Neil A. Stein

Principal

E-Mail: nstein@kaplaw.com
Phone: 610-941-2469
Fax: 610-684-2029 vCard PDF
Assistant: Danielle M. Gosciniak dgosciniak@kaplaw.com

Neil Andrew Stein is a principal of the firm and a member of the Land Use, Zoning & Development Department. He has extensive experience in zealously representing landowners, developers, institutions, and non-profit groups in all phases of real estate law including complex transactions, entity structuring, financing, land use approvals, land use litigation, eminent domain and real estate tax appeals. Neil has also served as a solicitor to several local townships and zoning hearing boards. This public sector expertise promotes development of strong relationships with elected and appointed government officials, as well as a keen sense of the best ways to cut through “red tape.” Neil brings creative and dynamic legal thinking to every project and has obtained governmental approvals for unique projects such as non-conforming uses, adaptive reuse of former military bases, landfills, and distressed properties.

Neil began his legal career as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Lawrence L. Lasser, the Presiding Judge of the Tax Court of New Jersey.

Neil is currently an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law and lectures frequently to professional organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Neil also serves on the Legal Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders, and is the Chair of the Political Action Committee and a Director of the Home Builders Association of Bucks/Montgomery Counties. In 2015, Neil was inducted into the HBA “Hall of Fame.” Neil has also served as a Director and member of the Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association.

He has been designated as a “Super Lawyer” by Philadelphia Magazine in multiple years as well as being recognized among the Best Lawyers in America.

Neil graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a Bachelors of Business Degree in Accounting and Economics and is a cum laude graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law and holds a Masters of Law (LLM) in Taxation. Neil also served as Research Editor of the Temple Environmental Law Journal.

Practice Areas

• Real Estate Transactional
• Commercial Leasing
• Contract Review
• Deeds
• Easements
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Purchase and Sale Transactions
• Real Estate Financing
• Land Use, Zoning, and Development
• Act 2
• Building Codes
• Environmental Mitigation and Permitting
• Litigation and Appellate Practice
• Outside Agency Permitting
• Philadelphia Zoning
• Subdivision and Land Development Approvals
• Tax Assessment Appeals and Exemptions
• Zoning
• Construction Law
• Business and Corporate Law
• Environmental Law
• Administrative Proceedings and Litigation
• Permitting
• Regulatory Compliance
• Site Development and Brownfield Redevelopment

Representative Experience

• In re Thompson, 896 A.2d 659 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2005).
• Segal v. Buckingham, 771 A.2d 90 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2001).
• In re Brickstone Realty Corp., 789 A.2d 333 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2001).
• Harleysville Homestead v. Lower Salford Tp., 980 A.2d 749 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2009).

Community Involvement

• Whitemarsh Township Solicitor (former)
• Attorney (former) for Whitemarsh Residents Association, Rydal – Meadowbrook Civic Association, Whitpain Residents Association, Upper Uwchlan Residents Association, Belmont Terrace Neighborhood Association (Upper Merion Township)
• Special Counsel (former) to Elverson Borough (Chester Co.), West Norriton Township, Worcester Township (Montgomery Co.), Nether Providence Township (Delaware County)
• Board Member (former), Penllyn Greene Homeowners Association