Recent Developments in Municipal Law (Municipal Law Colloquium 2025 session)

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. 

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.