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Biography

Mr. Ebby received an A.B., with honors, from Harvard College in 1958, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961. He has practiced real estate law for more than 40 years and has participated in more than 1,000 real estate transactions. Mr. Ebby has experience in all phases of the practice, including mortgage financing; sales and purchases; development and construction; leasing; condominiums; brokerage and management; loan restructuring, workouts and foreclosures; zoning and subdivision; title insurance claims; and capital markets financing. He has also appeared as counsel in state and federal court cases involving real estate law issues.

Mr. Ebby has represented a broad spectrum of clients, from individual entrepreneurs to some of the largest institutional investors in the United States and Canada. He has also written and lectured extensively, and has served as an expert witness in numerous lawsuits involving questions of real estate law and practice.

Mr. Ebby is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and is one of a small number of lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in America since the publication's inception in 1983. In a 1999 survey conducted by Philadelphia Magazine, he was named as one of Philadelphia's best real estate lawyers.  He was also named in Real Estate in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and was also named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Law & Politics, Inc. including being listed on their Top 100 lawyers in the state.

Education

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961
LL.B.

Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958
A.B.
cum laude

Honors and Awards

Philadelphia Magazine, The Best Lawyers in Philadelphia, March 1999
Named a Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 as a result of a statewide poll of lawyers and judges conducted by Law & Politics
Named in Real Estate by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2004, 2005 and 2006
Best Lawyers in America, 1983-Present
American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1986 - Present

Publications

Numerous continuing legal education articles on real estate law

Frederic W. Clark, Stuart F. Ebby and Morris C. Kellett, Pennsylvania Real Estate Closing Opinion Handbook, PBI press, 2008.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Philadelphia Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association

Teaching / Lecturing

Lecturer-in-Law, Real Estate Transactions, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Adjunct Professor of Law, Real Estate Transactions, Temple University

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1962
Massachusetts, 1961