Matt focuses his practice on real estate, land use/zoning and general corporate matters in the suburban counties surrounding Philadelphia and throughout the eastern half of Pennsylvania. He is quick to identify potential issues in a transaction or the entitlement process, and when he does, he combines his connections and experience to advise clients on the best course of action to meet their goals. 

Matt has extensive experience with real estate acquisitions, financing and development and has appeared regularly before various zoning hearing boards, planning commissions and governing bodies as part of the zoning, subdivision and land development approval process. He represents national, regional and local builders and developers in connection with obtaining requisite zoning, subdivision and land development approvals and other required federal, state and local permits (examples include grocery stores, hotels, shopping centers and self-storage facilities). Matt’s practice also includes representing clients in appellate matters in the courts of common pleas and other Pennsylvania appellate courts. 

In addition, he previously served as the Solicitor for the Bensalem Township Zoning Hearing Board (2019-2021) and the Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board (2012-2022). Before joining the firm, Matt practiced at two other regional law firms in their corporate/real estate and municipal departments.

Co-author, “NPDES General Permit Coverage Expires on December 7,” October 22, 2024

Presenter, “Suburban Zoning 101: The Who, the What and the How,” accredited CLE program, October 15, 2024

Presenter, “Philadelphia & Suburban Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Appeals: What to Know as Filing Deadlines Approach,” accredited CLE Program, June 18, 2024

Quoted, “Orchard Square Apartments expansion approved in Middletown,” Bucks County Herald, June 12, 2024

Co-Author, “Pennsylvania 2025 Property Tax Assessment Appeal Deadlines Are Approaching,” June 7, 2024

Quoted, “Towamencin: Developer Refining Plans for ‘Main Street’ Mixed Use Project,” North Penn Now, April 25, 2024

Presenter, “Distressed Real Estate in Pennsylvania-Real Property Value Appeals and Realty Transfer Tax Challenges,” accredited CLE program, July 17, 2023

Author, “2023 Property Tax Assessment Appeal Deadline Approaching,” July 27, 2022

Author, “Property Tax Assessment Appeal Deadline Approaching,” July 21, 2021

Author, “PA Permits Municipalities to Conduct Remote Public Meetings, Tolls Certain Development Time Frames,” April 24, 2020

• Representation of a suburban Philadelphia high school (Lower Merion, Montgomery County, PA) involving the heavily contested entitlements for outdoor stadium lighting for the athletic fields.
• Representation of the owner of one of, if not the, largest multifamily apartment complexes located in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA, in a reverse real estate tax appeal filed by the school district of the township within which the property is located. The matter was resolved through a negotiated settlement agreement setting the implied market value of the property for tax purposes at $165.5 million dollars and precluding further assessment appeals through tax year 2024. The taxing authorities initially sought to increase the implied market value of the property for tax purposes to a value in excess of $200 million.
• Representation of a property management firm for the expansion of their apartment complex in Bucks County, PA.
• Representation of a self-storage company for Zoning Hearing Board approval, conditional use approval and land development approval in connection with a proposed indoor and outdoor self-storage project on W. Main Street in West Norriton Township (Montgomery County, PA). 
• Representation of a commercial real estate developer, manager and investor in obtaining re-zoning and conditional use approval and final land development approval for redevelopment of a former office complex in Upper Moreland Township (Montgomery County, PA) into a multi-family development. 
• Representation of a real estate owner, developer and property manager in obtaining final land development approval to construct an additional 72 garden apartments and a clubhouse/pool as an expansion to their existing apartment community in Middletown Township (Bucks County, PA).