The municipal attorneys at Raffaele Puppio have represented cities, boroughs, Pennsylvania townships, counties and branches state government  for decades. Based in Delaware County, we provide practical, real-world counsel that draws upon our legal team’s decades of collective experience helping municipalities resolve a wide range of legal situations.

Land development, financial asset management, joint ventures with other government entities, environmental regulations, taxation disputes, and public transparency issues are just a few of the matters in which the attorneys of Raffaele Puppio dispense informed and informative guidance.

Raffaele Puppio’s municipal and government law attorneys represent (or have represented) various Pennsylvania governing bodies including:

• Delaware County Council (Bond Counsel and Special Counsel)
• Collingdale Borough (Zoning Hearing Board Solicitor)
• Glenolden Borough (Solicitor)
• Ridley Park Borough (Solicitor and Zoning Hearing Board Solicitor)
• Upper Providence Township (Special Counsel and Ethics Commission Solicitor)
• Yeadon Borough (Solicitor and Redevelopment Authority Solicitor)

In addition, our government law attorney and co-founder, Michael V. Puppio, Jr., has also served as a Delaware County Councilman, a Springfield Township Commissioner, and as a 3 time delegate to the Republican National Convention.

When a Raffaele Puppio attorney is retained as special counsel or as solicitor, municipal officials know they have responsive, cost effective legal advice and advocacy on their side.

From The Blog

• Should Free Appropriate Public Education Be Extended to All Students?

  March 20, 2019

  Disabled students enjoy rights under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE).  Recently, in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the Supreme Court ruled that trivial or insignificant progress is insufficient to provide FAPE under the IDEA. Under the IDEA, school districts must provide an... Read More...

• The Nation’s Special Education Law: IDEA

  January 10, 2019

  The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, commonly referred to as the IDEA, aims to provide children with disabilities across the nation with access to a free appropriate public education “that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.” The IDEA covers... Read More...

• Technology in the Classroom: Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers

  October 18, 2018

  The increase in technology in the classroom is due to the realization that technology is necessary to prepare students for the world we live in. It has largely been a voluntary effort by school districts, who have the funds, embracing innovative and interesting ways to help students learn. There has also been growth in online... Read More...

• Medical Marijuana Use at Schools In Pennsylvania

  October 12, 2017

  Following the enactment of Act 16 of 2016, also known as the Medical Marijuana Act, the use of certain forms of marijuana (termed “medical marijuana”) has become legal in Pennsylvania for certain serious medical conditions. This does not necessarily mean that school law in Pennsylvania permits the use of medical marijuana by staff or students.... Read More...

• Congratulations Gabrielle Sereni and Tom Goham on Your Recent Marriage

  September 29, 2017

  As you might imagine, the attorneys of Raffaele Puppio have a great deal of experience with contracts. Most of the contracts we draft and execute are not particularly newsworthy, but the contract executed on September 9 by one of our senior education law attorneys is an exception. We are delighted for our colleague, Gabrielle “Gabby”... Read More...

• Special Education Law: What is KOSHK and Why is it Important?

  June 15, 2016

  An important fact in a special education due process proceeding is the “KOSHK” date, or the date that the parent “knew or should have known” about an alleged deprivation of special education. A “deprivation of special education” just mean that the parents are claiming that a child should have been provided with special education but... Read More...