Steven H. Lupin

Steve Lupin is the former Managing Partner of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin. He was named by the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers as the 2012 James P. Fox “Trial Lawyer of the Year.” Steve is a past President of both the Montgomery Bar Association (2010) and the Montgomery Bar Foundation (2012-2015), where he is a life fellow and member of the Stefan and Taxis circles. A partner with Hamburg Rubin since April 1981, Steve has vast experience in preparing and trying complex, high stakes cases and bet-the-house commercial litigation.

Steve is experienced in almost every aspect of personal injury, business and commercial litigation. With regard to personal injury, he has represented clients in motor vehicle accidents (car, truck and motorcycle), medical malpractice and products cases. In commercial litigation, he has rebuffed the challenge of the constitutionality of the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax Law (the Annenberg case) and has been in the forefront of obtaining a reduction of the equivalent dwelling unit as established by the Montgomery County Sewer Authority.  Steve has represented many condominium associations involved in litigation.

In addition, Steve has teamed effectively with lawyers of prominent national firms, including Arnold & Porter, Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody and Agnello, and others, to prepare commercial and business litigation cases for trial in Federal and State courts. As a result of his many accomplishments, he has been named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List for the years 2005-2023 and as a Super Lawyer in the Corporate Counsel Edition for the years 2008-2014. Steve has served as President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association. He is a long-time member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association), and for the last seventeen years has authored a regular Commercial Litigation column in the PAJustice News. Steve has been twice appointed a Zone 9 Delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates. Steve was presented with the Montgomery Bar Association’s Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award. Steve is an active member and Past President of the Montgomery American Inn of Court. A graduate of Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1973), Steve received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1970).

Steve is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society whose purpose is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Members are selected and invited into Fellowship after being evaluated on effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation and trial work, along with ethical reputation.

Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin has been selected as a “Best Law Firm” for the years 2015-2023 by U.S. News and World Report. Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Steve was selected to the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 lists as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Pennsylvania, 1973

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1973

U. S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit

U. S. Supreme Court, 1979

Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1973)

Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1970)

Fellow of Academy of Advocacy, 1981

Steve Lupin is the Managing Partner of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin and was named by the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers as the 2012 James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year. Steve is a past President of the Montgomery Bar Association (2010) and a past President of the Montgomery Bar Foundation, where he is a life fellow and member of the Stefan and Taxis circles. He is experienced in almost every aspect of personal injury, business and commercial litigation. With regard to personal injury, he has represented clients in motor vehicle accidents (car, truck and motorcycle), medical malpractice and products cases. In commercial litigation, he has rebuffed the challenge of the constitutionality of the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax Law (the Annenberg case) and has been in the forefront of obtaining a reduction of the equivalent dwelling unit as established by the Montgomery County Sewer Authority. A partner with Hamburg Rubin since April 1981, Steve has demonstrated a high degree of competency in preparing and trying complex, high stakes cases and bet-the-house commercial litigation. In addition, he has teamed effectively with lawyers of prominent national firms, including Arnold & Porter, Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody and Agnello, and others, to prepare commercial and business litigation cases for trial in Federal and State courts. As a result of his many accomplishments, he has been named by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as a Super Lawyer in the legal profession for the years 2005-2018 and as a Super Lawyer in the Corporate Counsel Edition for the years 2008-2014. Steve has served as President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association. He is a long-time member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association), and for the last thirteen years has authored a regular Commercial Litigation column in the PAJustice News. Steve has been twice appointed a Zone 9 Delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates.  Recently, Steve was presented with the Montgomery Bar Association’s Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award. Steve is an active member and Past President of the Montgomery American Inn of Court. A graduate of Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1973), Steve received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1970).

Steve is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society whose purpose is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Members are selected and invited into Fellowship after being evaluated on effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation and trial work, along with ethical reputation.

He was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for the years 2013-2018. Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin has been selected as a “Best Law Firm” 2015-2018 by U.S. News and World Report. Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers® lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.

