Shareholder
Higher Education, Chair
Tax-Exempt Finance
Real Estate

Lehigh Valley
610.997.5060
610.371.8411 fax
bcm@stevenslee.com

Blake concentrates his practice on higher education, real estate and municipal law. As Chair of the Higher Education Group, he coordinates industry-specific projects for college and university clients. In his real estate capacity, he serves as lead counsel for projects as diverse as historic rehabilitation, multi-municipality planned residential developments, residential condominiums, ground leases, industrial reuses and commercial and industrial leasing. He represents brokers, purchasers and sellers, developers, municipalities, syndicators and lenders in zoning, development and subdivision matters.

As a lecturer and writer, Blake has written, taught and presented on behalf of teaching organizations such as the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), the Pennsylvania Planning Association and has authored land use material for the American Bar Association Journal The Urban Lawyer and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

Blake wrote a treatise on road law that is used by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute for training purposes at its Municipal Law Colloquium and Real Estate Institute.

Education:
Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1978
Muhlenberg College, B.A., 1974

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania

Professional Associations/Civic Affiliations:
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Good Shepherd Home and Rehabilitation Hospital, Board of Trustees, Past Chair
Lower Macungie Township Historical Commission, Chair
Pennsylvania Planning Association
League of Cities, Lecturer
Lehigh County Republican Committee, Counsel
Republican State Committeeman