Attorney Brian L. Nagle has joined the firm of MacElree Harvey and will be practicing in the areas of land use, zoning, real estate and general litigation.

"We're excited to have Brian join our firm," said Lance J. Nelson, Managing Partner of MacElree Harvey. "Brian brings us valuable experience in land use, zoning, real estate and litigation fields."

Nagle said, "MacElree Harvey is a dynamic firm with a group of excellent attorneys who are on the cutting edge of all facets of the practice of law. I want to be a part of that experience."

Nagle, who is admitted to the bar of the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, has previously worked with the firm of Buckley, Brion, McGuire, Morris & Sommer.

A graduate of Widener University School of Law and The Catholic University of America, Nagle served as a law clerk for Justice William H. Lamb of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. While attending law school, Nagle worked with the Delaware County Office of Support Enforcement. He was also an intern for Congressman Curt Weldon.

Nagle is active in the Chester County Bar Association and is a member of the Chester County Bar Association Board of Directors, the Chester County Bar Foundation Board of Directors, a delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates and Secretary of The Honorable John E. Stively Inns of Court. In January of 2005, Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania formally recognized Nagle for his dedication and commitment to that organization.