ROSENZWEIG & HALTZMAN - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Montgomery County Paralegal Association
- Paralegal / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
- Paralegal at Silverang
Education:
Cardinal O'Hara High School
Brandywine Junior College
Debbie Howard is a paralegal at Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC. She assists with all aspects of the firm's real estate and corporate law practice. Her responsibilities include supporting the firm's attorneys with commercial and residential development projects, commercial, residential, and multi-family acquisition and sale transactions, and commercial loan and other real estate financings. She assists with the preparation of purchase agreements and related real estate conveyance documents, due diligence review, and organization and assistance with transaction closings. In addition, Ms. Howard is responsible for entity formations, governance and maintenance of entity records for the firm's clients, as well as on-line research and drafting of business related agreements.
Ms. Howard has over 30 years experience in the legal field. Prior to joining Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC, she was employed for over ten years at O'Neill Properties Group, a large real estate developer located in King of Prussia, PA, serving as both a paralegal and as human resources coordinator. Prior thereto, she worked at the law firm of Kassab, Archbold & O'Brien in Media, PA for many years, starting as legal assistant to the firm's founder and managing partner and moving into a corporate and leasing paralegal position. Prior to working at the Kassab firm, she was employed by the law firms of Cunningham, Albritton, Bee, Lenzi & Schiller in Marathon, FL and by Duane, Morris & Heckscher in their Paoli, PA office.
At times throughout her career, Ms. Howard has been a member of the Montgomery County Paralegal Association and was credentialed as a Pennsylvania Certified Paralegal as sanctioned by the Keystone Alliance of Paralegal Associations.
Job Titles:
- Attorney / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Eric focuses his practice on commercial and business litigation, and broad-based real estate services including land development, zoning, commercial and residential landlord/tenant matters, construction issues, and advice on condominium and planned community associations, as well as litigation arising therefrom. In his current practice, Eric represents clients spanning from individuals to mid-market companies, situated both domestically and internationally. Eric regularly serves as lead counsel and has tried real estate and commercial matters to favorable resolution in the trial-level courts and before arbitration and administrative panels. In addition, Eric has successfully argued cases on appeal before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Some of Eric's representative matters include:
Defense of a major telecommunications provider in an action brought by a municipality involving the use of its borough-wide utility infrastructure.
Obtaining and collecting on a six-figure judgment on behalf of a commercial real estate landlord against a large-name restaurateur tenant.
Successfully defeating a neighborhood registered community organization's objections to a developer's construction project, which was approved by the Zoning Board and then appealed to the Court of Common Pleas and then to the Commonwealth Court.
Representing a National Hockey League star winger in a contract dispute with his former agent.
Obtaining dismissal of claims brought against a national vending corporation and its employee for alleged violations of a covenant not to compete.
Securing a favorable, confidential settlement on behalf of a general contractor in a failure to disclose and construction defect claim brought by third party purchaser of an investment property.
Litigating and securing a confidential settlement on behalf of a religious corporation in an action against a contractor for negligence and substandard workmanship.
Successfully defending a New Jersey Real Estate Commission's action to revoke a real estate broker's license.
Prior to joining the firm Eric worked in the commercial litigation department at a large Mid-Atlantic firm. Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a concentration in writing from the University of Vermont, and obtained his Juris Doctor from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Eric has perennially received a Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch recognition for Commercial Litigation from 2021 through 2024 and for Real Estate Law in 2024, a recognition award based on a comprehensive annual peer-review given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Attorney / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
- Professor of Advanced Legal
Biography:
Genevieve McCormack is a senior associate attorney for the firm. Genevieve's professional experience includes complex commercial litigation, government contract disputes, international human rights litigation, labor and employment law, environmental litigation, nonprofit 501(c)(3) experience. She has expertise in a wide range of motions practice, and is involved in drafting extensive briefs and pleadings in both federal and state courts. Genevieve also serves as a volunteer for the Pennsylvania branch of the Wills for Heroes program where she drafts testamentary documents for first responders and their loved ones throughout Pennsylvania.
