Alyssa Golfieri - Lawyer in Pittsburgh, PA

Area of Emphasis

Alyssa Golfieri is a shareholder in the Public Sector and Energy and Natural Resources groups of Babst Calland. Ms. Golfieris practice focuses primarily on municipal and land use law, with an emphasis on zoning, subdivision, land development, and municipal ordinance enforcement.

Ms. Golfieri represents the Firms municipal clients on a wide array of local government issues, including the preparation of zoning and land development ordinances pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the processing of land development applications, responses to record requests submitted under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, navigation of public bidding matters, abatement of property maintenance issues, defense of Notices of Violations before zoning hearing boards and magisterial district judges, and compliance with both the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and the Pennsylvania Public Official and Employee Ethics Act. Ms. Golfieri has also served as an assistant solicitor for several years and is currently the solicitor for the Borough of Ford City.

Additionally, Ms. Golfieri represents private landowners, corporations, and businesses before local governing bodies, zoning hearing boards, and planning commissions. In doing so, Ms. Golfieri assists private-sector clients in analyzing municipal zoning ordinances, obtaining land development approvals, filing Right-to-Know Law requests, defending against Notices of Violation, challenging the procedural and substantive validity of municipal zoning ordinances, and appealing the issuance or denial of local permits.

Background

Ms. Golfieri earned her B.S. in Crime, Law and Justice, with an emphasis in legal studies from The Pennsylvania State University. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Duquesne University School of Law. 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 Associations Municipal and School Solicitors Section. Ms. Golfieri is also a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar associations.

Ms. Golfieri has received a Best Lawyers?: Ones to Watch recognition from BL Rankings for Land Use and Zoning Law since 2021 and for Municipal Law for 2022.