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Bret Shaffer was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 2010. His practice concentrates on civil litigation, with an emphasis on business disputes, municipal and land use law, debt collection, and creditor rights. He is admitted in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Western District of Pennsylvania, and each of their respective Bankruptcy Courts, as well as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Attorney Shaffer regularly engages in litigation in bankruptcy court, presenting land use applications before municipal boards, and appealing tax assessments for commercial properties. His land use practice includes work for conservancies and land trusts, property line disputes, and quiet title actions. He also represents businesses and developers in contracts and asset purchase agreements.
Originally from Snyder County, Pennsylvania, Attorney Shaffer attended Penn State University, Schreyer Honors College, in University Park, Pennsylvania, graduating with high distinction and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He attended law school at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in University Park, Pennsylvania, where he was comments editor for the Penn State International Law Review and where he worked in the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic on several cases before the United States Supreme Court. During law school, he interned at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Dauphin County and Cumberland County Bar Associations and was a joint recipient for Cumberland County's pro bono attorney of the year award in 2012.
