Erich J. Schock
Erich J. Schock
Erich J. Schock is Managing Shareholder of Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba and Chair of the Firm's Real Estate, Land Use & Development Group. He is the first Managing Shareholder who is not one of the Firm's founders, a role he took on alone in 2022 after 10 years as Co-Managing Shareholder. He runs the business side of a practice of more than 40 attorneys across three Lehigh Valley offices, and considers keeping FLB a great place to work the most rewarding part of the job.
Mr. Schock's own practice centers on zoning and land development. He represents residential, commercial, industrial and institutional developers in obtaining the approvals their projects need and in the real estate matters that come with them, and he handles tax assessment appeals. The group he chairs is recognized in Chambers USA Spotlight 2026 and was named a top 25 title producer in the U.S. for 2022 by Commonwealth Title.
Mr. Schock has been named to Lehigh Valley Business' Power List in Law. He is a past President of the Bar Association of Lehigh County and of The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, and serves on the board of the Lehigh Valley Commercial & Industrial Real Estate Foundation.
EDUCATION
- College of William and Mary, B.S., 1989
- George Mason University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1992
- Pennsylvania
- Bar Association of Lehigh County, President, 2007-2008; Member, Board of Directors
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Named a “Select Lawyer” in:
- Eminent Domain Law, Government/Cities/Municipalities Law, Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals Law and Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Development Law, 2014
- Real Estate, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Development Law, 2015
- Named one of “Twenty Under Forty,” Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal in 2007
- Selected for inclusion in 2005-2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star Edition
- In re Towamencin Twp., — A.3d —-, 2012 WL 1098260 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012)
- Joseph v. North Whitehall Tp. Bd. of Sup’rs, 16 A.3d 1209, 2011 WL 837135, (Pa.Cmwlth., March 11, 2011)
- Salisbury House of Northeast Pa, Inc. v. City of Allentown Zoning Hearing Bd., 1999 WL 1581402, 43 Pa.D. & C.4th 459, (Pa.Com., Pl., October 25, 1999)
- In re Estate of Smith, 694 A.2d 1099, 1997 WL 217555 (Pa.Super., April 30, 1997)
- Lehigh Valley Commercial & Industrial Real Estate Foundation, Board of Directors, Member, 2022 – Present
- The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Member, Board of Directors, 2010-2020; Immediate Past President; President, 2015-2017
- March of Dimes Commercial Industrial Real Estate Awards Committee, Member, 2005-2020; Vice Chair, 2008; Chairperson, 2009
- Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County, Past Member, Board of Directors
