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Paul Baker Bartle
Norristown, Pennsylvania

Managing Partner
phone	610-275-0700
fax	610-275-5290
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Mr. Bartle is the Managing Partner of High Swartz LLP and practices in the areas of probate law, general business law, and municipal law. He is also the Chairman of the Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority, having been appointed by the Montgomery County Commissioners in November 2001.

Additionally, Mr. Bartle served as a Montgomery County Commissioner from 1980 through 1991 and Chairman of the Board from 1983 through 1991. He was a Lower Merion Township Commissioner from 1975 to 1979.

Following his admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, Mr. Bartle served as Law Clerk to Judge John Morgan Davis of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Bartle is a Vietnam veteran and achieved the rank of Lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve.

Areas of Practice:: Estate Planning/Will & Trust Litigation; Probate Law; Municipal & Government Law; Education Law

Bar Admissions:: Pennsylvania, 1972; U.S. District Court, 1972

Education:: The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1972
J.D.; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965
B.A.

Representative Cases:: Pottstown School Dist. v.The Hill School, 48 D.&C. 4th 365 (Montg. Co 2000)

Representative Clients:: Hill School, Pottstown, PA; Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Presby Homes & Services, Inc.

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority, 2001 - Present; Chairman; Montgomery County Commissioner, 1980 - 1991; Montgomery County Commissioner, 1983 - 1991; Chairman of the Board; Lower Merion Township Commissioner, 1975 - 1979

Past Employment Positions:: United States Navy Reserve, Lieutenant, Vietnam Veteran

Pro Bono Activities:: Board of Trustees, Agnes Irwin School, 1989 - 1998; Board of Trustees, West Hill School, 1994 - 1998; Board of Trustees, Eastern College, 1975 - 1979; All Saints Episcopal Church, Rector's Warden, 1999 - 2005

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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.