Genevieve's experience includes the general litigation and white collar criminal defense departments of major national and international law firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Beveridge & Diamond PC; and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
Genevieve has been a professor of advanced legal methods at Widener University School of Law. She has also held prestigious federal clerkships with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Genevieve graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Caroline Picard Memorial Prize in Politics. At the University of Virginia School of Law, Genevieve was a member of the Virginia Law Review, a Dillard Fellow, and the recipient of the Bracewell & Patterson prize for outstanding oral advocacy.
Job Titles:
- Paralegal / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
- Paralegal at Silverang
Biography:
Jasmin Johnson is a paralegal at Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC. She assists with all aspects of the firm's real estate and corporate law practice. Her main course of work focuses on commercial and residential real estate sales and acquisitions, land use, real estate disputes that result in litigation and entity formations and dissolutions. Her duties also include preparation of purchase agreements and related real estate conveyance documents, due diligence review, and organization and assistance with seamless transaction closings.
Jasmin has over ten years experience as a paralegal. Prior to joining Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC, she was employed for four years at a boutique Center City law firm and real estate brokerage, Toppin Law, P.C. As Jasmin's career blossomed at Toppin Law, so did her expertise in real estate law. She became a go-to resource within the firm for matters related to property sales, acquisitions, zoning regulations, contract negotiations and decedents estate matters.
Prior thereto, Jasmin worked many years as a litigation paralegal at a prestigious trial law firm in Philadelphia, Tucker Law Group, LLC. In this paralegal role, Jasmin focused on complex civil litigation, including catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, employment discrimination, general liability defense, police excessive force and civil rights matters.
Jasmin received her Associates degree in Paralegal Studies. Determined to excel in the real estate field, Jasmin pursued further education and licensing at Temple's Real Estate Institute.
As the real estate industry evolved, Jasmin embraced technology and sought innovative solutions to streamline her work. She championed the integration of digital tools for document management, communication, and research, making the entire process more efficient and cost-effective. Through her remarkable journey, Jasmin exemplifies the profound impact that a dedicated paralegal can have on the legal profession and the clients she serves.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Attorney
- Partner / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Joshua E. Beldner is an associate attorney with the firm. He concentrates his practice on commercial real estate transactions, with particular experience in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and financing. Joshua routinely represents developers, investors, lenders, landlords and tenants in all aspects of their real estate activities. Joshua also possesses significant experience in residential real estate and title insurance matters.
Mr. Beldner joined Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC after working for several years as an associate attorney at Lerner & Holmes PC, a boutique commercial real estate law firm in Boston. At Lerner & Holmes PC, he worked for a wide range of developers, investors, investment advisers and institutional owners in all aspects of their real estate and development activities.
Mr. Beldner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Physics from Boston University and subsequently obtained his Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. He lives in Audubon, Pennsylvania with his wife and daughters.
Job Titles:
- Litigation Paralegal With Silverang
- Paralegal / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Kayleen Daley is a litigation paralegal with Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC. Her responsibilities include supporting the firm's litigation attorneys in all aspects of litigation practice, including complex real estate and financial disputes, prosecution and defense of collection and asset execution actions including commercial foreclosures. She assists with the preparation and filings of pleadings in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state, federal, appellate and bankruptcy courts, as well as with the American Arbitration Association.
Ms. Daley has over 10 years of experience in the legal field. Prior to joining Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC, she was the direct Legal Assistant to the late founding and managing partner, David I. Davis, Esquire of Davis Bucco. In this position, Ms. Daley gained extensive knowledge of commercial and construction litigation and real estate transactions. In addition to Ms. Daley's Legal Assistant duties, she was also responsible for entity formations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and renewal of liquor licenses for various businesses. Ms. Daley also performed contract reviews using the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and ConsensusDocs programs. Ms. Daley began her journey in the legal field by interning in the summers during high school for local attorneys. She then went on to become a summer intern at the Luzerne County Register of Wills office during college. After graduating college, Ms. Daley became a Non-Attorney Social Security Disability Representative in which she represented people throughout the United States for Social Security Disability claims at the initial and reconsideration levels.
In March 2019, Ms. Daley was given the honor and privilege of delivering Attorney Davis' Memorial Minute before the Montgomery County Bar Association, which said Memorial Minute was published in the May 2019 edition of the Montgomery County Law Reporter.
