Anna R. Hosack
Area of Emphasis
Anna Hosack is an associate in the Public Sector Group of Babst Calland. Ms. Hosack’s practice focuses primarily on municipal and land use law with a concentration in general municipal, zoning, subdivision and land development, and code enforcement.
Background
Ms. Hosack graduated from Duquesne University School of Law in 2022. While at Duquesne Law, she served as a teaching assistant for first-year legal research & writing students. Ms. Hosack was a member of the Duquesne Appellate Moot Court Board and was selected as a member of the Justice Louis L. Manderino Honor Society, for excellence in courtroom advocacy. She was also as an associate editor for the Duquesne University Law Review Editorial Board. Ms. Hosack served as a summer associate at Babst Calland in 2021-2022.
Ms. Hosack graduated from University of Miami in 2018, earning a B.A. in Business Administration and Legal Studies.
Memberships and Affiliations
Ms. Hosack is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania.
Publications/Presentations
- Co-Author, “Right-To-Know Law Policy Update in the Wake of Anonymous FOIA Buddy Record Requests,” The Legal Intelligencer, August 20, 2024.
- Co-Author, “When Standing Won’t Stand – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that a Grant of Party Status by a Zoning Hearing Board Does Not Automatically Convey Appellate Rights,” The Legal Intelligencer, February 12, 2024.
- Co-Author, “Public Advertising Cheat Sheet: A Local Government Guide to Mandatory Advertising and Posting Requirements,” The Legal Intelligencer, January 9, 2024.
- Co-Author, “A Municipality’s Struggle to Remove Resident’s Junk Vehicles: How to Avoid a Quarter Century Fight Over Blight,” The Legal Intelligencer, October 12, 2023.
- Co-Author, “Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Understanding How Original Jurisdiction in ACRE Cases Impacts Your Municipality,” The Legal Intelligencer, June 15, 2023.
- Co-Author, “Pennsylvania Criminal History Record Information Act – Amendments Effective Today,” Babst Calland Public Sector Alert, May 2, 2023.
- Co-Author, “Questions Abound Following Right-to-Know Law Decision Involving Student Records,” The Legal Intelligencer, April 20, 2023.
- Co-Author, “Commonwealth Court Declines to Extend ‘Slice of Life’ to Support Group Home’s Application for Curative Amendment,” The Legal Intelligencer, February 9, 2023.
- Co-Author, “Commonwealth Court Strikes Down 2021 Accessibility Regulations as Unconstitutional,” Breaking Ground Magazine, January/February 2023.
