Current Employment Position(s)

Partner and Shareholder, since 2007

Year Joined Organization: 2004

Lawyer Overview

Stacey L. Fuller concentrates her practice in municipal and land use law as well as education and special education law.  She represents municipalities, including townships, boroughs, planning commissions, zoning hearing boards and other governmental entities, as well as individual developers and residents on issues such as zoning and other land development matters.  She also represents both school districts and students and their parents in education and special education matters. 

Ms. Fuller moved to the Chester County area in 2004 after residing in coastal North Carolina where she practiced law for 10 years and was a partner in a prominent North Carolina firm, Hogue, Hill, Jones, Nash and Lynch, of Wilmington, North Carolina . Ms. Fuller is a member of the Board of Directors of the West Chester Area YMCA as well as the Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club.

Originally from Liverpool, New York, Ms. Fuller received her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Connecticut where she graduated summa cum laude and was admitted into Phi Beta Kappa.  Ms. Fuller received her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where she was a University Scholarship recipient. She was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1995 and the Pennsylvania Bar in 2004.

Areas of Practice

• Municipal Law
• Land Use Law
• Education Law
• Special Education Law

Representative Cases

• In re Condemnation of Permanent Right-of-Way - Appeal of Tredyffrin Township Municipal Authority, 873 A.2d 14 (2005)
• Poth v. Board of Supervisors of East Goshen Township , (Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. 2006)

West Practice Categories

Eminent Domain, Education Law, Public Schools, Special Education, Student Rights, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning, Residential Real Estate, State, Local & Municipal Law, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Employment, Municipal Liability

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 2004
• North Carolina, 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2003
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Chester County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania State Association of Township Solicitors
• Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
• The Hon. John E. Stively, Jr., American Inn of Court
• West Chester Area YMCA, Board of Directors, 2005 - Present
• Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club, Board of Directors, 2006 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Hogue, Hill, Jones Nash & Lynch, LLP, Partner, 1998 - 2004
• Everett, Womble & Finan, LLP, Associate, 1995 - 1998

Education

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  J.D.
• University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Major: Sociology/Pre-Law

Address

17 East Gay Street
Suite 100
West Chester, PA 19381-0562

Phones

(484) 880-4353
(866) 615-5890

Faxes

(610) 344-0922

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gawthrop.com