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Richard Brent Somach, a member with the firm and based in the Pennsylvania office, focuses his practice on real estate, commercial law, and creditors’ remedies, representing real estate development companies, shopping centers, and local banks.. In the banking area, Rich assists clients with their transactional, litigation, and operational needs, and has extensive experience handling collections, foreclosures and complex commercial workouts.. Rich has represented real estate owners, developers and investors in a broad range of real estate transactions, including zoning matters, residential subdivisions and shopping center development.. As a licensed title insurance agent, Rich manages the title insurance and settlement company, ABE Settlement Services, to creatively serve client needs.  He currently serves as legal counsel to the Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS®.. Rich serves as Solicitor for Lower Macungie Township and as Assistant Lehigh County Solicitor, advising the Sheriff’s Office, the Tax Assessment Office and the Tax Claim Bureau and frequently writes and lectures on real estate matters, sheriff’s sales and real estate tax sales.  He moderated “Sheriff's Sales in Pennsylvania” and authored “Sheriff's Sales and Real Estate Tax Sales” for A Day on Real Estate, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).  Previously, he has presented lectures on mortgage foreclosures, "Issues in Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure" and "Issues in Residential Mortgage Foreclosure" for PBI and has lectured at the annual Real Estate Institute Program.. Active in many community organizations, Rich was a past president of the Salisbury Township School Board.  He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Lehigh County Bar Association, where he served as President in 1992. Rich collects antique automobiles and represents several valuable collections, as well as many local automobile and motorcycle dealerships.

I have lived in Allentown for virtually my entire life, having grown up here and gone through the Allentown public schools.  I graduated from Cornell University with a BA in English, and from the University of Michigan Law School, with a JD, cum laude.  At Michigan, I was an Assistant Editor of the Law Review.  After graduation, I spent several years with a major Philadelphia law firm and then came back to Allentown, where I have been since 1970.. I am admitted to practice before the courts of Pennsylvania, the United States Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Claims, and the United States Supreme Court.. I am certified as a "Civil Trial Advocate" by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.. In 2012, I was the recipient of the Lifetime Service Award from the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley.  In 2014 I was elected President of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley.