Marie K. McConnell

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Marie K. McConnell: Attorney with Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba

Biography

Marie K. McConnell is a shareholder and Chair of the Firm’s Corporate, Business & Banking Group. Her transactional practice focuses on commercial transactions, including commercial real estate acquisitions and sales, entity restructures, charter schools, nonprofit mergers and acquisitions and organizational issues. She also has significant experience in counseling clients with respect to federal, state and city tax exemptions and appeals.

Ms. McConnell merges an undergraduate background in economics and an LL.M. in taxation into her legal practice, resulting in thoughtful, business-oriented solutions that fit each client’s goals. She is a trusted advisor to her clients and values the personal relationships she has built over the years. Ms. McConnell is dedicated, driven and highly responsive.

Ms. McConnell brings the same passion with which she serves her clients to the Lehigh Valley community and the Firm itself. She is currently serving as Secretary of CREW Lehigh Valley, the local 130+ member chapter of a 14,000+ member global organization dedicated to transforming the commercial real estate industry by advancing women. In 2021, she served as President. Additionally, she served as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, and is a current member of its Compensation Committee.

She is local to the area, having grown up in Allentown.

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Areas of Practice (9)

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Nonprofit Organizations, Affiliations and Exemptions
  • Corporate Governance
  • Business Law
  • Business Reorganization and Entity Restructuring
  • Tax Assessment Appeals and Property Tax Exemptions
  • Taxation
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Charter Schools

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Muhlenberg College, B.A., 2005
Law School Attended:
Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2008; Villanova University School of Law, LL.M., 2009
Year of First Admission:
2008
Admission:
2008, Pennsylvania; 2008, New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2008, New Jersey; 2008, Pennsylvania
Memberships:
CREW Lehigh Valley, Secretary, 2023 - Present & 2015 – 2018; Past-President, 2022; President, 2021; President-Elect, 2020; Delegate, 2019; Member, 2010 – present; CREW Network, Nomination Committee, Member, 2019; Bar Association of Lehigh County; Pennsylvania Bar Association; American Bar Association
ISLN:
922038013

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