Phillip Hummel provides land use and zoning counsel across several Maryland jurisdictions, and he’s built his practice around genuinely understanding what his clients are trying to accomplish and finding efficient, effective ways to get them there. His close attention to current trends and evolving laws and policies, paired with strong relationships with government and organizational contacts, gives him a real strategic edge in charting the best path to a client’s goals. Phil is recognized in Chambers USA for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in Maryland.
Phil advises developers, property owners, nonprofits such as hospitals, museums, and religious organizations, and senior living facilities on zoning, subdivision, planning, entitlements, permitting, historic preservation, development impact taxation, and other land use matters. He guides clients from due diligence through permitting and regularly appears before municipal, county, and state agencies. When disputes arise after project approval, Phil brings strong litigation skills to Maryland courts to keep his clients well represented.
His early experience as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable W. Michel Pierson (Circuit Court for Baltimore City) and the Honorable Patrick L. Woodward (Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, now the Appellate Court of Maryland) shaped how Phil approaches legal strategy today, giving him a firsthand understanding of the appellate process that informs his research and writing.
Phil has participated in Maryland’s business and real estate community through the Urban Land Institute’s Regional Land Use Leadership Institute, Leadership Montgomery’s Emerging Leaders Program, and the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce.
Outside the office, Phil serves as Assistant Principal Cellist of the Symphony of the Potomac, where he has performed since 2009, and you’ll often find him at one of Montgomery County’s playgrounds with his family.
