Matthew N. Korenoski

Matt Korenoski is an associate who practices Zoning and Land Use, Real Estate and Commercial Litigation, Municipal Law, and Appeals. Matt has represented government bodies, including townships, boroughs, zoning hearing boards, and other local authorities, in matters involving zoning, land use, Right to Know Law, tax assessments, eminent domain, and sewage and water issues. He has prepared ordinances that regulate emerging uses like medical marijuana, drones, short-term rentals, and emotional support animals. He also represents individuals in similar public sector-related matters, including preparing and presenting applications for variances, special exceptions, and conditional uses, filing and defending land use appeals, and other miscellaneous development initiatives. Matt has argued on behalf of municipalities, businesses, and individual clients in various court proceedings, including successful oral arguments before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.

In the litigation context, Matt has represented clients in various matters including real estate, land use and zoning, boundary disputes, construction issues, contracts, fraud, misrepresentation, restrictive covenants, consumer rights, UTPCPL, insurance and annuities, landlord-tenant, breach of fiduciary duty, and other business disputes. He also served as first chair at a federal jury trial and has experience with bench trials, depositions, hearings, arbitrations, and motions practice.

Prior to working at UTBF, Matt worked at two full-service, mid-size law firms in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He graduated from Duquesne University School of Law in June 2016, cum laude. While there, he served as an Associate Editor/Team Lead for the Duquesne Law Review, and his article O’Bannon vs. the NCAA: An Antitrust Assault on the NCAA’s Dying Amateurism Principle was selected for publication in Volume 54, Issue 2.

While in law school, Matt also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Thomas M. Hardiman at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He also interned in-house at two large Pittsburgh corporations, where he researched issues including international franchising, intellectual property, and privacy rights, and reviewed contracts with vendors and independent contractors.

Matt has been selected for the prestigious 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Land Use/Zoning, earned recognition from Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch™ for 2023 for Land Use and Zoning Law and Municipal Law, was named a “Top Lawyer” in Municipal Law by Main Line Today since 2021, and received the Daily Local’s Top Lawyers of Chester County Reader Choice Award since 2021.

Outside of his legal practice, Matt enjoys playing tennis and traveling with his wife, and spending time with family and friends. Originally from Johnstown, PA, he also enjoys rooting for his Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, and Panthers.