William F. Kerr Jr.

As a local attorney, William F. Kerr, Jr. has a breadth of experience in real estate law in Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania counties. His practice focuses on several areas: Land use Land development and zoning Real estate taxation Real estate sale and leasing transactions Real estate title issues Eminent domain Real estate valuation Real estate code compliance He was previously an Associate and a Partner in the Philadelphia law office of Blank Rome LLP. Mr. Kerr represents developers, property managers, and property owners with real estate and various transactions. He supports a varied clientele: Single and multi-family residential housing Senior housing Hotels Shopping centers Commercial & industrial properties Golf courses Day-cares Prisons Utilities Cell towers Airports He has assisted clients in obtaining multiple land development, subdivision, zoning, and related approvals and in different sale and leasing transactions. Kerr has extensive experience in successfully pursuing real estate tax assessment appeals, nonprofit real estate tax exemptions, Act 319 Agricultural Assessments, Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreements, and real estate tax abatements. Additionally, Kerr represents numerous Pennsylvania affordable housing developers, owners, and managers in various aspects of the affordable housing development process, including properties financed with Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits. He has significant expertise in real estate tax assessment issues for affordable housing properties and was part of the affordable housing industry group that successfully pursued an amendment to Pennsylvania’s assessment law as it affects affordable housing. He has represented property owners in a variety of eminent domain matters and easement, restrictive covenant, real estate title, green building, and stormwater issues. He also has significant experience in the area of real estate valuation. Kerr serves as a Zoning Board Solicitor and has experience as special zoning and development counsel to several southeastern Pennsylvania municipalities. Awards and Honors Honors Best Lawyers in America, 2018-present Main Line Today, Top Attorney, 2018-present

• Partner

• Hon. Joseph Longobardi, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court in Delaware, Clerk
• Blank Rome LLP, Partner

• Teacher, Temple University Real Estate Institute
• “Pennsylvania’s Real Estate Tax Structure Presents Ongoing Dilemma for Municipal Officials,” Pennsylvania Law Weekly, May 2012
• “Pennsylvania Municipal Ordinances Target Discrimination in Housing, Commercial Property, Public Accommodation and Employment,” Pennsylvania Law Weekly, November 2011
• “Effect of Financial Crisis on Zoning, Land Use, and Building Entitlements/Permits,” The Legal Intelligencer, January 2010
• “Are Your Pennsylvania Electric Generating Facilities Properly Assessed?” Energy Update, June 2008
• “Philadelphia Raises Tax Assessments for 70 Percent of City Properties,” Real Estate Update, August 2007
• “Pennsylvania Tax-Assessment Appeals,” Affordable Housing and Community Development Update, July 2007

• Youth Baseball Coach, Harleysville Baseball, Harleysville, PA
• Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties, Inc., Board of Directors, 2018-present
• Face to Face Germantown Garden Committee, 2017-present
• Corpus Christi Parish, Pastoral Council Member, 2009-present
• Harleysville Baseball, Youth Baseball Coach, 2005-2015
• Harleysville Baseball, Board Member and League Commissioner, 2012-2015

• Pennsylvania, 1992

• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, 1992-present
• Montgomery County Bar Association, Member, 2009-present
• Urban Land Institute
• Montgomery County Homebuilders Association
• Pennsylvania/Delaware Affordable Housing Management Association
• American Bar Association, Member, 2010-present
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Member, 2009-present
• Montgomery County Bar Association, Real Estate Law Committee, Member, 2009-present
• Pennsylvania Housing Alliance Sponsorship Committee, Member, 2013-present
• Pennsylvania Developers Council, Member, 2015-present