Marc D. Jonas, Esq. Presents CLE at Montgomery Bar Association
Marc D. Jonas, Esq. served as a panelist at the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) continuing legal education program on February 15, 2018. The seminar was entitled “Coping with Objectors in Land Use Proceedings”. Mr. Jonas discussed party standing and bond petitions in land use proceedings.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Mr. Jonas is repeatedly recognized by his peers and by legal profession ranking systems. He was named the 2018 Lawyer of the Year for Litigation in Land Use and Zoning Law in the Philadelphia Area and the 2017 Lawyer of the Year for Land Use and Zoning Law in the Philadelphia Area, by Best Lawyers in America®. He has been named a Leader in Real Estate/Land Use law by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. His peers have recognized him as a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer,” and he has been selected repeatedly by U.S. News as a “Best Lawyer” in both Land Use and Zoning Law and Land Use and Zoning litigation for the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. He is a former Chairman of the Montgomery County Planning Commission.
For more than 15 years, Mr. Jonas has served as the chair/co-chair of the MBA’s Real Estate committee, a committee whose membership includes real estate, municipal, and land use law practitioners. Under his leadership, that committee twice was recognized by the MBA as the Committee of the Year. He presently serves as a member of the Association’s Judiciary Committee which evaluates judicial candidates, and in 2017, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the MBA.
The MBA is a non-profit organization of nearly 2,100 Montgomery County attorneys. The MBA offers its members numerous opportunities for professional development and helps deliver the services of member attorneys to the community. To learn more, please visit, www.montgomerybar.org.
