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West Chester Urban Redevelopment and Historic Preservation Lawyer
Overview
Jane serves as Chair of the Land Use and Zoning department. She represents individuals, businesses and developers in a matters pertaining to real estate, business practices and contracts, as well as labor agreements. Jane is also a trained Mediator.
Recent Representations
- Successfully had zoning amendments in two different townships declared invalid because townships failed to follow proper notice procedures...
Jane serves as Chair of the Land Use and Zoning department. She represents individuals, businesses and developers in a matters pertaining to real estate, business practices and contracts, as well as labor agreements. Jane is also a trained Mediator.
Recent Representations
- Successfully had zoning amendments in two different townships declared invalid because townships failed to follow proper notice procedures...
Jane serves as Chair of the Land Use and Zoning department. She represents individuals, businesses and developers in a matters pertaining to real estate, business practices and contracts, as well as labor agreements. Jane is also a trained Mediator.
Recent Representations
- Successfully had zoning amendments in two different townships declared invalid because townships failed to follow proper notice procedures.
- Successfully defended individual in breach of property settlement agreement action and secured award of costs and attorney fees.
- Represented individual shareholder in trial against the two majority shareholders that resulted in a verdict for the full value of the minority shareholder's interest in the company.
- Represented homeowners in suit against sellers and others in a jury trial that resulted in a jury verdict finding that the sellers had defrauded the buyers.
- Represented business in dispute with equipment manufacturer that resulted in a verdict for the business in the full amount of the value of the replacement equipment.
- Defended Assistant District Attorney in civil rights action, resulting in dismissal of suit against the attorney.
About Jane M. Shields
Practice Areas
- Urban Redevelopment and Historic Preservation
- Land Use Law
- Litigation
- Agriculture Law
- Zoning
- Environmental Law
- Municipal Government and Regulation
- Professional Malpractice
- Land Use Planning
- Commercial Litigation
- Mediation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1977
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1978
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1978
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Chester County Bar Association
- Chester County Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Academy of Advocacy (Fellow)
- Pennsylvania Counsel of Mediators (Member)
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- American Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division, Ad Hoc Committee on the Judiciary
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, House of Delegates, Constitutional Review Commission and Chair of the Constitutional Review Commission Local Government Committee
- Chester County Bar Association, Incorporator and Advisory Board
Education
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Purdue University
B.A.
Major: Political Science
Past Positions
- Honorable Robert S. Gawthrop III of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Law Clerk
Pro Bono Activities
- Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, Advisory Board
- Chester County Cycling Classic, Board of Directors
- Brandywine Regional Police Commission, Former Chairman
- Wallace Township Board of Supervisors, Former Chairman
- Easttown Township Planning Commission, Former Chairman
Office Information
Address
17 West Miner Street West Chester, PA 19382
Phone
Fax
- 610-429-4486
- 610-430-7885
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
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