Ms. Daley received her Bachelors of Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Daley is a Pennsylvania licensed Notary.
Job Titles:
- Attorney / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Kevin D. McGowan, Jr. focuses his practice in the areas of real estate and commercial litigation. Kevin's practice is complimented by his experience as a law clerk in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division. In the context of his clerkship, Kevin was heavily involved in drafting of decisions, opinions, and orders, as well as conducting extensive legal research. In addition to his clerkship, Kevin has experience in the public sector with the Philadelphia Housing Authority, as well as experience with intellectual property law as a law clerk for Eckert Seamans, Cherin, & Mellot, LLC in their intellectual property group. Kevin is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, as well as federal practice in the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.
Kevin earned his law degree from the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in 2017 where he was a Rising Advocate Scholar. He graduated with honors in his Business and Entrepreneurship law concentration. In addition to this Business and Entrepreneurship law concentration, Kevin completed a wide range of intellectual property coursework, covering trademarks and trade secrets, copyrights, and patents.
Kevin attended Saint Joseph's University for his undergraduate education where he earned a B.S. in psychology with a heavy focus in life sciences. While at Saint Joseph's, Kevin co-founded the first collegiate level and university recognized Gaelic Football team in the nation and was an executive member of the men's and women's basketball booster clubs. After graduation, he coached the Gaelic Football team in a volunteer capacity for a number of years. He is still active in the alumni association at Saint Joseph's, being a member of the Law Alumni Affinity Chapter of the alumni association. In addition to his activity in the Law Alumni Affinity Chapter, Kevin is also a member of the Brehon Law Society.
Kevin grew up in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Ardmore, Pennsylvania with his wife.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founding Partner of Silverang
- Partner / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Kevin J. Silverang is a co-founding partner of Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC. The firm provides sophisticated services for lenders, borrowers, developers and investors in various real estate acquisition, leasing, construction, development, financing, restructuring and disposition transactions. Included in its financing services is the firm's expertise in Historic Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits transactions. The firm also specializes in workout negotiations, real estate and commercial litigation, note portfolio purchases, discounted note transactions and the like. The firm also represents closely-held corporations in general contract and transactional work, partnerships in documenting syndicated equity transactions and all related legal matters. In addition, Mr. Silverang is founding partner of Silverang Hallowell Development Company, a development company specializing in acquiring and developing value added real estate. Mr. Silverang is an entrepreneur who has personally developed over $500 million of property and co-founded two multi-million dollar real estate equity funds.
Mr. Silverang holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Franklin & Marshall College, and obtained his law degree, cum laude, from Villanova University. He is a frequent lecturer on real estate subjects at seminars sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Biography:
Malcolm has a national litigation and counseling practice in which he represents businesses in complex commercial and employment-related cases at all stages of proceedings, from initial filings through trial. Malcolm leads the firm's labor and employment practice. He is frequently retained to represent commercial entities for issues that go to the very core of their business model, where a loss in litigation could fundamentally and detrimentally affect their entire business. His broad experience representing businesses in a gamut of matters, from financial issues, to employment and workforce issues, to proprietary business issues, allows him to not just focus on the narrow issue at hand, but to also evaluate and counsel clients on the potential ramifications across their business.
His business litigation and counseling practice includes representing companies in litigation relating to commercial contracts and business disputes; defending companies and developers against a multitude of claims, ranging from breach of contract, to RICO and fraud; representing companies in connection with administrative actions by governmental bodies; defending banking and trust companies against claims of breach of fiduciary duty; supervising internal corporate investigations; representing owners and contractors in construction and building industry disputes; and, representing individuals and companies in connection with shareholder disputes, including oppression of minority shareholders.
His employment and labor practice includes advising clients on day-to-day compliance with labor and employment laws and regulations; litigating civil rights and employment cases including claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge and retaliation; defending class, and representative actions involving civil rights, employment and wage and hour claims; counseling, handling, and litigating labor relations issues including collective bargaining negotiations, unfair labor practice proceedings, arbitrations, strikes, picketing, and related injunction proceedings; designing and enforcing policies and agreements to protect confidentiality and non-solicitation and post-employment competition, and litigating claims for breach of non-compete agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and related torts.
