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Blaine A. Lucas

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2007.
Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor, 603 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(412) 394-5400
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blucas@babstcalland.com
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Babst Calland


Years In Practice


Phone Number (412) 394-5400

Area of Emphasis
Blaine Lucas is a shareholder in the Public Sector Group of Babst Calland. He is also a member of the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Group, and is responsible for coordination of the firm’s representation of traditional and renewable energy industry clients on land use and other local regulatory matters. He has represented oil and gas operators in obtaining local government approvals for unconventional natural gas wells, compressor stations, meter stations, transmission line interconnects, processing facilities and pipelines. He has assisted both traditional and renewable energy industry clients in analyzing the substantive impact and procedural requirements of land use, noise, road and other local ordinances, and pursued validity challenges where ordinances prohibit or unreasonably restrict industry activities. Conversely, he has successfully represented operators in multiple Pennsylvania appellate cases in which the courts have rejected challenges asserting that zoning ordinances are invalid because they authorize oil and gas development. He also has advised operators on the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and PennDOT regulations related to the movement of drilling rigs, water trucks and other vehicles on weight restricted roads, negotiated the terms of excess maintenance (heavy hauling) agreements and associated bonding requirements with PennDOT and local municipalities, and assisted clients in resolving disputes regarding responsibility for and repair of road damage.

Mr. Lucas has served as solicitor for several boroughs, townships, municipal authorities and zoning hearing boards, and also has represented as special counsel municipalities on zoning, zoning enforcement, transportation, economic development and local taxation issues.

Some of his other notable projects have included successfully representing a commercial developer in a Pennsylvania Supreme Court case dealing with the extension of non-conforming structures, obtaining a jury verdict in favor of a property owner in a federal civil rights First Amendment retaliation case, obtaining a favorable decision from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court permitting the construction of a residential high-rise, litigating light-rail construction claims, developing model procurement documents, drafting solid waste and recycling contracts, litigating rail crossing issues before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and developing bid documents for demolition and environmental remediation of former steel plants.

Background
Mr. Lucas received his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus in 1978, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981, where he served on the Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law.

Memberships and Affiliations
Babst Calland is an associate member of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, and Mr. Lucas actively participates in the MSC’s Legal Committee. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association. Mr. Lucas has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he taught Land Use Law. He also has served as an instructor for the Local Government Academy’s Newly Elected Officials Course.

Mr. Lucas has been listed by BL Rankings in The Best Lawyers in America© in the Land Use and Zoning and Municipal Law sections since 2007, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Section since 2011 and Energy Law Section since 2015. He was also named the Best Lawyers® 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2023 Litigation – Land Use and Zoning “Lawyer of the Year,” 2013, 2015 and 2024 Municipal Law “Lawyer of the Year,” 2014 and 2018 Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year,” and 2016 Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Lucas was selected to the 2006-2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers lists (Thomson Reuters) and to the Top 50: Pittsburgh Super Lawyers list in 2011-2013.

He also was a long-time member and former chairman of the board of directors of Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation, which owns and operates public radio station WYEP-FM. He previously served as a member of the Mt. Lebanon Partnership, a non-profit economic development corporation, and as chairman of the Mt. Lebanon Economic Development Council, an advisory body to the Mt. Lebanon Commission.

Publications/Presentations
Over the past several decades, Mr. Lucas has spoken and written frequently on numerous municipal law issues for the benefit of the Bar Association, as well as other public and private organizations, with a particular emphasis on land use matters. He frequently speaks on zoning, subdivision and land development, noise, road bonding and other local regulatory controls confronting local governments and the energy industry.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Energy Law
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Municipal Law
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Blaine A. Lucas
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Municipal Law, Pittsburgh (2024)
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Pittsburgh (2023)
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Pittsburgh (2020)
Land Use and Zoning Law, Pittsburgh (2018)
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Pittsburgh (2017)
Energy Law, Pittsburgh (2016)
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Pittsburgh (2015)
Municipal Law, Pittsburgh (2015)
Land Use and Zoning Law, Pittsburgh (2014)
Municipal Law, Pittsburgh (2013)
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Pittsburgh (2012)
Education
University of Virginia, J.D.
Graduated 1981
University of Pittsburgh, B.A.
Graduated 1978
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (412) 394-5400
blucas@babstcalland.com
Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor, 603 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
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