Helen L. Gemmill

Member
Harrisburg, PA
100 Pine Street, PO Box 1166 | Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
T 717.237.5273
F 717.260.1697

Helen practices in the firm's Real Estate and Appellate and Post-Trial Practice Groups.

Helen is our lead litigation attorney for real estate matters. She advocates for clients in controversies pending before municipal boards, trial and appellate courts, arbitrators and mediators. Her practice encompasses zoning and land development issues, lease disputes, and title challenges. Helen also handles real estate tax assessment appeals for commercial and investment property owners.

Prior to focusing her practice in real estate litigation, Helen actively litigated numerous types of business disputes, in the fields of environmental, employment, tax, contract, business tort, real estate, insurance and construction law. She began her legal practice with a large law firm in Washington D.C. in 1990, and joined McNees in 1996. 

Helen is a native of Central Pennsylvania; born and raised in York.

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Memberships and Affiliations

  • Tri-County Association for the Blind, Volunteer and Past Chair, Board of Directors
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania court-appointed and trained mediator
  • Delegate, Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates
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Education

  • University of Chicago, B.A., 1986
  • Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., 1990Washington University Law Quarterly Articles Editor

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 1990
  • District of Columbia, 1991
  • Maryland, 1996

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia