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Patrick M. McKenna

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2018.
17 East Gay Street, Suite 100 West Chester, Pennsylvania 19381
(610) 696-8225
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pmckenna@gawthrop.com
Firm: Gawthrop Greenwood, PC
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Firm

Gawthrop Greenwood, PC


Years In Practice

20


Phone Number (610) 696-8225

Patrick M. McKenna practices in the areas of Land Use and Land Development, Municipal Government, Zoning, Real Estate, and Tax Assessment Appeals. He is President of the Chester County Bar Foundation.

Patrick has extensive experience guiding clients throughout complex commercial land development matters, from acquisition to planning, and through the permitting and land development phases. He has represented clients on matters including townhome developments, senior care homes, national fast-food franchise developments, manufacturing plants, and shopping center developments. His clients include numerous municipalities, zoning hearing boards, municipal authorities, and planning commissions in Chester and Delaware Counties, as well as private land owners and developers in subdivision, land development and zoning matters.

Patrick received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Saint Joseph’s University, and received his law degree, cum laude, from Widener University School of Law, where he was a Josiah Oliver Wolcott Fellow, serving as a law clerk to Delaware Supreme Court Justice Joseph T. Walsh.

Prior to joining Gawthrop, Patrick served as the law clerk to the Hon. Anthony A. Sarcione, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, and as an associate attorney in a regional insurance defense firm. He is a board member for the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. He is also a past President of the Board of Directors of Safe Harbor of Chester County, Inc., a shelter for single homeless men and women in Chester County. In addition, Patrick is a past President of the Hon. John E. Stively, Jr. American Inn of Court, a 2007 graduate of Leadership Chester County, an Assistant Editor to the Chester County Legal Reporter, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester. In 2015, Patrick was selected a seventh time as a “Pennsylvania Rising Star” by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine.

Patrick is President of the Chester County Bar Foundation and 2019 President of the Chester County Bar Association, where he has been a member since 2002 and has also served as Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. He is a past Chair of the Young Lawyers Division and a past Chair of the Judicial Evaluation Committee. He has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association since 2004, where he currently sits as a Zone 9 Delegate At-Large to the P.B.A. House of Delegates. In addition, Patrick was recently elected to the P.B.A. Municipal Law Section Council. Patrick is a Member of the Solicitor Section of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors and the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs.

Patrick also has extensive experience prosecuting and defending land use violations (enforcement cases) and matters under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law, and has shared his knowledge at several seminars over the years.

https://gawthrop.com/lawyers/patrick-m-mckenna/

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Land Use and Zoning Law
Municipal Law
Tax Assessment
Bar Admissions
United States Supreme Court
Admitted in 2015
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Admitted in 2003
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Admitted in 2003
New Jersey
Admitted in 2001
Pennsylvania
Admitted in 2001
Awards
  • Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania, 2019

     

  • Main Line Today "Top Lawyers" 2013, 2014, 2017-2019
  • Super Lawyers Pennsylvania "Rising Star" in Land Use/Zoning 2007, 2008, 2011-2015
  • Chester County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Public Service Award 2007
  • Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Chester County Division, Certificate of Appreciation 2005

Organizations & Affiliations
Chester County Bar Association
Member and Past President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer
Chester County Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee
Past Chair
Chester County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
Past Chair
Chester County Bar Foundation
President
Chester County Legal Reporter
Assistant Editor
Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union
Board Member
Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce
Board Member
Leadership Chester County
2007 Graduate
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member
Pennsylvania Bar Association, House of Delegates
Member
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Municipal Law Section Council
Member
Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
Member
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, Solicitor Section
Member
Safe Harbor of Chester County, Inc.
Past Board Member and Past President of the Board
The Honorable John E. Stively, Jr. American Inn of Court
Past President
Education
Widener University - Delaware Campus, J.D.
Graduated 2001
Saint Joseph's University, B.A.
Graduated 1997
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (610) 696-8225
pmckenna@gawthrop.com
17 East Gay Street, Suite 100
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19381
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19381
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