Community Hero Award for January 2004
January Community Hero Award to Law Firm of Knopf & Brown
Norman Knopf & David W. Brown receive the January 2004 Community Hero
Award from Montgomery County Civic Federation President Cary Lamari.
For years, residents have turned to Norman Knopf for legal advice and representation when confronted with unreasonable variance applications, neighborhood-altering special exceptions, or fights against attempts to resubdivide, rezone, or circumvent master plans. He is frequently joined in these endeavors by his long-time partner, David W. Brown. While Montgomery County has an abundance of land use lawyers, almost all are allied with builders and developers. Were they willing to represent citizen groups, their fees would be too high for most groups to afford anyway. Given these facts, the law firm of Knopf & Brown is thought by many of us to be our "knight in shining armor," providing excellent legal representation in land use disputes. We homeowners are deeply indebted to their willingness to take on our causes, fight for our rights, and - when the developers seek to win by process of financial attrition - even soften the blows of their very reasonable bills by doing some of the work on a "pro bono" basis. Without their help, we would too often be left without legal representation.
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