Mr. Coburn is Counsel and Education Director for the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS), a non-profit association that represents the interests of over 1,400 townships in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining PSATS, he was a member of the litigation department at Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia, where he focused his practice on commercial, corporate, employment and environmental litigation matters. Mr. Coburn is the author of the 2020 editions of PSATS’ Sunshine Act and Right-to-Know Law Manual and Ethics Act Manual, a contributor to numerous publications offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and a frequent speaker on matters affecting municipal governments. He graduated with honors from the George Washington University Law School and James Madison University. 

Ms. London is a Shareholder with the firm of Kozloff Stoudt, Professional Corporation in Berks County, PA, practicing in the areas of municipal law, land use, employment law, and appellate practice. Born in Philadelphia, she is a graduate of Villanova University, with a BA and MA in Political Science, and a J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle. Ms. London is a member of the Berks County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations (PBA). She is past Chair of the Municipal Law Section of the PBA and served as a member of the PBA House of Delegates. Ms. London served as President of the Berks County Bar Association in 2018, served as its Treasurer from 2003 to 2006, and now serves as Co-Chair of its Municipal/Education/Environmental/Real Estate Section. Ms. London has planned and taught seminars and appeared in programs offered by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, the Albright College Center for Excellence in Local Government, the Berks County Bar Association, the Society for Human Resources Management, the PA Association of Sewage Enforcement Officers, the Pennsylvania Planning Association, and the Pennsylvania Housing Alliance. These programs have addressed topics including validity challenges to land use ordinances, zoning for agricultural preservation, the Sunshine Act, the Right to Know Law, wage and hour law, employment discrimination, ethics for professional land use planners, administrative search warrants, and blighted property remediation. Ms. London authored the chapter titled “Meetings and Records” for the Solicitor’s Handbook published by the Governor’s Center for Local Government Services of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and co-authored a cover article for the May-June 2013 issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine titled “Emerging from the Red: What to do About Municipalities In Financial Trouble.”  She is a regular contributor to the Berks County Bar Association quarterly magazine, The Berks Barrister. 

Ms. Smith, of the Law Office of Susan J. Smith in Camp Hill, concentrates her practice in the areas of land use, municipal, public utility and environmental law. She served as the law clerk for the Honorable Genevieve Blatt of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Ms. Smith taught land use law at Ambler College and Temple University. She recently served as legal counsel for the update to the Department of Community and Economic Development’s Planning Series publications. Prior to entering the practice of law, Ms. Smith was the Zoning Officer for the City of Charleston, South Carolina, and the head of the comprehensive and current planning divisions of Orange County, North Carolina. In those capacities, she drafted and implemented comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, joint municipal plans, design standards, performance-based land development ordinances, watershed protection plans and ordinances, and agricultural preservation plans, ordinances and state enabling legislation. Ms. Smith is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Planning Associations. In the capacity of private counsel, solicitor, and professional planner, she has handled controversial land use, utility and environmental matters, including adoption of a community’s initial zoning ordinance and map, adoption of multi-municipal joint planning ordinances, a municipal landfill Superfund site, big box stores, large residential developments, cellular telecommunications facilities, wind farms, natural gas well sites, mobile home parks, warehouses and quarries. Ms. Smith is experienced before municipal boards, state agency administrative tribunals, Courts of Common Pleas throughout the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, and federal courts. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Dickinson College, a diploma in Regional Planning and Urban Design (Master of Philosophy) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and her J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Schnee is the principal of Schnee Legal Services, LLC. His practice extends throughout the Commonwealth, and he regularly litigates complicated Right-to-Know Law and Sunshine Act matters on behalf of government agencies, members of the public, and others. Prior to founding Schnee Legal Services, LLC, Mr. Schnee served as the First Assistant County Solicitor for the Berks County and represented the county in labor and employment law, election law, data security matters, elder law, and bail forfeiture matters, among other practice areas. Formerly, Mr. Schnee served as the Assistant Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. As the OOR’s Assistant Chief Counsel, he argued and briefed numerous matters concerning open records and government transparency in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Commonwealth Court, and courts of common pleas, and testified before the General Assembly. In addition to providing training and guidance regarding open records laws, Mr. Schnee tracked and analyzed pending legislation affecting open government. He regularly writes regarding open-records matters, most recently in an article titled “What Every Lawyer Needs To Know About The Right-To-Know Law” appearing in Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly in July 2012. Prior to joining the OOR, he served as an associate with Campbell Durrant Beatty Palombo & Miller, P.C., and represented public sector clients in matters involving open-records law, employment law, and municipal law. Mr. Schnee previously served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Chief Judge Donetta Ambrose of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is a cum laude graduate of the University of Rochester and received his JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Ms. Turnbull is a Partner at Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC, where she works with municipalities and school districts in the role of Solicitor, Labor Counsel and Special Counsel. Megan is an experienced municipal solicitor. She has a particular focus on blight and redevelopment where she seeks creative, sustainable solutions to improve communities. She has served as Special Blight Counsel to Allegheny County communities and to the Congress of Neighboring Communities (CONNECT), offering training and legal representation. Megan has been named a 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in the areas of municipal and school law. She currently serves as the Chair of the PBA Municipal Law Section. Megan is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, where she has served as the Chair of the School and Municipal Section and the Political Action Committee. She is a Fellow to the Allegheny Bar Foundation and a member of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Board of Directors. Megan is admitted to practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Supreme Court. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2004.

