Area of Emphasis
Alyssa Golfieri is a shareholder in the Corporate and Commercial, Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning, and Public Sector groups of Babst Calland. Ms. Golfieri’s practice focuses primarily on corporate and real estate transactions, land use, and municipal law, with a strong emphasis on zoning, subdivision, and land development for both private and public sector clients.
Ms. Golfieri advises and represents private sector clients on a wide array of real estate and land use related matters, including acquisitions, leases, easements, options, subdivisions and land developments. In this role, she assists private companies of various sizes and complexity work through all stages of a transaction, from site selection and due diligence, to negotiation of purchase and sales agreements, to obtaining all necessary municipal land use approvals and permits, including special exception, conditional use, variance, subdivision, lot consolidations, and land development approvals.
In addition, she counsels and represents municipal clients on a wide array of local land use and government issues, including economic development, the preparation of zoning and land development ordinances pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the processing of land use and development applications, navigation of public bidding matters, and defense of Notices of Violations before zoning hearing boards and magisterial district judges. Ms. Golfieri has served as a municipal and zoning hearing board solicitor for several years. She is currently serving as solicitor for Frazer Township and Ford City Borough, and assistant solicitor for Sewickley Heights Borough.
Ms. Golfieri has also successfully represented and obtained favorable decisions for both private and public sector clients on appeals and/or challenges of municipal decisions and approvals before local governing bodies, zoning hearing boards, the Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
The bifurcated nature of Ms. Golfieri’s practice between the private and public sectors allows her the opportunity to offer clients a unique, strategic, and cost-effective perspective when advising on legal matters.
Background
Ms. Golfieri earned her B.S. in Crime, Law and Justice, with an emphasis in legal studies from The Pennsylvania State University in 2009. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Duquesne University School of Law in 2012. During law school, Ms. Golfieri actively participated in the Urban Development Clinic where she earned a Distinction in Clinical Work and gained experience in preparing property tax assessment appeals, drafting deeds, resolving tangled property title issues and combatting blighted and abandoned properties in the surrounding community.
Memberships and Affiliations
Ms. Golfieri is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania as well as before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and participates in the Association’s Municipal and School Solicitors Section. Ms. Golfieri is also a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar associations.
In 2022, Ms. Golfieri was selected by The Legal Intelligencer as one of only 28 “Lawyers on the Fast Track” in Pennsylvania. This recognition is given to attorneys under the age of 40 who have demonstrated excellence in four categories: development of the law, advocacy and community contributions, service to the bar and peer/public recognition. In addition, she has received a Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch recognition from BL Rankings for Land Use and Zoning Law since 2021 and for Municipal Law since 2022. Ms. Golfieri was also selected to the 2022 Pennsylvania Rising Stars list (Thomson Reuters).