Malcolm also has extensive experience acting as local counsel for outside firms and parties involved in litigation in the Pennsylvania state courts and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in Law & Politics and Philadelphia Magazines.
Some of the reported decisions in which Malcolm has secured victories for clients in the lower courts and/or secured victory on appeal include:
Leap v. Yoshida, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57819 (E.D.Pa. Apr. 29, 2016)(securing Court approval of FLSA and related state law class action settlement for restaurant client);
Note Acquisition, LLC v. Morrison, 2015 WL 6870607, 134 A.3d 481 (Pa.Super.Ct. Nov. 6, 2015)(protecting on appeal confessed judgment entered against borrower on note for failed restaurant/development venture);
Turchi v. Phila. Bd. of License & Inspection Review, 2015 WL 3458376, 114 A.3d 900 (Pa.Commw.Ct. May 15, 2015)(securing reversal of lower court and gaining appellate court-ordered approval of proposed real estate development project in Philadelphia involving historically certified building);
Mfrs. & Traders Tr. Co. v. Jenner's Commons, LLC, 2014 WL 7801303, 113 A.3d 339, (Pa.Super.Ct. Nov. 3, 2014)(securing reversal of trial court on appeal and having multi-million dollar confessed judgment against borrower and guarantors of commercial real estate development loan stricken in its entirety);
Crider, Inc. v. Keystone Foods LLC, 2011 WL 4929754 (S.D.Ga. October 17, 2011) (partial summary judgment for client in business dispute eliminating over $25 million in claims and allowing for beneficial settlement on the eve of trial);
Tilkin & Cagen, Inc. v. United Metal Receptacle Corp., 593 F.Supp.2d 996 (N.D.Ill. December 30, 2008) (summary judgment for client on all claims in business dispute);
Burks v. Equity Group-Eufaula Div., LLC, 571 F. Supp. 2d 1235 (M.D. Ala. 2008) (partial summary judgment for client in class action eliminating millions of dollars of potential claims and positioning the case for settlement on beneficial terms to client);
Abdullah v. Equity Group-Georgia Div., LLC, 2006 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 74721 (M.D.Ga. Oct. 12, 2006), aff'd sub nom, Albritton v. Cagle's Inc., 508 F.3d 1012 (11th Cir. 2007), reh'g en banc denied, 261 Fed. Appx. 280 (11th Cir. 2008) (dismissal of class action and multi-plaintiff claims in their entirety);
Anderson v. Cagle Foods JV, LLC, 2005 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 41747 (M.D.Ga. Dec. 8, 2005), aff'd, 488 F.3d 944 (11th Cir. 2007), cert. denied,128 S.Ct. 2902 (2008) (summary judgment for client on all claims in a class action, eliminating claims exceeding $40 million);
United Products Corp. v. SEPTA, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 3319 (Bankr. E.D.Pa. Aug. 17, 2005) (summary judgment for client on contract-related claims);
Adkins v. Cagle Foods JV, LLC, 411 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2005)(summary judgment for client on all claims for client in lawsuit alleging fraud, breach of contract and violation of RICO);
Wheeler v. Cagle Foods JV, LLC, 148 Fed. Appx. 760; 2005 U.S.App.LEXIS 10870 (11th Cir. June 8, 2005) (summary judgment for client on all claims for client in lawsuit alleging fraud, breach of contract and violation of RICO);
Mims v. Cagle Foods JV, LLC, 148 Fed. Appx. 762; 2005 U.S.App.LEXIS 11579 (11th Cir. June 15, 2005) (summary judgment for client on all claims for client in lawsuit alleging fraud, breach of contract and violation of RICO);
Glass v. Cagle's Inc., et al, 143 Fed.Appx. 300, 2005 U.S.App.LEXIS 20488 (11th Cir. Apr. 5, 2005), rehearing en banc denied, 2005 U.S.App.LEXIS 23491 (11th Cir. June 1, 2005), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 1061 (Dec. 5, 2005 ) (summary judgment for client on all claims for client in lawsuit alleging fraud, breach of contract and violation of RICO);
County of Delaware v. J.P. Mascaro & Sons, Inc., 830 A.2d 587 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2003), appeal granted, 854 A.2d 968, aff'd without opinion, 873 A.2d 1285 (Pa. 2005) (trial victory for client defended through Pennsylvania Supreme Court).
