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Emil W. Kantra II
Chair – Family Law

PRACTICE AREAS:
  • Family Law - including divorce, custody, support, prenuptial agreement and co-habitation agreements
  • Zoning, Planning and Land Use – Concentrate on obtaining and defending municipal and outside agency approvals such as DEP and PennDOT.
  • Real Estate Assessment Appeals
  • Eminent Domain
  • Real estate litigation including partition actions and easement related litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS:
  • Pennsylvania, 1977
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1981
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1981
ACADEMICS:
  • Franklin & Marshall College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1974
  • Cornell University, J.D., 1977

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

  • Member Lehigh County Bar Association (President, Family Law Section 1992-1993)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY:
  • Member of Upper Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board 1983-1992
  • Board Member, Haven House
AWARDS/ACCOLADES:
  • Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Law and Politics, 2005-2006
  • 2007 Lehigh County Bar Association Community Service Award
NOTABLE CLIENTS/CASES:
  • In re: Shook, 315 Pa.Super. 625, 463 A.2d 28 (1983)
  • Oeler by Gross Oeler, 594 A.2d 649 (1991)
  • McAuliffe vs. McAuliffe, 418 Pa. Super 39, 618 A.2d 20 (1992)
  • Town & Country Management Corp. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Borough of Emmaus, 671 A.2d 790 (Pa.Cmwlth. 1996)
  • Mack Trucks, Inc. v. Lehigh County Bd. of Assessment Appeals, 692 A.2d 661 (Pa.Cmwlth. 1997)
  • Penn’s Grant Associates v. Northampton County Bd. of Assessment Appeals, 733 A.2d 23, (1999)
  • Blue Mountain Preservation Association and Appalachian Trail Conference vs. Eldred Township and Alpine Rose Resorts, 867 A.2d 692 (Pa.Cmmwlth. 2005)
  • Blue Mountain Preservation Association, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection and Alpine Rose Resorts, EHB Docket No. 2005-077-K
  • Hornstein v. Lynn Tp. Sewer Authority, 586 Pa. 508, 895 A.2d 544 (Pa., 2006)
  • Geryville Materials, Inc. v. Lower Milford Tp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 8 A.3d 347 (Pa.,Apr 14, 2010)
Emil W. Kantra II
610-797-9000, ext. 302
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