Edward J. Hughes, Esq.

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610.279.6800
Direct dial: 484.805.0005
ehughes@hkolaw.com

Edward J. Hughes is a founding partner of Hughes, Kalkbrenner & Ozorowski, LLP, concentrating his practice in land use, zoning and real estate development; real estate law; corporate and commercial law; business formation and transactions. His clients include landowners, developers, landlords and tenants in connection with acquisition, leasing, permitting and funding of residential and commercial developments, retail centers, office complexes, landfills, trash transfer stations, quarries and other land uses. He has represented banks and borrowers in a wide variety of transactional real estate and financing matters. Mr. Hughes also practices in the area of estate planning and administration.

Mr. Hughes received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from LaSalle College (cum laude) in 1971 and a Juris Doctorate from Villanova Law School in 1974. Mr. Hughes was a staff attorney for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard S. Lowe of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He has been in private practice in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, since 1976 and is admitted to practice before the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Hughes has appeared before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Commonwealth Court, Superior Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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Admissions to State and Federal Bar:

  • Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Supreme Court

Professional Associations:

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Montgomery County Bar Association
    • Past President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association
    • Past Chairman of the Law Reporter Committee of the Montgomery County Bar Association
    • Past Chairman of the Real Estate Committee of the Montgomery County Bar Association
    • Past member of the Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery County Bar Association

Education:

  • LaSalle College 1971 - B.S. Economics (Cum Laude)
  • Villanova Law School 1974 - Juris Doctorate

Professional Experience:

  • Staff Attorney United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - 1975
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard S. Lowe of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - 1975 to 1976
  • Associate with the law firm of DeAngelis & Kaufman - 1976 to 1979
  • Founding Partner of the law firm of Kaufman & Hughes in 1979, now Hughes, Kalkbrenner & Ozorowski, LLP to the present