Steve was selected to the 2016-2018 lists as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Super Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Philadelphia Magazine 2005 through 2016

James P. Fox Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Montgomery County Trial Lawyers, 2012

Henry Stuckert Miller Public Service Award, Montgomery Bar Association, 2009

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Fellow, The Academy of Advocacy, 1981

Best Lawyers in America, 2013 through 2015

Montgomery Bar Association, President, 2010

Montgomery Bar Foundation, President 2013-2015; Vice President 2018

Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association

Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

Board of Governors, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

Commercial Litigation Section, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

House of Delegates, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Desmond J. McTighe American Inn of Court

Montgomery American Inn of Court

The College of Master Advocates and Barristers

Steven Lupin selected for Inclusion in 2013 Best Lawyers in America, September 18, 2012, Philadelphia Citybizlist

Steven Lupin Honored by Montgomery Bar Association as it “Trial Lawyer of the Year”, October 26, 2012, Philadelphia Citybilist

Whitpain Township Resident Steven H. Lupin Honored by Montgomery Bar Association as its “Trial Lawyer of the Year”, October 26, 2012, Ambler Patch

Same Sex Common Law Marriage Benefits Victory in Pennsylvania, June 15, 2015, Lawyers and Settlements.com

Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., et al., v. Mario Mele, et al., v. The Waste System Authority of Northern Montgomery County, et al., v. The County of Montgomery, et al., Mont. Co. C.C.P. No. 93-24558. Represented Montgomery County in an action to enforce the exclusivity of trash haulers collecting waste in Montgomery County. The case was settled with the plaintiff paying Montgomery County the sum of $5 million.

• Successfully represented Montgomery County in the case of Walter H. Annenberg et al. v. Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States Supreme Court No. 00-343, in which Walter Annenberg challenged the constitutionality of the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax Law.
• Successfully represented Montgomery County, Commissioner Mario Mele, Commissioner Jon Fox, Commissioner Joe Hoeffel, and the Northern and Western Waste System Authorities in litigation brought by Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., which resulted in the collection of $5M for the County.
• Represented many of the Montgomery County developers and was in the forefront of obtaining a reduction of the equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) as established by the Montgomery County Sewer Authority.  (An EDU is a sewer-connecting fee for each home.)
• Successfully represented a developer in a four-year battle over ownership of a multi-million dollar sewage treatment plant.
• Successfully represented a client seeking to expand its landfill onto an adjacent 133-acre farm, taking the case and fighting it through the zoning-hearing-board stage, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in which a unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted relief to Steve’s client.
• Represented a national electronics communications network in five-year litigation with five separate cases in Florida and Philadelphia regarding a protracted contractual dispute, including securities law.
• Successfully defeated a national corporation in the OSB antitrust litigation in Federal Court in Philadelphia.

American Legal System – Continuing Legal Education Course

Lecturer, Allocating Wrongful Death and Survival Awards, Montgomery Bar Association.

August 2015; “Change of Heart Over Settlement Agreement” published in Western PA Trial Lawyers Association’s The Advocate. Originally published in PA Justice News, the article was reprinted with permission of Steve Lupin and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

September 2014; The American Legal System, Continuing Legal Education course, Montgomery County Paralegal Association

March 20, 2013; PAJustice News Commercial Case Litigation Case Notes Milliken v. Jacono – The Real Estate Seller Disclosure Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. §7301-7315 (“RESDL”) holding that an earlier murder/suicide on a property does not constitute a “material defect” requiring disclosure to a buyer under the RESDL. “I didn’t tell them everything I knew . . .” – Million Miles, Bob Dylan

March, 2016; PaJustice News, Commercial Litigation – Creditone, LLC v. Schofield, Discussion of Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1311.1

Author, Allocating Wrongful Death and Survival Awards, Legal Intelligencer.

Commercial Litigation Columnist, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, 1998 to 2007; Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 2008 to present.

Allocating Wrongful Death and Survival Awards, Legal Intelligencer, 1985

Kiwanis Club of Lansdale

Lupus Foundation of America Southeastern Pa. Chapter