Babst Calland Names Molly Meacham and Peter Schnore Shareholders
PITTSBURGH, January 3, 2016 – Babst Calland recently named Molly E. Meacham and Peter H. Schnore shareholders in the Firm.
Molly E. Meacham, a member of the Firm’s Litigation, Employment and Labor and Energy and Natural Resources groups, focuses her practice on commercial litigation and representing employers in labor and employment disputes. In her commercial litigation practice, she represents clients in a broad range of business-related litigation including contract disputes, restrictive covenant disputes, toxic tort claims, and premises liability claims. In her labor and employment practice, Ms. Meacham defends employers in claims arising under Title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Labor Management Relations Act.
Ms. Meacham is a 2006 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Peter H. Schnore, a member of the Firm’s Corporate and Commercial Group, concentrates his practice in real estate-related matters, including real estate tax-assessment appeals, eminent domain proceedings, land use, zoning, quiet title actions, and negotiating real estate leases and related agreements.
One area of particular concentration in Mr. Schnore’s practice is real property tax assessment appeals. He represents commercial and industrial property owners before county boards of assessment appeals and courts throughout Pennsylvania who are either seeking a real property tax exemption or a reduction in their tax obligations. Mr. Schnore has also represented numerous clients faced with defending the assessed value from a challenge brought by a local taxing authority. Mr. Schnore has represented owners and lessees of a wide variety of property types including office, retail including conventional malls and lifestyle centers, restaurants, banks, hotels, multi-family including affordable housing, industrial plants, manufacturing facilities, cellular towers, landfills, vacant land, and mineral interests.
Mr. Schnore also concentrates his practice in Pennsylvania eminent domain matters, and in representing landowners and developers who seek governmental approvals needed before proceeding with a planned real estate development project. This includes obtaining changes to zoning ordinances when necessary to meet the client’s goals in high-stakes and sometimes controversial land development projects. Mr. Schnore counsels clients from the Firm’s Pittsburgh and State College offices on real estate matters.
Mr. Schnore is a 2001 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.