Peter Schnore Rejoins Babst Calland

PITTSBURGH, PA and STATE COLLEGE, PA, September 12, 2014 – Peter H. Schnore recently rejoined law firm Babst Calland as senior counsel in the Firm’s Business Services Group and will counsel the Firm’s clients from its Pittsburgh and State College offices.

Mr. Schnore concentrates his practice in real estate-related matters, including real estate tax-assessment appeals, land use, zoning, quiet title actions, eminent domain proceedings, and negotiating real estate leases and related agreements. One area of particular concentration in his practice is real property tax assessment appeals. Mr. Schnore 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, or defending the assessed value from a challenge brought by a local taxing authority. He also represents landowners and developers who seek governmental approvals needed before proceeding with a planned real estate development project. Mr. Schnore is a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation and IPT’s Western Pennsylvania Local Luncheon Committee and serves on the Council of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Real Property Section. A 2001 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, he worked at Reed Smith LLP before returning to Babst Calland.