-disclosure in the sale of real property, homeowners’ association disputes, and stormwater litigation.

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Successfully represented a financier involved a loan-procurement dispute that included allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, and deceptive acts.
• Successfully represented a food service provider in a complex breach of contract dispute.
• Successfully represented a produce cooperative in a contract and payment dispute with members.
• Successfully represented a produce grower involved in a complex contractual dispute with a partner-grower and produce purchaser.
• Successfully represented a produce grower involved in a payment dispute with a produce purchaser implicating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

Memberships

• Chester County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Trustee, Upland Country Day School
• Lawrenceville School Invitational Ice Hockey Tournament Committee

• Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

• Villanova University School of Law (J.D.)
• Georgetown University (B.A., Government)

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