Malcolm received his law degree in 1997 from Washington University, where he was the Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Policy (f/k/a Journal of Urban & Contemporary Law) and a semi-finalist in the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition. He graduated with high honors from Lehigh University in 1994, with a B.S. in economics and finance. While at Lehigh, he was a member of the Track and Field team and received numerous awards and recognitions, including the prestigious University Service Award and the Interfraternity Council Man of the Year Award.
Malcolm resides in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three daughters. He is active in the Temple American Inn Of Court, St. Andrews Society of Philadelphia, North Ardmore Civic Association and has coached numerous girls' soccer teams for Lower Merion Soccer Club.
Job Titles:
- Partner / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Mark S. Haltzman joined Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC as a partner in August of 2011. Mr. Haltzman's educational background and "real world" business and legal experience makes him uniquely qualified to handle any business related matter, from simple corporate formation and contracts, to complex commercial litigation.
Mr. Haltzman's legal career started as an attorney with two of the largest Philadelphia law firms (Pepper Hamilton and Wolf Block), where he represented businesses from their initial formation, to the drafting of contracts and agreements, to complex mergers and acquisitions
After obtaining a Masters in Business Administration, Mr. Haltzman spent several years as an investment banker helping businesses arrange equity and debt financing. Thereafter, Mr. Haltzman took his vast business work and legal experience and expanded his area of legal practice from representing businesses in the formation and development of their businesses, to representing businesses in litigation matters. For the last 20 years, Mr. Haltzman has not only been a business attorney, but a "trial attorney." Mr. Haltzman's extensive business background provides him with a "competitive edge" in the representation of clients in litigation involving business matters.
Mr. Haltzman has gained a reputation as being an attorney that is able to creatively craft complex legal arguments in a manner which jurors can easily comprehend. As a result, Mr. Haltzman has been extremely successful in representing his business clients in a variety of business related litigation. Further, Mr. Haltzman's experience in litigating business disputes gives him the ability to draft, review and negotiate business documents so that, in the event litigation ever evolves out of the business relationship, his clients are properly positioned to be successful in such litigation. Recently, Mr. Haltzman gained national recognition for his successful representation of students who had claimed their privacy had been violated by the School's use of computer software that enabled the School to activate the student's webcam and take pictures, or capture a picture of whatever was on the student's computer screen.
Mr. Haltzman's broad range of legal experience includes commercial litigation, real estate, general corporate/transactional work, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, mergers and acquisitions, and banking. Mr. Haltzman represents clients in both federal and state courts in virtually every district and county in and around southeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as in other States on as needed basis. Mr. Haltzman has handled numerous jury, non-jury and arbitration matters, and, where appropriate, negotiated favorable settlements for clients even before initiation of a lawsuit. He is admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1983; the Supreme Court of New Jersey in 1984; and the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1985. He is active in all of the counties in the Delaware Valley (Montgomery, Chester, Philadelphia, Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton), as well as counties to the west (Berks, Lancaster) and to the north (Lackawanna, Luzerne).
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Philip S. Rosenzweig is a partner in the firm. Mr. Rosenzweig concentrates his practice in real estate, finance, land use and litigation arising from or related thereto. His practice broadly encompasses transactional and litigation matters, including serving as lead counsel and/or trial counsel in major litigation involving distressed assets, partnership and shareholder disputes, construction disputes, loan workouts and restructurings, foreclosures and lender liability issues and strategies relating thereto. He also focuses on advising developers and investors in all aspects of commercial matters, typically in the acquisition, sale, leasing, financing, land use planning, zoning and construction of real property. Mr. Rosenzweig has extensive courtroom and trial experience and has tried many jury and non-jury matters to successful conclusion and is highly experienced in appellate work resulting in significant Commonwealth Court and Superior Court opinions. He represents borrowers and lenders with respect to complex loan facilities in default scenarios and the litigation relating thereto. Mr. Rosenzweig also represents clients in the purchase, sale and financing of non-real estate assets, including ongoing businesses and privately and/or closely held interests in such businesses from their formation or early operation through disposition events. Mr. Rosenzweig has served as General Counsel to a number of Main Line businesses and to a private real estate finance company.
