About PAUL
With a practice spanning real estate, municipal law, liquor licensing, and cannabis regulation, Paul offers clients a rare breadth of experience. He represents individuals, businesses, and municipalities before local and state authorities, navigating complex regulations with efficiency and foresight. Clients trust him to anticipate challenges and deliver practical solutions.
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Lydia Fisher
Paul G. Mullin
(215) 661-0400 • PMullin@HRMML.com
Paul Mullin is a Principal of the firm and a member of the Real Estate & Land Use, Municipal Law, Liquor License, and Cannabis Departments. He represents public and private clients in all stages of real estate transactions, including subdivision and land development, zoning, and regulatory permitting. His diverse client base and experience provide him with a broad perspective, enabling him to anticipate challenges and deliver practical, effective solutions.
In his real estate and land development practice, Paul has advised his clients through every level of the development process from land acquisition through final approvals. Paul has secured approvals for projects ranging from national hotel developments to municipal infrastructure improvements to variances for individual homeowners. Paul also advises his clients on outside agency regulatory approvals, including the ever evolving stormwater management regulations, particularly compliance with Post-Construction Stormwater Management (PCSM) requirements and NPDES permits.
In municipal law, Paul currently serves as solicitor to Hatfield Township Municipal Authority, Horsham Water and Sewer Authority, Lower Salford Township Authority, and North Penn Water Authority, and as special counsel to municipal authorities and municipalities across Pennsylvania. He advises governing boards on matters involving personnel, employment, procurement, condemnation, rate setting, and compliance with the Right-to-Know Law, Sunshine Act, Ethics Act, and Tort Claims Act.
In his liquor license practice, Paul has advised his clients on license acquisitions, transfers, and renewals. He has advised brewery start-ups on the relevant licensing requirements as well as land development requirements, including utility issues governing such uses. Paul has represented his clients on compliance matters, including citations and non-renewal actions.
In his cannabis practice, Paul has advised his clients on land use, zoning, and compliance issues. He has guided growers/processors and dispensaries through zoning and land development approvals and has negotiated agreements of sale and leases to ensure compliance with the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act.
Paul earned his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Scranton.
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Successfully appealed a zoning officer’s determination that a medical marijuana facility was not permitted in a municipal zoning district. Such success resulted in the client obtaining the necessary zoning approval to construct a growing/ processing facility.
Negotiated various agreements between multiple Federal agencies and his municipal client relating to the agencies’ contamination of a public water supply and the recoupment of costs related thereto.
Obtained land development and liquor licensing approvals for a start-up brewery.
Obtained subdivision and land development approval for a municipal client for the expansion of its sanitary sewer treatment plant and obtained all regulatory permits, including those with the Department of Environmental Protection, related thereto.
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Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
Education
Villanova University School of Law (J.D. 2002)
University of Scranton (B.A. with honors, 1998)
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Pennsylvania Bar Association
Montgomery Bar Association
Member, Real Estate/Land Use Committee
Past Vice-Chair, Municipal Law Committee
Hatfield Borough Zoning Hearing Board (member)
Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association
Home Builders Association of Montgomery and Bucks Counties
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How to Conduct Public Meetings or Hearings During the COVID-19 Outbreak, HRMM&L Legal Alert, April 17, 2020
The PA Dept of Environmental Protection Has Reissued the PAG-02 NPDES General Permit: What You Need to Know, HRMM&L Legal Alert, February 4, 2020
Canada Takes Steps to Legalize Recreational Marijuana; Will America Follow Suit? HRMM&L Legal Spotlight, June 22, 2018
The Pennsylvania Department of Health Issues Permit Applications for Medical Marijuana Facilities, HRMM&L Legal Spotlight, January 18, 2017
So You Want to Open a Medical Marijuana Facility… Now What? Real Estate and Zoning Considerations for Medical Marijuana Facilities, HRMM&L Legal Spotlight, August 5, 2016
Paul has been published on multiple occasions in The Authority magazine on various topics, including personnel and litigation matters. Paul has spoken before several local agencies, including the Montgomery County Zoning Officers Association, on topics ranging from the application of new case law to the practice of zoning and land development to litigation and enforcement matters related thereto.
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Super Lawyers 2025
Numerous years on the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars List
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Paul was born and raised in Montgomery County and currently lives in Hatfield Borough. Over the years, Paul has developed strong ties to the local community, except for its sports teams, as Paul is an avid Red Sox and Packers fan.