Mrs. Masano is Managing Partner of Masano Bradley and has been a member of the firm since 1981. Her practice emphasizes commercial and real estate matters, including acquisitions, banking, corporate formation and operation and creditor rights, and estate planning. She enjoys counselling business clients on succession planning, in particular family businesses. Mrs. Masano specializes in all aspects of municipal law and land use planning, having represented municipalities, municipal authorities and developers. For 29 years, she was Assistant Berks County Solicitor, assigned to the Berks County Planning Commission and Agricultural Land Preservation Board. She was the first woman to serve as Berks County Solicitor in 1998. A native of Wisconsin, Mrs. Masano earned a B.A. in Government and International Relations in 1978 and a J.D. in 1981, both from the University of Notre Dame. During her second year of law school, she attended the Notre Dame London Law Centre, London, England. Mrs. Masano is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Berks County Bar Association where she served as Chair of the Municipal Law Section in 1995, Director from 1987 to 1989 and as the first woman president in 1998. She has previously been a course planner and speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Municipal Law Colloquium, and a speaker at its Land Use Institute. She is a former Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission and PBA’s Insurance Fund and Trust Fund Board of Trustees, is a member of the PBA’s House of Delegates, and Women in the Profession Committee, is a past president of the Law Foundation of Berks County and chairs the Berks County Bar Association Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee. In 2011, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey appointed Mrs. Masano to the Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to review and recommend nominees for federal judgeships. Active in civic affairs, she is Chair of the Board of the Foundation for the Reading Public Museum and Chair of Penn State Health St. Joseph.

Mr. Junker is a shareholder with Babst Calland where he chairs the Public Sector group and is a member of the Energy & Natural Resources and Labor & Employment groups. He has served as a municipal and school district solicitor for many years and is currently the solicitor for the Borough of Bell Acres, the Borough of Franklin Park, and the Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium. He is an assistant solicitor for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. Mr. Junker counsels and represents the firm’s municipal clients on general municipal issues, including tax assessment appeals, municipal taxation, public bidding, the Sunshine Act, the Right-to-Know Law, the State Ethics Act, general land use and zoning matters, code enforcement, and Act 111 and Act 195 interest arbitrations and grievance arbitrations. He counsels and represents the firm’s energy clients on local government issues and land use matters, and counsels private clients in land use matters. For the Allegheny County Bar Association, Mr. Junker previously chaired the School and Municipal Law Section and was a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was also selected to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars list (Thomson Reuters) in 2014-2018. Mr. Junker received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D., cum laude, from Duquesne University School of Law, where he served as Executive Recent Decisions Editor for the Duquesne Law Review.

Mr. Gerber is a partner with the law firm of Siana Law located in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. Mr. Gerber advises public employers and their police departments involved in civil rights litigation as well as labor and employment matters before all levels of the federal and state court system. He is admitted to practice law in the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gerber received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law and his B.A. from Penn State University. Mr. Gerber represents numerous municipal police departments and conducts educational training programs on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, PSAB, PSATS, Chiefs of Police Associations, insurance carriers, municipal solicitors, and statewide legal education programs. Mr. Gerber can be reached at 610.321.5500 ext. 114 or at cpgerber@sianalaw.com.

Mr. Hess is a shareholder at the Lancaster firm of Morgan, Hallgren, Crosswell & Kane, P.C. where he focuses his practice in municipal, zoning and land use law and litigation. Before entering private practice, Mr. Hess served as City Solicitor for the City of Harrisburg during the capital city’s transition from financial distress to financial recovery. Mr. Hess is a past chair of the Municipal Law Section of the PBA and remains a member. He is also a member of the Lancaster Bar Association and past chair of its Municipal, Zoning and Environmental Law Section. Mr. Hess authored the chapters titled “Zoning” and “Zoning Hearing Boards” of the Solicitor’s Handbook published by the Governor’s Center for Local Government Services of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. In addition to his career, Mr. Hess serves on the Board of Directors of Tenfold, a nonprofit supporting the homeless and at risk of homelessness populations in Lancaster and surrounding areas. Mr. Hess received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Flenner is a Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Facility Security Officer with Gannett Fleming, Inc., a global infrastructure consulting firm based in Camp Hill that specializes in natural resources, transportation, water, power and facility-related projects. He focuses on professional services agreements, compliance with industrial security requirements, occupational safety and real estate matters, and advising engineers, architects, and other design professionals with respect to the legal aspects of their services. Prior to joining Gannett Fleming, Mr. Flenner was an associate with High Swartz LLP in Norristown, where he concentrated his practice on matters associated with the built and natural environments, with a particular emphasis on land use and municipal law. In addition to his legal career, Mr. Flenner is a retired Captain with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. His Navy experience includes operational assignments with the Naval Construction Force (Seabees) and staff assignments with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) in Washington, DC, including Deputy Chief of Staff. Mr. Flenner has commanded a naval construction battalion, coordinated battle damage repair in Fallujah, Iraq, and directed environmental programs at installations in Philadelphia and Mechanicsburg. He received his J.D. from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Delaware. Mr. Flenner is a past Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Municipal Law Section, a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and Delaware, a credentialed Envision Sustainability professional with the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, and a Registered Environmental Manager with the National Registry of Environmental Professionals.