Mr. Rosenzweig consolidated his practice with the firm a decade ago after spending nine years as a shareholder of Riley Riper, where he had a similar practice. Prior thereto, he was an associate at Fox Rothschild.
Mr. Rosenzweig served three terms as a Commissioner of Lower Merion Township, where he represented Ward 6, Rosemont, Bryn Mawr and Villanova. He co-chaired the Building and Planning Committee for Lower Merion Township where he over saw substantial Township-wide redevelopment. He lives in Bryn Mawr with his wife, children and dogs.
Mr. Rosenzweig holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and obtained his Juris Doctor from Villanova University. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and has always been in good standing in each of these states.
Job Titles:
- Counsel / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
- Member of Committee
Biography:
Mr. Hanford's practice is concentrated in general business and corporate law, real estate transactions, asset-based lending and corporate finance, creditors' rights, and environmental law. Mr. Hanford also specializes in healthcare-related transactions, including acquisition and finance of long term care facilities and surgical, dialysis and imaging centers throughout the northeastern United States.
Mr. Hanford has also lectured on a wide variety of corporate and real estate related topics, including the Pennsylvania realty transfer tax, landlord-tenant law and the formation and operation of "captive" insurance companies.
Mr. Hanford joined Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC after twenty-three years of solo law practice. Prior to starting his own firm, he was an associate at Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel's Philadelphia office and at Pelino & Lentz.
In addition to his legal affiliations, Mr. Hanford has been a member of Committee E-51, Environmental Standards and Practices, of the American Society of Testing and Materials, and has been actively involved in many non-legal business ventures, including as a founder and developer of the Royal Oaks Golf Club in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and several residential real estate developments in Central Pennsylvania, as principal of Land Settlement Services, Inc., a real estate title insurance agency, and as President of Lebanon Screen Printing, Inc., a textile printing and finishing company.
Mr. Hanford is admitted to practice before the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and before the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and its Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Business Law and Environmental Law Sections.
Mr. Hanford holds a B.A. in English, cum laude with Honors, from Tulane University and a J.D. from Temple University's Beasley School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Attorney / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
William C. Katz practices in the areas of commercial real estate and real estate finance, redevelopment, corporate law, and commercial litigation. Bill represents developers, investors, and lenders in all facets of their real estate, real estate finance and redevelopment activities. Bill also provides general counsel and transactional services to businesses in a variety of sectors, including real estate, entertainment and healthcare. He also possesses considerable experience with commercial and real estate litigation.
Prior to joining the firm Mr. Katz was a partner with GluckWalrath, LLP, and prior thereto, an associate with a Boston, Massachusetts firm.
Mr. Katz lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son. He is very active in the community, serving on the Board of the Anti-Defamation League-Eastern Pennsylvania/Southern New Jersey/Delaware region and the Board of the Associates of Jewish Federation Housing of Southern New Jersey.
Mr. Katz received his bachelor's degree from Emory University, and his Juris Doctor degree from Temple University. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts (inactive).
Job Titles:
- Attorney / Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC / Woodlands Center
Biography:
Mr. Dion concentrates his practice in real estate matters including the acquisition, sale, financing, leasing, entitlement/land use, construction and litigation arising from or related thereto. He advises clients in all aspects of real estate development including the evaluation of construction budgets/timelines, due diligence, environmental matters, yield analysis, planning, zoning and all federal, state and local permits/approvals.
Mr. Dion joined Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC after almost thirty years of experience in real estate through his representation of numerous governmental agencies along with both public and private developers. He ran the land department for a national home builder where he oversaw the acquisition, entitlement and construction of thousands of residential units. He then went on to privately develop in excess of two million square feet of commercial/retail space.
Mr. Dion's experience in representing governmental agencies, public and private developers; running a land department and privately developing commercial/retail space uniquely qualifies him to guide his clients through the nuances and challenges of developing all types and manner of real estate.
Mr. Dion is admitted to practice before the state courts in Pennsylvania and before the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University and obtained his Juris Doctor from Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law.