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Catherine E. N. Durso - Allentown, PA
645 West Hamilton StreetSuite 800 Allentown, PA 18101
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C.
Updated: 02/04/2025
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Overview
Catherine E. N. Durso is a shareholder in the Firm’s Real Estate, Land Use & Development Group. Mrs. Durso’s practice areas include real estate, land use, development and zoning, in which she frequently represents developers and private individuals with zoning and land development submissions and issues. Mrs. Durso has developed an expertise in representing wireless telecommunication companies for zoning and land use matters. She has assisted clients in obtaining approvals for pharmacies, supermarkets, age restricted communities, apartments, and warehouse distribution centers. Mrs. Durso also handles commercial and residential real estate transactions for companies and individuals.
About Catherine E. N. Durso
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder
Practice Areas
- ZONING
- REAL ESTATE, LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT
- COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
- TAX ASSESSMENT APPEALS & PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
- EMINENT DOMAIN
Representative Clients
- To date, Mrs. Durso has obtained approvals for over 600 wireless communications facilities in Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery, Bucks, Carbon, Monroe, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne, Chester, Berks, Sullivan, Bradford, Wyoming, Schuylkill, Tioga, Centre, Columbia, Lebanon and Dauphin Counties.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1994
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1996
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2000
Other Affiliations
- Bar Association of Lehigh County
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Lehigh Valley, Member, 2006 – Present, 2006 - Present (Member)
Pro Bono Activities
- Penn State Lehigh Valley Advisory Board, Member and Executive Committee Chairperson, 2009 – Present
- Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board, Alternate Solicitor
- St. Ann Board of Limited Jurisdiction, Secretary
- Lower Macungie Township Zoning Hearing Board, Alternate Solicitor
- Lower Macungie 2020 Vision Committee, Member
Education
- Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1994
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Woolsack Honor Society
Honors: Appellate Moot Court Board
Law Review: Dickinson Law Review, Articles Editor, 1993 - 1994 - St. Bonaventure University, 1991
B.A.
Honors: magna cum laude
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
645 West Hamilton StreetSuite 800 Allentown, PA 18101
Fax
- 610-797-6663
Office Hours
8:30 - 5:00 (M-Th); 8:00 - 4:30 (F)
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Catherine E. N. Durso
Honors
- Selected for inclusion in 2005 – 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers: Rising Star Edition
- Lehigh Valley SUITS Award, Law, 2014
- Named a “Select Lawyer” in Eminent Domain Law, Government/Cities/Municipalities Law, Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals Law and Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Development Law, 2014
- Named a Select Lawyer in Government/Cities/Municipalities Law, Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals Law and Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Development Law, 2015
- Named a Select Lawyer in Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Development Law and Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals Law, 2016
- Named a “Woman of Influence” by Lehigh Valley Business, 2020
- Named a “Woman of Influence” by Real Estate Forum magazine, 2017
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