Bernadette A. Kearney, Esq., was recently selected by Suburban Life Magazine as an “Awesome Attorney for 2012” in the area of Land Use/Zoning law in the magazine’s December 2012 issue. Hundreds of readers and attorney peers cast their votes for the Philadelphia area’s top attorneys through the magazine’s website.

Bernadette Kearney has practiced real estate law for over ten years and is a member of the firm's Real Estate and Zoning Department. Her areas of concentration include municipal, real estate, zoning and bankruptcy law matters. Bernadette has represented clients before municipalities, zoning hearing boards, the Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. She has also acted as solicitor to townships, zoning hearing boards and Uniform Construction Code Appeals Boards. Her clients include commercial and residential clients who she assists with land acquisitions, zoning and land development matters, and financing. Bernadette is an active member of the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA). A past member of the Board of Directors of the MBA and past Chair of the Young Lawyer Section of the MBA, she is currently the Vice-Chair of the Real Estate/Land Use Committee. Bernadette received her undergraduate degree from Temple University (B.A. 1990) in Journalism, summa cum laude, and her law degree, cum laude, from Temple's School of Law in 1997.

Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin is one of the leading law firms in Eastern Pennsylvania providing legal counsel to businesses, municipalities and individuals in such areas as business law, litigation, real estate matters, municipal law, trusts and estates, family law, criminal law and personal injury matters. The firm’s singular focus is on achieving the best possible result for its clients.