Fall 2010 Municipal Newsletter
Leventry, Haschak & Rodkey, LLC is pleased to present our quarterly municipal and Authority clients, but also to municipalities and authorities of the counties we serve: Cambria, Somerset, Westmoreland, Indiana and Bedford. Our regular quarterly newsletter is sent to individuals and entities with local government affiliations. Before proceeding with this newsletter (out first Municipal Newsletter), we would like to introduce our readers to our firm and the attorneys who comprise our Municipal Department.
Our Firm has extensive experience serving as solicitor for numerous municipal agencies and authorized since the firm was founded in 1983. We are a firm known for quality work. We have worked very hard to establish a firm of experienced and dedicated attorneys and support staff. We represent numerous governmental entities, some of our area’s largest businesses and scores of individual clients. As solicitor for many governmental agencies and authorities we have a comprehensive background with union negotiations, lease writing, procurement issues, insurance issues, eviction proceedings, litigation grievance arbitration, board meetings, sewer and water issues, municipal law, zoning and appeals processes, tax assessment appeals, bids, quiet title issues and general governmental legal services. We augment our seven (7) attorneys’ capabilities to research issues, draft documents, meet deadlines and attend meetings or training sessions by employing one (1) part-time lawyer, a support staff comprised of twelve (12) secretaries and three (3) paralegals (Total staff, 23 people)
Our firm serves as solicitors for the Johnstown Housing Authority; the Snake Spring Township Municipal Authority; the Geistown Borough Zoning Hearing Board; Paint Township Zoning Hearing Board; the West Providence Township Sewer Authority; Napier Township; Bolivar Borough; Cherry Tree Borough; Johnstown Lease Housing Corporation; Fairfield Township; Laurel Mountain Borough; Tri-County Sewer Authority (Indiana); New Enterprise Municipal Authority; Highland Sewer Water Authority; Hastings Area Municipal Authority; Dale Borough; the Johnstown Cambria County Airport Authority; the Cambria County Fair; and the Pennsylvania State Educational Association. Attorney Randall C. Rodkey also currently serves as assistant solicitor for Cambria County.
Timothy C. Leventry is the managing partner of Leventry, Haschak & Rodkey, LLC. He is a 1978 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University School of Business with a major in Finance. He is a 1981 graduate of the Delaware Law School of Widener University with a Juris Doctor Degree and a 1982 graduate of the Georgetown University School of Law with a Legal Masters Degree in Taxation and Estate Planning.
Mr. Leventry is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Plea, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States District Courts of the Western District of Pennsylvania and New York, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Leventry is Solicitor for Snake Spring Township Municipal Authority Geistown Borough Zoning Hearing Board, Napier Township, the West Providence Township Sewer Authority, Johnstown Housing Authority, Cambria County Airport Authority, Paint Township Zoning Hearing Board and Johnstown Lease Housing Corporation.
John M. Haschak is a 1994 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry and a 1997 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree. He is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania Courts, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The Western District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Court and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Haschak is a Solicitor for the Hastings Area Sewage Authority and the West Providence Township Sewer Authority.
Randall C. Rodkey is a 1965 graduate of Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and a 1968 graduate of University of Pittsburgh School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree. Mr. Rodkey is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania Courts. He is currently the regional Attorney for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, Borough of Dale, Highland Sewer and Water Authority and Assistant Solicitor for Cambria County.
Jeffrey W. Miller is a 1988 graduate of St. Vincent College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and a 1991 graduate of Capital University Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree. Mr. Miller is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania as well as courts in Pennsylvania of local jurisdiction. Mr. Miller is currently the Solicitor for Fairfield Township, Laurel Mountain Borough in Westmoreland County, Tri-Community Sewer Authority in Indiana County and Cherry Tree Borough in Cambria County.