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President’s Message: 2nd Quarter 2019

Patrick M. McKenna is a partner at Gawthrop Greenwood, PC as well as President of the Chester County Bar Association. His quarterly column, shown below, is featured in the CCBA magazine “New Matter.”

Patrick M. McKenna

Pat McKenna represents municipalities, zoning hearing boards, municipal authorities and planning commissions as well as private land owners and developers.

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