Candidate for
Judge; Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court; Democratic Party

Steve Pollock has over 32 years legal experience, practicing in zoning, land use and development, and municipal code enforcement. He has expertise in workers' compensation, eminent domain, historic preservation, environmental and commercial litigation. Steve has provided volunteer service to communities in Southeast Pennsylvania. He was a partner in his own two-person law firm for 13 years. He currently practices law at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, where he serves Of Counsel to the Business Department.

When Gov. Ed Rendell revived the Pennsylvania State Planning Board, Steve Pollock was among the first appointees. He is a longstanding member of the Lower Moreland Township Planning Commission, where he has served as chair for five years. Steve is a former chair of the Real Property Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and currently serves as co-chair of its Zoning and Land Use Committee. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Steve is the son of a public school teacher and a bookkeeper. A graduate of the public schools of Philadelphia, Steve received his B.A. from Muhlenberg College and his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law. A past president of the South Street Neighborhood Association, Steve has frequently served as a volunteer attorney for many civic associations in the Delaware Valley. He is the former counsel and past president of Old York Road Temple + Beth Am in Abington, a former president of the Huntingdon Valley Library, and has served on the transition teams for the past three mayors of Philadelphia.

Steve and his wife Marjorie reside in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County along with their twin daughters, Meredith and Lauren. Marjorie, a psychologist in the public school system, has been married to Steve for 32 years.