Real Estate 101 2026 – Erie

Mr. Woodburn is the principal and founding member of Woodburn Law and focuses his practice on real estate law. Additionally, he handles professional licensing law, represents several local associations of REALTORS®, and has represented brokers and agents defending failure to disclose cases. He currently represents several real estate brokerages, brokers and agents across the Commonwealth. Mr. Woodburn practices in the areas of Real Estate Broker Law, Commercial, Hospitality, and Residential Real Estate Transactions, and Title Insurance. Mr. Woodburn has represented real estate brokers and agents in various litigation matters, including errors & omissions defense, failure to disclose cases, and licensing defense matters for nearly 20 years. Mr. Woodburn serves as General Counsel to Keystone Human Services and is General Counsel to the REALTORS® Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, the Pocono Mountain Association of REALTORS®, the Allegheny Highlands Association of REALTORS® and MLS, the Cambia-Somerset Association of REALTORS®, and the Lancaster County Association of REALTORS®. Prior to joining private practice, Mr. Woodburn was a clerk to the Honorable John M. Cleland, 48th Judicial District, McKean County. Mr. Woodburn is a member of the Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Within the PA Bar Association, he is a past-chairperson and council member for the Real Property Division of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, is past chair of the Plain English Committee and currently services on the Charitable Organizations Committee, Legal Services to Persons with Disabilities Committee, and ADR Committee. Mr. Woodburn is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Mr. Woodburn earned his JD from Ohio Northern University, and he earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Allegheny College.

Mr. Scaggs is a shareholder in The Granger Firm in Paoli, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Scaggs is a member of the Pennsylvania and Chester County Bar Associations. In 2011, he was nominated as a Council member to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. He is also the chairman of the Westtown Township Zoning Hearing Board in Chester County. Mr. Scaggs has lectured for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on various real estate matters, including title insurance, residential and commercial closings and seller’s disclosure matters. He concentrates his practice in the area of real estate transactions and litigation, representing a large spectrum of clients, including title insurance companies, lenders, real estate brokers and developers in litigation matters. Mr. Scaggs also regularly handles construction defect litigation, commercial and residential purchases and disputes, leasing, zoning issues, homeowner association matters and seller’s disclosure matters. Mr. Scaggs received a B.S. in business administration from Temple University and a J.D. from Widener University School of Law.

Ms. Kochosky is chair of the Real Estate Practice at The Lynch Law Group. She has over 25 years of experience counseling clients in a variety of real estate matters. Ms. Kochosky assists real estate investors with business formation as well as acquisition and sale/leasing of residential and commercial property. She represents developers/builders and individual property owners with zoning and land use matters before municipal boards and in civil court inclusive of boundary disputes and quiet title actions. She represents commercial landlords with leasing and property management of retail space as well as residential lessors of long and short term rental properties. In addition to her assistance with transactions, she has extensive litigation experience representing clients in civil suits in state and federal courts in actions for breach of sales and construction contracts, quiet title/specific performance, and violation of consumer protection laws. She lectures frequently for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and national programs. Her most recent presentations include “Quiet Title Actions: Primer in PA,” “Drafting and Modifying Agreements of Sale,” “The Role of Insurance and Indemnity in Business Litigation” and “Drafting & Modifying Residential Agreements of Sale” sand “Airbnb, VRBO and Short-Term Rental Leases.” Ms. Kochosky is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, as well as the Supreme Court of West Virginia. She graduated magna cum laude from Kent State University in 1993 with a B.A. in English. Ms. Kochosky received her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1997, where she represented Duquesne in Trial Advocacy.