Stacey MacNeal is a member of Barley Snyder’s Real Estate Practice Group and chairs the firm’s Land Use team. She has over 25 years of experience practicing law. She regularly represents property owners and developers in all stages of real estate acquisition, financing, operations, development, and divestment. Stacey is also a licensed title agent in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
A primary section of her practice is land use and development, as she often represents residential developers, commercial developers, business owners and homeowners in front of municipal boards in south central Pennsylvania. Her work stretches through the regions, assisting her clients in front of municipal boards in York, Lancaster, Dauphin, Adams and Cumberland counties, in addition to work beyond those borders as well.
Stacey has experience shepherding complex development through all phases, including zoning, land development, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approvals, and PennDOT processes. She prides herself on working to find creative solutions to ensure that development proceeds in a timely manner. She also has experience in unique real estate matters such as quiet title actions and eminent domain proceedings.
RECOGNITION
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law (2024), Land Use and Zoning Law (2025)
- Central Penn Business Journal, Women of Influence – Circle of Excellence (2023)
PRESENTATIONS
- “Navigating a Zoning Hearing: A Mock Hearing on Conditional Uses for Multi-Family Development,” – Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ Southcentral 2024 Regional Forum (November 2024)
- “Navigating a Zoning Hearing: A Mock Hearing on Conditional Uses for Multi-Family Development,” – Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ Southeast 2024 Regional Forum (October 2024)
- “Navigating a Zoning Hearing: A Mock Hearing on Conditional Uses for Multi-Family Development,” – Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ Lehigh Valley 2024 Regional Forum (October 2024)
- “LLC Reporting Requirements & CRE,” -The CCIM Institute PA/NJ/DE Chapter (June 2024)
- “Trends in Zoning and Development,” – Panelist, Wake Up With Barley: A Morning on Real Estate Seminar (May 2024)
- “Trends in Zoning and Development,” – Panelist, Wake Up With Barley: A Morning on Real Estate Seminar (June 2023)
- “Land Use Law 101: The basics every lawyer (and Pennsylvania land owner) should know,” – York County Bar Association (November 2022)