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Area of Emphasis
Larry Baumiller is an associate in the Public Sector Services and Energy & Natural Resources Groups of Babst Calland. Mr. Baumiller’s practice focuses on municipal law, with an emphasis on land use and development issues. He works with municipal clients, including several boroughs, townships, municipal authorities, and zoning hearing boards in the Pittsburgh area. He also works with energy industry clients, with a particular emphasis on the land use issues related to the development of the Marcellus Shale.
Reported Cases:
- Tribune-Review Pub. Co. v. Bodack, 961 A.2d 110 (Pa. 2008) (telephone records of public officials were not subject to disclosure under the Right to Know Act)
- Riverlife Task Force v. Planning Comm’n of the City of Pittsburgh, 966 A.2d 551 (Pa. 2009) (appeal of the Pittsburgh Planning Commission’s approval of the casino garage was untimely)
- Lench v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Pittsburgh, 974 A.2d 551 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (applicant was not entitled to a dimensional variance from the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment)
- Lamar Advantage GP Co. v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Pittsburgh, 997 A.2d 423 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (applicant was not entitled to use and dimensional variances for an LED billboard on the Grant Street Transportation Center)
- Melrose, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh, 613 F.3d 380 (3d Cir. 2010) (City’s zoning ordinances relating to billboards did not violate plaintiff’s First Amendment right to commercial speech)
Background
Mr. Baumiller graduated from Allegheny College in 2002 where he earned a B.A. in English with a minor in Political Science. Mr. Baumiller earned his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2005. At the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. Baumiller was the Website Manager and an Assistant Articles Editor on the Pittsburgh Tax Review. While attending law school, Mr. Baumiller served as a law clerk in the City of Pittsburgh Department of Law.
Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Baumiller was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 2005. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Mr. Baumiller is an elected member of the Young Lawyers’ Division Council for the Allegheny County Bar Association and the President-Elect of the American Inns of Court—The Honorable Amy Reynolds Hay Chapter. He is also on the Board of Advisors of Scenic Pittsburgh.
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