Mr. Bonn is a trial attorney who represents clients in the railroad, automotive, media, insurance and financial industries. He also advises several mid-state municipalities and is the Solicitor for the Capital Tax Collection Bureau. He formerly worked as an assistant district attorney in York County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Bonn has a Distinguished™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Bonn has extensive experience representing municipalities, individuals and media entities in public records litigation under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). He routinely briefs and argues open records appeals in the Office of Open Records (OOR) and in trial and appellate courts. As a member of the firm’s Municipal Law practice group, Mr. Bonn serves as the Solicitor for the Capital Area Tax Collection Bureau, and counsels local governments in governance, zoning, land use and subdivision, codes enforcement, and public records matters. Mr. Bonn was the Solicitor for Camp Hill Borough from 2018-2020.

A graduate of Dickinson College and the Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Creme is a partner with the firm of Nikolaus & Hohenadel LLP. A major component of the firm’s practice is in the area of municipal, zoning, land use and real estate development law. Mr. Creme leads the firm’s Municipal and Land Use Law Practice Group, which represents developers of residential, commercial and industrial properties in Lancaster and the surrounding counties in Pennsylvania. He is the solicitor for several municipalities and other municipal entities and frequently acts as special counsel to municipalities in Central Pennsylvania for zoning and land use issues. Mr. Creme is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, Lancaster and Berks County Bar Associations. He is a past President of the Lancaster Bar Association and Past Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In June 2009, Mr. Creme was elected Vice President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and served as its 117th President in 2011-2012. He served as a member of the Act 47 Task Force of the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Local Government Commission, which has been charged with recommending revisions to the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act of 1987. Mr. Creme is actively involved in southcentral Pennsylvania non-profit organizations, has served as Board Chair of the American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley, the Lancaster County Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Resurrection Catholic School and Lancaster Catholic High School, and served on the boards of other community organizations. He frequently lectures on the topics of zoning, land use, municipal and administrative law.

Bernadette McKeon Hohenadel is a partner with the firm in the Lancaster office. She concentrates her practice with the Land Use Law Practice Group but also devotes time to municipal law and real estate, including litigation. Bernadette is a graduate of Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts and Villanova University School of Law. She served as law clerk to the Hon. John P. Fullam of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Honorable Michael A. Georgelis of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. She holds membership in the bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She also is a member of the Pennsylvania and Lancaster Bar Associations. Bernadette served on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Bar Association as Zone 3 Governor. Within the Pennsylvania Bar Association, she is a member of the Editorial Committee, Real Estate, Probate, and Municipal Law Sections, and serves on the Executive Council of the Women in the Profession Committee. She also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation and serves on the Finance, Grants, and Scholarship Committees of the Foundation. Bernadette is actively involved in the activities of the Lancaster Bar Association, having served as President in 2010, as a member of the Board of Directors for a number of years, as Chair of the Law Review Committee and as chair and a member of the Real Estate Section, the Municipal Zoning and Environmental Law Section and the Women in the Profession Committee. Bernadette has presented many seminars at the LBA relating to real estate and municipal law issues as well as on other topics. She also serves a member of the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Law Foundation and chairs the Community Grant Committee of the Foundation. Involved in many community activities, Bernadette is vice-president and sits on the Board of the Coalition for Smart Growth in Lancaster, and serves as a Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of Elizabethtown Area Education Foundation and its Educational Grant Committee. Over the years, she has been a member of and volunteered with many professional, community and school organizations.

Victoria is an attorney at Nikolaus & Hohenadel, LLP. Victoria works at the Lancaster Office where she primarily practices in Municipal and Land Use Group. Victoria also serves as appointed counsel for Alleged Incapacitated Persons in guardianship hearings upon request from the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. During law school, Victoria worked for a firm where she helped disabled individuals qualify for SSI and SSDI benefits. Victoria also participated in the Veteran’s Law Clinic while attending law school where she helped disabled veterans receive disability benefits. Victoria remains dedicated to assisting disabled individuals and continues to represent individuals in front of the Social Security Administration. Victoria grew up in Central Florida and received her undergraduate degree in elementary education from the University of Central Florida in 2015. After teaching for one year, Victoria attended law school at Widener University’s Delaware Law School where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Pro Bono distinction in 2020. During her second semester of law school, Victoria graded on to the Widener Law Review as a Staff Editor and later served as a Research Editor. During her final year of law school, she was awarded one of five prestigious Wolcott Fellowships where she clerked for a Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. Prior to joining the law firm, Victoria served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Michael Arrington in the Family Court of the State of Delaware.