Steven H. LupinSteve Lupin is the Managing Partner of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin and is President of the Montgomery Bar Association. He is experienced in almost every aspect of personal injury, business and commercial litigation. With regard to personal injury, he has represented clients in motor vehicle accidents (car, truck and motorcycle), medical malpractice and products cases. In commercial litigation, he has rebuffed the challenge of the constitutionality of the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax Law (the Annenberg case) and has been 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 1981, Steve has demonstrated a high degree of competency in preparing and trying complex, high stakes cases and bet-the-house commercial litigation. 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 in Federal and State cases. 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 listed by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as a Super Lawyer in the legal profession for the years 2005-2009 and as a Super Lawyer in the Corporate Counsel Edition in 2008 and 2009. Steve has served as President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association. He is a long-time member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association), and has been appointed a Zone 9 Delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Recently, Steve was presented with the Montgomery Bar Association’s Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award. Steve is an active member and Past President of the Montgomery American Inn of Court. A graduate of Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1973), Steve received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1970).
Recent Representative Cases:
* Successfully represented Montgomery County in the case of Walter H. Annenberg et al. v. Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States 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, Commissioner Joe Hoeffel, 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 a 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 133-acre 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 a national electronics communications network in five-year litigation with five separate cases in Florida and Philadelphia regarding a protracted contractual dispute, including securities law.
Speeches/Publications:
- Steve has written a regular column for 10 years on Commercial Litigation for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association).
- Author, Allocating Wrongful Death and Survival Awards, Legal Intelligencer.
- Lecturer, Allocating Wrongful Death and Survival Awards, Montgomery Bar Association.
Professional and Civic Memberships:
- Montgomery Bar Association
- President
- Past Vice President
- Past Treasurer
- Past Secretary
- Board of Directors - Executive Committee - 1990-1992, 2005-2009
- Past Chairman, Insurance Committee
- Past Chairman, Bench-Bar Committee
- Past Co-Chair, Medical-Legal Committee
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association)
- Member, Board of Governors (4 Terms)
- Presidential Appointment to Board of Directors
- Past Chair of Commercial Litigation Section
- Lawpac Century Club
- The College of Master Advocates and Barristers
- Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association
- Montgomery American Inn of Court (formerly Desmond J. McTighe American Inn of Court)
- American College of Barristers, Senior Counsel Member
- The Lansdale Kiwanis, Member and Past President
- Lupus Foundation of America Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter
Honors and Awards:
- Presented with the Montgomery Bar Association's Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award
- Listed as Super Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Philadelphia Magazine, 2005-2009
- Listed as Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008-2009
- Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy, Temple University School of Law
Personal Interests:
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 an avid fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and Penn State football and participates regularly in biking and a twice-a-week tennis group. Steve's wife, Linda, owns and operates The Paper Umbrella, a boutique business providing invitations and paper products for weddings and the like. Steve is the proud father of Ben, who practices ERISA law in Philadelphia, and Elyse, who has completed her M.B.A. studies and is employed as a Marketing Manager for Comcast. Steve and Linda are also very proud of their new grandson, Ari.
