Attorney Profiles

Experience:

Steve Lupin is Managing Partner of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin.  He is experienced in practicing almost every aspect of personal injury, business and commercial litigation.  His experience includes representing clients ranging from products liability and medical malpractice in the personal injury field to rebuffing the challenge of the constitutionality of the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax Law to being in the forefront of obtaining a reduction of the equivalent dwelling unit as established by the Montgomery County Sewer Authority.  A partner with Hamburg, Rubin since  April, 1986, Steve has demonstrated a high degree of competency in preparing and trying complex, high stakes cases.  In addition, he has teamed effectively with lawyers of prominent national firms, including Arnold & Porter, Schuyler, Roche & Zwimer and others to prepare commercial and business litigation cases for trial. 

Steve has represented a variety of clients in many circumstances, ranging from medium size cases to large complex cases involving multiple parties and millions of dollars.  As a result of his many accomplishments, he was recognized by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as a Super Lawyer in the legal profession for the years 2005-2007.  Steve is Past President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association, is Treasurer of the Montgomery Bar Association, a long-time member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and is a Zone 9 Delegate for the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Highlights of his experience include:

Successfully represented Montgomery County in the case of Walter H. Annenberg et al. v. Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United State Supreme Court No. 00-343 in which Walter Annenberg challenged the constitutionality of the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax Law.

Successfully represented Montgomery County, Commissioner Mario Mele, Commissioner Jon Fox and the Northern and Western Waste System Authorities in litigation brought by Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. 

Represented many of the Montgomery County developers and was in the forefront of obtaining a reduction of the equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) as established by the Montgomery County Sewer Authority.  (An EDU is a sewer connecting fee for each home.) 

Successfully represented the developer in a four-year battle over ownership of a multi-million dollar sewage treatment plant. 

Successfully represented a client seeking to expand its landfill onto an adjacent farm, taking the case and fighting it through the zoning-hearing-board stage, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in which a unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted relief to Steve's client.

Represented NexTrade, Inc. in five-year litigation with five separate cases in Florida and Philadelphia regarding a protracted contractual dispute.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Steve Lupin graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in political science and graduated from Temple University with a J.D.  He was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 1973, was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. In addition, he had conferred on him the designation, Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy.   

LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Steve is active in trial lawyer groups and the local Montgomery Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has served as President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association, he has served as secretary and presently is Treasurer of the Montgomery Bar Association, is a long-time member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and has been appointed a Zone 9 Delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Steve is an active member and Past President of the Montgomery American Inn of Court.

SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS

Steve writes a regular column on Commercial Litigation for the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. 

Lecturer, Allocating Wrongful Death and Survival Awards, Montgomery Bar Association.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Steve is a Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Lansdale and is also a member of the Lupus Foundation of America Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter.

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

Steve's father was a family doctor for fifty years, and Steve has developed a lifelong interest in medicine and has used that interest and knowledge to investigate complex questions, professional standards and conduct in medical malpractice cases. Steve is married to Linda Lupin and has two children, Benjamin S. Lupin, a Tax and ERISA lawyer with a Philadelphia law firm, and Elyse Lupin, who has been involved in the business and entertainment field for five years and is now obtaining an MBA in Marketing Communications at Boston University. Steve is an avid fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, Penn State Football, and participates regularly in biking and a twice a week tennis group.