Michael F. Faherty

Attorney Michael F. Faherty is the President of Pennsylvania’s largest law firm devoted to representing property owners threatened by eminent domain. The Hershey location in central Pennsylvania allows Faherty, Attorney Tara B. Horvath, and Attorney Anthony M. Corby to protect property owners all across Pennsylvania. The law firm is unusual in the extreme emphasis on eminent domain rights of landowners. The firm does not provide representation to condemnors.

The zealous representation of over 1,000 property owners is the outgrowth of Mike’s initial law practice starting in 1989 for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Mike then worked full time in eminent domain law for PennDOT in Harrisburg. A year later, after decisive Board of View and jury victories, Mike was promoted to the lead eminent domain counsel for PennDOT. Further Board of View and jury victories followed, but Mike became disillusioned by aggressive condemnor tactics attempting to deny constitutional property owner rights.

In 1992, Mike left PennDOT and litigated in eastern Pennsylvania for a large regional law firm based in Philadelphia. In 1995, Mike returned to Harrisburg and litigated for another large regional firm based in Philadelphia. He became a shareholder of that firm and supervised attorneys in Harrisburg. He then became a senior partner in a Harrisburg firm in which he developed and directed an eminent domain practice for property owners.