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Adam Laver works closely with elected officials and municipal agencies such as the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Philadelphia Historical Commission, the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the City Planning Commission, and the Streets Department to obtain zoning, use, building, and related permits for both regional and national developers of real estate. Mr. Laver also represents owners and developers in connection with real estate tax exemption, abatement, and market-value assessment appeals before the Board of Revision of Taxes. Mr. Laver’s practice encompasses:
- zoning and land-use law
- real estate development
- real property tax
- eminent domain and condemnation
Mr. Laver has authored articles about the real estate development approval process, including “Current Issues, Trends in Philadelphia Real Estate Development”, and “Leeward Case Sends Message to Developers: Violators Must Pay.” Both were published in the Legal Intelligencer. Mr. Laver is also a frequent lecturer on zoning and land use and real property tax issues.
In 2008, Adam Laver was selected by the Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly as one of Pennsylvania’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” a designation given to only 35 lawyers throughout the Commonwealth under the age of 40 determined to have influenced the legal community based on their development of the law, commitment to the community, and service to the bar.
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National restaurant chain in obtaining zoning and related approvals for Center City District restaurants
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“America’s Luxury Home Builder” in securing significant tax savings in connection with real estate tax abatements and assessment appeals
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Regional entrepreneurial real estate investment firm in extensive high profile mixed-use redevelopments throughout Old City, Philadelphia
Adam Laver is a recipient of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s MS Leadership Award, Class of 2008. He is also a 2008 recipient of the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies’ Distinguished Service & Leadership Award. In 2007, he received the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Young Leadership Award, as well as the Jewish Business Network’s “Lights of Tomorrow” Award. In 2006, 2007, and 2008, Mr. Laver was named to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania’s Pro Bono Honor Roll and received pro bono service awards for his volunteer legal work. Mr. Laver is Vice Chairman of Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia and Chancellor of the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Committee of Seventy, Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society Foundation, and the Board of Trustees of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Mr. Laver is a past Co-Chairman of the Jewish Law Day Committee.
Mr. Laver is a Democratic committeeman and a member of Philadelphia’s Eighth Ward Democratic Executive Committee. He is an active member of numerous philanthropic organizations, including The Jewish Federations of North America National Young Leadership Cabinet and the State of Israel Bonds Real Estate & Financial Services Division Committee.
Among his various activities, Mr. Laver is a member of the Urban Land Institute and its Public Policy Committee, the Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Columbia University Club of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Lawyers’ Club.
Adam Laver also serves as an investigator in the Investigative Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, which helps to set standards for judicial service on Philadelphia's Common Pleas and Municipal Courts and, by communicating its findings to the public, helps to ensure an informed electorate.
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