Harlan S. Stone

Area of Emphasis

Harley Stone is of counsel in Babst Calland’s Public Sector and Energy and Natural Resources groups. He provides a wide range of services to municipal governments, authorities, and private developers, with an emphasis on municipal permitting, planning, land use, and zoning. A seasoned trial lawyer, Mr. Stone has many years of experience as a litigator in the areas of municipal law, employment law, eminent domain, and tax assessment appeals. Mr. Stone has represented public sector clients in eminent domain matters for municipal sewer, public park, and walking trail projects. He has also represented commercial business owners in connection with PennDOT condemnation proceedings and residential property owners in connection with natural gas pipeline condemnations. Mr. Stone has appeared regularly before the Allegheny County Board of Viewers, the City of Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment, the City of Pittsburgh Planning Commission, and a variety of local government bodies. He has served as solicitor for two water and sewer authorities for over forty years and currently serves as solicitor for numerous municipalities, authorities, and zoning hearing boards in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.

Background

Mr. Stone earned his B.A., with honors, from Brown University in 1976. He received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1979, where he was a member of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review.

Memberships and Affiliations

Mr. Stone is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, Allegheny County & Western Pennsylvania Association of Township Commissioners (AC&WPTAC), Association of Municipal and School Solicitors, and the Local Government Academy. Mr. Stone is a past president of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, the oldest and largest reform Jewish congregation in southwest Pennsylvania.

Mr. Stone was listed in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Municipal Law. He has been rated by Martindale-Hubbell as AV Preeminent, Peer Rated for the Highest Level of Professional Excellence since 2009.