J. Edmund Mullin

J. Edmund Mullin chairs the Real Estate and Land Use Department of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin. Practicing real estate and land use law for over 40 years, he has established a noted reputation in the areas of municipal and land use law. Ed represents Fortune 500 companies as well as emerging businesses in industries ranging from oil producers through pharmaceuticals to retail businesses. Two of his major attributes as an advocate are first, his friendly relationships with municipal officials and staff and second, his ability to construct effective solutions without going through a lot of red tape. Long committed to serving the legal profession and real estate community, Ed serves as Chairman of the Joint State Government Commission charged with rewriting the real estate laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ed has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) and also as its Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President, President-Elect and President. He presently chairs the MBA's Community Outreach Committee, is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Bar Foundation. Ed is also active in the Pennsylvania Bar Association where he is a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Evaluation Commission as well as a retired member of the House of Delegates. He is a member of the Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS), which is a group of approximately 200 attorneys nationwide who work with the National Association of Home Builders,. In addition, Ed is a Founding Member of the Irish-American Society and a member of its Board of Directors. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Continental Bank.  In 2000, Ed received the Muhlenberg Award for Leadership from the Historical Society of Trappe and was named to the Hall of Fame of the Homebuilders Association of Bucks and Montgomery Counties. He has been consistently designated a Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine since 2004. Ed is a retired member of the Board of Consultors of Villanova University School of Law. He serves on the Montgomery County Community College Board of Trustees, and is head of the Century Club Committee of the Muhlenberg House Restoration Project of the Trappe Historical Society. Ed is also on the Board of Trustees of Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School and is Vice Chairman of the Board at Saint Mary's Villa. He received both his undergraduate (B.A. 1963) and his law degree, Order of the Coif, from Villanova University (J.D. 1966).

Recent Representative Cases:

Municipal and Land Use Law
* Successfully represented Mother Theresa, pro bono, when a municipality tried to keep out one of her shelters.
* Representing a developer in Bucks County who desired to build affordable housing in an exclusionary township. After studying the township's ordinances and applicable law, a curative amendment was formulated which, upon filing, led the township to settle the matter without any hearings in a favorable light for the client.
* Represented a local farmer who was denied a variance to erect a farmer's market on his property in which food products other than those raised on the farm could be sold. Through a carefully crafted plan, diligent research and local interviews, Ed was able to successfully resolve the issue by organizing hearings where strong community support for the proposal was demonstrated, and the Board of Supervisors had to give permission in the face of the public outpouring.

 

Real Estate Law
* Represented scores of individuals and commercial clients in buying, selling, subdividing and developing real estate for numerous individuals and commercial clients.
* Represented buyers, sellers, lenders, partnerships and syndications and has successfully assisted each with their real-estate needs.

Speeches/Publications:

• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Philadelphia Bar Association
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Montgomery Bar Association
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Philadelphia Board of Realtors
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Central Montgomery Board of Realtors
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, North Penn Board of Realtors
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Montgomery County Association of Township Officials
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Pennsylvania Association of Planners
• Lecturer, Recent Zoning and Real-Estate Law, Montgomery County Association of Realtors
• Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2000 - 2009

Professional and Civic Memberships:

• Montgomery Bar Association
  • Past President
  • Past President Elect
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • Member, Broker/Lawyer Liaison Committee
  • Chairman, Community Outreach Committee 
• Montgomery Bar Foundation
  • Past Member of the Board
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Member, Judicial Evaluation Commission
• Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS)
  • Member
• Chairman, Joint State Government Commission to Rewrite the Real Estate Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Home Builders Association of Montgomery and Bucks Counties
  • Member
• Irish-American Society
  • Founding Member
  • Member, Board of Directors
• Continental Bank, Board of Directors
• Montgomery County Community College, Board of Trustees
• Muhlenberg House Restoration Project of the Trappe Historical Society
  • Head of the Century Club Committee
• Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Board of Trustees
• Saint Mary's Villa, Vice Chairman of the Board 

Honors and Awards:

• Muhlenberg Award for Leadership, 2000
• Listed as Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Philadelphia Magazine, 2004-2009
• Elected to the Home Builders Hall of Fame