Blake Marles is Co-Chair of Stevens & Lee’s Higher Education Group. He concentrates his practice on higher education and real estate. His higher education engagements include mergers and acquisitions; governance realignments;. faculty evaluation; tenure and discipline; Title IX compliance; EEOC and DEI matters; student affairs, including handbooks, codes of conduct and disciplinary procedures; policies and procedures; NCAA compliance; Greek organization issues; and exigency planning.
Blake regularly gives legal, strategic and regulatory advice regarding educational mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. He has been involved in 12 successful institutional combinations in the education sector in the last decade and has consulted with institutions in 29 states, Canada and the U.K. about transactions still being contemplated, or in process.
In his real estate practice, he serves as lead counsel for projects as diverse as health care and educational campuses, international and regional business headquarters, multi-municipality planned residential developments, condominiums, ground leases, industrial reuses and commercial and industrial land developments.
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), ACCU, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Pennsylvania Planning Association, the Pennsylvania Municipal League and the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. He has authored land use material for the American Bar Association Journal The Urban Lawyer and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. He is a former trustee and board officer of Muhlenberg College and former chair of the Good Shephard Rehabilitation Network.
- National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
- Muhlenberg College, Former Trustee and Board Officer
- Pennsylvania Planning Association
- Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities, Lecturer
- Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation
- Lower Macungie Township Historical Commission, Chair
- Republican State Committeeman, NECRA Chair
- Good Shepherd Home and Rehabilitation Hospital, Former Member of Board of Trustees, Past Chair
- Philadelphia Post-Acute Partners, LLC, Board Member and Officer
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Counsel
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- PA Shakespeare Festival, Former Member of the Board of Directors
- Strategic Planning Committee
Education
- Temple University School of Law, J.D.
- Muhlenberg College, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
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Blake Marles is Co-Chair of Stevens & Lee’s Higher Education Group. He concentrates his practice on higher education and real estate. His higher education engagements include mergers and acquisitions; governance realignments;. faculty evaluation; tenure and discipline; Title IX compliance; EEOC and DEI matters; student affairs, including handbooks, codes of conduct and disciplinary procedures; policies and procedures; NCAA compliance; Greek organization issues; and exigency planning.
Blake regularly gives legal, strategic and regulatory advice regarding educational mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. He has been involved in 12 successful institutional combinations in the education sector in the last decade and has consulted with institutions in 29 states, Canada and the U.K. about transactions still being contemplated, or in process.
In his real estate practice, he serves as lead counsel for projects as diverse as health care and educational campuses, international and regional business headquarters, multi-municipality planned residential developments, condominiums, ground leases, industrial reuses and commercial and industrial land developments.
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), ACCU, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Pennsylvania Planning Association, the Pennsylvania Municipal League and the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. He has authored land use material for the American Bar Association Journal The Urban Lawyer and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. He is a former trustee and board officer of Muhlenberg College and former chair of the Good Shephard Rehabilitation Network.
Affiliations
- National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
- Muhlenberg College, Former Trustee and Board Officer
- Pennsylvania Planning Association
- Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities, Lecturer
- Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation
- Lower Macungie Township Historical Commission, Chair
- Republican State Committeeman, NECRA Chair
- Good Shepherd Home and Rehabilitation Hospital, Former Member of Board of Trustees, Past Chair
- Philadelphia Post-Acute Partners, LLC, Board Member and Officer
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Counsel
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- PA Shakespeare Festival, Former Member of the Board of Directors
- Strategic Planning Committee
Education
- Temple University School of Law, J.D.
- Muhlenberg College, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania