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Gilbert P. High Jr.
Norristown, Pennsylvania

Partner
phone	610-275-0700
fax	610-275-5290
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Gilbert High has devoted his career primarily to the practice of Municipal and Real Estate and Land Use Law. He has extensive experience in legislative drafting, subdivision and land development, zoning litigation, public employment issues, local taxation, public contracting, and the law of easements and rights of way. He regularly speaks on issues pertaining to municipal liability, particularly regarding the maintenance of the Urban Forest, a subject on which he has lectured nationally.

Mr. High also practices in the area of estate planning, particularly in the administration of complex estates, the creation and administration of trusts, and representation in Orphan's Court litigation.

Areas of Practice:: Municipal & Government Law; Real Estate/Land Use Law & Litigation; Estate Planning/Will & Trust Litigation

Litigation Percentage:: 15% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Pennsylvania, 1965; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1967

Education:: University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1965
LL.B.; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1962
B.A.

Representative Cases:: Peden v. Gambone Bros. Development Co.; FW Triangle L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Upper Dublin Township; R&J Holding Co. v. Redevelopment Authority of County of Montgomery

Representative Clients:: Lower Merion Township; Upper Dublin Township

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Municipal Law Colloquium, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1999 - 2001; Urban Forest Liability Issues, Pennsylvania State University Extension School, 1994 - 2001; Environmental Law Forum, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Montgomery Bar Association; Past Chair, Municipal Law and the Judiciary Committees; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Former Member, House of Delegates

Past Employment Positions:: United States Army Reserve, Captain

Pro Bono Activities:: Trustee, Abington Memorial Hospital; Elder, Abington Presbyterian Church; Director, Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

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High Swartz LLP
40 East Airy Street
Norristown, PA 19404

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Attorneys at High Swartz LLP in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, serve clients from Norristown, the Main Line, Lower Merion, Upper Dublin, Lansdale, Huntingdon Valley, Bryn Mawr, King of Prussia, Doylestown, Philadelphia, West Chester, Media, Chester Springs, Chestnut Hill, Warminster, Abington, Radnor, Levittown, Bensalem, Drexel Hill, Springfield and Pottstown; and Philadelphia County, Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Lehigh County and Berks County.