HEALTHCARE • REAL ESTATE, LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT • ZONING • MUNICIPAL LAW • PLANNED COMMUNITIES & CONDOMINIUMS • LANDLORD/TENANT LAW • PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE
Following his appellate clerkship, Steven T. Boell joined the Firm and is currently a shareholder in the Real Estate, Land Use & Development, and Healthcare Groups.
Mr. Boell, a licensed title agent, represents clients in all aspects of property acquisition and development, including major commercial, medical, industrial, and residential projects. While he frequently handles some of the most significant development projects in the area, he also finds great satisfaction in assisting small business owners and individuals by guiding them through the real estate industry. This includes helping with home and property acquisition, drafting easements, and obtaining variances and other relief from townships and governmental agencies. Additionally, Mr. Boell represents condominiums and planned communities on various issues related to their formation, management, governance, and operation.
As co-chair of the Firm’s Healthcare Group, Mr. Boell regularly represents health systems, practices, physicians, and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry in various transactions and proceedings. This includes ensuring compliance with the Federal Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws and structuring joint ventures. His extensive experience in the real estate sector enables him to advise clients on the development of hospitals, healthcare campuses, and medical office buildings. He assists physicians in negotiating contractual relationships, such as employment agreements, and in the sale and acquisition of practices and equipment.
EDUCATION
- Shippensburg University, B.A., 1999
- Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2002
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Northampton County Bar Association
- Chair, Real Property Committee, Former
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of Lehigh County
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Community Associations Institute, PA and Delaware Valley Chapter, Membership Committee
- American Health Lawyers Association
HONORS & AFFILIATIONS
- Named one of “Forty Under 40” by The Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer, 2013
- Named a “Select Lawyer” in Eminent Domain Law, Government/Cities/Municipalities Law, Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Development Law and Health Care Law, 2014 – 2016
- Judicial Law Clerk, The Honorable Robert E. Simpson, Commonwealth Court
- Included in Top Attorneys list, Real Estate Law, Suburban Life, 2014 – 2016
PROJECTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Successfully represented regional health network in acquisition of and construction of multiple hospital campuses, medical office and facilities
- Successfully represented national developer’s multi-use, 500 acre project at Lehigh Valley International Airport
- Blue Mountain Preservation Association v. Department of Environmental Protection, 2011 WL 4943781 (Pa. Env. Hrg. Bd. 2012), affirmed by Commonwealth Court in an unpublished decision. Affirming issuance of an NPDES permit under anti-degradation requirements for stormwater discharge into high quality water body (co-counsel)
- In re Towamencin Twp., — A.3d —-, 2012 WL 1098260 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012), affirming grant of height variances for dairy silo and co-located cellular communications antenna (co-counsel)
- Joseph v. North Whitehall Tp. Bd. of Sup’rs, 16 A.3d 1209 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2011), affirming issuance of conditional use approval for development of planned commercial development (co-counsel)
- Suburban Realty, L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Stroud Tp., 16 Pa. D. & C. 5th 312 (Monroe County 2010), affirmed by Commonwealth Court in an unpublished decision. Affirming special exception approval for construction of physician owned specialty hospital (co-counsel)
- Successfully represented regional health network in acquisition of and construction of multiple hospital campuses, medical office and facilities
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
- Indian Valley Education Foundation, Member, Board of Directors
- North Penn Legal Services, Former Member, Board of Directors
- Child, Home & Community, Former Member, Board of Directors and President
- Indian Valley Public Library, Former President, Board of Trustees and Chair Marketing/Strategic Planning Committee
- Franconia Troop 16, Former Committee Chair and Assistant Scoutmaster
- Saint Marina Goretti, Hatfield, PA, PREP Catechist
- Lansdale Code Blue – Volunteer
CALL DIRECT
610-797-9000, ext. 330
ASSISTANT INFORMATION
Nadine Romanyshyn
610-797-9000, ext. 354
