Jane represents individuals, businesses and developers in matters pertaining to real estate, business practices and contracts. She is also a trained mediator, who conducts mediations regarding real estate, construction, contract and other disputes.

Recent Representations

• Successfully had zoning amendments in two different townships declared invalid because townships failed to follow proper notice procedures.
• Successfully aided family members defend quiet title action, paving way for sale of jointly owned land to developer.
• Represented many landowners in negotiations of easement offers related to Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 project and secured fair compensation for clients.
• Successfully defended individual in breach of property settlement agreement action and secured award of costs and attorney fees.
• Represented many landowners in eminent domain proceedings in both state and federal courts.
• Represented individual shareholder in trial against the two majority shareholders that resulted in a verdict for the full value of the minority shareholder’s interest in the company.
• Represented homeowners in suit against sellers and others in a jury trial that resulted in a jury verdict finding that the sellers had defrauded the buyers.
• Represented business in dispute with equipment manufacturer that resulted in a verdict for the business in the full amount of the value of the replacement equipment.
• Defended Assistant District Attorney in civil rights action, resulting in dismissal of suit against the attorney.

Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Chester County Bar Association
• Chester County Bar Foundation
• Academy of Advocacy
• Pennsylvania Counsel of Mediators
• Association for Conflict Resolution

Previous Memberships

• American Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division, Ad Hoc Committee on the Judiciary
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, House of Delegates, Constitutional Review Commission and Chair of the Constitutional Review Commission Local Government Committee
• Chester County Bar Association, Incorporator and Advisory  Board

Community Involvement

• Domestic Violence Center of Chester County,  Advisory Board
• Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce Iron Hill Twilight Race Series, Board Member

Previous Community Involvement

• Brandywine Regional Police Commission, Former Chairman
• Wallace Township Board of Supervisors, Former Chairman
• Easttown Township Planning Commission, Former Chairman

Articles

• 26 MacElree Harvey Attorneys Named 2019 Top Lawyers by Main Line Today
• MacElree Harvey Attorneys named 2016 Top Lawyers by Main Line Today Magazine
• Hard bargaining – or bribery?
• Email and Instant Communication: Where Manners Pay Off
• Groundbreaking Construction Law Case
• Mediation in the Workplace

Videos

• Charitable Work
• My Most Memorable Case
• Why I Chose To Practice Law