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Joseph Zator gets conditional approval for First Phase of The Lehigh Valley Resport & Spa Complex
Joseph Zator gets conditional approval for the first phase of The Lehigh Valley Resort & Spa complex on the site of the former Mary Immaculate seminary. The first phase approval was for the project’s 206-room hotel portion and...
Jennifer Alderfer Attends Annual Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Annual Summit
Jennifer R. Alderfer Associate Attorney Jennifer Alderfer, Chair of the Western Lehigh Chamber of Commerce (WLCC), attended the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber (GLVCC) Summit. The Summit brings together the leadership of the Councils and Committees of the GLVCC to...
Fun Fact: Zator Law’s growth over 25 years!
Zator Law was formed in 1993 with 3 employees, and 1 attorney in a 200 sq. ft. office. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year and now have 21 employees, 9 attorneys and occupy 15,000 sq. ft! We thank our clients for continuing to put their trust in us to...
Jennifer Alderfer Attends Annual Planning Session of the Western Lehigh Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer R. Alderfer Associate Attorney Jennifer Alderfer, Chair of the Western Lehigh Chamber of Commerce, attended the Annual Planning Session of the Board of the Chamber. As the newly elected Chair, Jennifer was excited to bring her ideas and leadership skills to...
Wedding Barns – A New Use for an Old Place
A recent Commonwealth Court zoning case from Lawrence County again illustrates the tensions between property owners and municipalities in the recently evolving use of barns as “wedding barns” (sometimes called a “special event barn” or “special event venue”). Wedding...
Zator Law Anniversary Fun – A Day at Knoebels!
Our 25th Anniversary Event this month – a trip to Knoebels for our annual picnic! The Zator crew and their families met at our office for coffee and donuts and then took the ‘Zator Express’ bus to the park. Our employees and their families –...
Fun Fact: The Gettysburg Address was panned!
The Patriot & Union Newspaper in Harrisburg (the precursor to The Patriot-News) wrote in November 1863 that Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was “silly” and deserving “a veil of oblivion.” The paper issued a retraction in November 2013. The Gettysburg Address is...
Zator Law Voted 2019 Best of the Valley Law Firm!
Zator Law has been voted Lehigh Valley Magazine’s 2019 Best of the Valley Law Firm! This year’s Best of the Valley win is a special one for us because it was the only attorney category on the ballot! This is the 8th time in a row that Zator Law has been...
Marissa Harper Attends PBA Young Lawyer Summer Summit
Marissa Harper, Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, Zone 2, attended the PBA’s Young Lawyer Summer Summit held in State College. The Young Lawyers Division Summer Summit is the annual legal conference planned by young lawyers for...
Fun Fact: Can you pass the Bar?
The “bar” in Law, isn’t just the name of the exam. It refers to the physical gated wall in a courtroom dividing the lawyers and judges from the general viewing public. “Passing the bar” gains you admittance to work on the other side of the wall. “In this...