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Named “Lawyer of the Year 2022” by Best Lawyers in America® and chair of Gawthrop Greenwood’s management committee, Stacey L. Fuller practices in the areas of Municipal Law, Land Use Law, Education Law, and Special Education Law. Stacey represents municipalities, townships, boroughs, planning commissions, zoning hearing boards and other governmental entities, as well as individual developers and residents, on issues such as zoning and other land development matters. She also represents charter and alternative schools and students and their parents in education and special education matters.

Stacey moved to the Chester County area in 2004 after residing in coastal North Carolina where she practiced law for 10 years and was a partner in the prominent firm of Hogue, Hill, Jones, Nash and Lynch, of Wilmington, North Carolina. She is President of the West Chester Area Senior Center, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Chester County Bar Foundation as well as the West Chester Area Education Foundation. She previously served on the boards of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry, Chester County Bar Association, West Chester Area YMCA and Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club. Stacey has been a dedicated supporter of the March of Dimes, serving on the board of March for Babies and as an Ambassador Family for the March for Babies in West Chester, and chairing the Sponsorship Committee and evaluating nominations for the March of Dimes’ Salute to Chester County Women of Achievement.

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and Super Lawyers, Stacey is a member of the Pennsylvania and Chester County Bar Associations. She is a past Chair of the PBA Municipal Law Section and has been elected to the House of Delegates for the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Solicitors, the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, and The Hon. John E. Stively, Jr., American Inn of Court.

Stacey received her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Connecticut, where she graduated summa cum laude and was admitted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1995 and the Pennsylvania Bar in 2004.

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Location
  • 17 East Gay Street, Suite 100
    West Chester, PA 19381
Education
  • University of Pittsburgh, J.D., graduated 1994
  • University of Connecticut, B.A., graduated 1991
Bar Admissions
  • Pennsylvania, 2004
  • North Carolina, 1995
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, House of Delegates - Member
  • Chester County Bar Association - Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Municipal Law Section - Member
  • Pennsylvania State Association of Township Solicitors - Member
  • Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs - Member
  • The Honorable John E. Stively, Jr. American Inn of Court - Member
  • Chester County Bar Foundation - Member, Board of Directors
  • West Chester Area Education Foundation - President, Board of Directors
  • West Chester Area Senior Center - President, Board of Directors
  • Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Member, Board of Directors
  • March of Dimes Salute to Chester County Women of Achievement - Committee Member
  • Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry - Past member, Board of Directors
  • West Chester Area YMCA - Past member, Board of Directors
  • Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club - Past member, Board of Directors
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, 2003
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit, 2016
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1996
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2016

Gawthrop Greenwood, PC
Headquarters: West Chester, Pennsylvania

9 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Land Use and Zoning Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Land Use and Zoning Law, Philadelphia (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Municipal Law
Awards:
  • 2023 BSA VISTA Leadership Megastars

  • March of Dimes Chester County Woman of Achievement 2022
  • Main Line Today Top Lawyers 2017-2023
  • Super Lawyers Pennsylvania 2020-2023
  • Daily Local News Top Lawyers 2021-2023
  • Main Line Today 23 Power Women of 2015
  • West Chester Area YMCA Volunteer of the Year 2010
  • Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Rising Stars, 2007, 2008, 2010

Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Real Estate Law
  • Education Law

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