Associate
Connor assists developers and residential builders in real estate, planned community, and condominium matters, focusing on preparing legally defensible governing documents that are practical for long-term community administration.
His work includes governing document preparation and amendment, statutory compliance under the Uniform Condominium Act (UCA), Uniform Planned Community Act (UPCA), Nonprofit Corporation Law (NPCL), and Fair Housing Act (FHA), and transition from declarant control. Connor also assists developers and residential builders with both routine and complex community projects, including age-restricted communities, traditional neighborhood developments, master association developments, and multifaceted projects featuring multifamily housing, single-family homes, and commercial or industrial uses, as well as general transactional real estate matters, including agreements of sale, leases, easements, and deeds, among other items.
Before joining McNees, Connor was an associate at a Philadelphia-area law firm, where he provided general counsel services to hundreds of community associations.
Connor is active in the Community Associations Institute – Keystone Chapter and writes and speaks on community association issues.
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RADNOR, Pa. (June 15, 2026) — McNees Wallace & Nurick today announced that attorney Connor Thomson has joined the firm’s Real Estate Group in Radnor, where he will assist clients in planned community and condominium matters. Thomson advises developers, residential builders and community associations on governing document preparation and amendment, statutory compliance and both routine […]
McNees Wallace & Nurick announces that Connor Thomson has been named to the 2026 Top Lawyers of Chester County list by the Daily Local News as part of its Best of Chester County Readers’ Choice awards. Connor was recognized in the areas of Real Estate Law and Condo & HOA Law. The annual Top Lawyers of […]
Planned community declarations are intended to establish the rules governing property ownership, boundaries, and unit owners’ rights. But what happens when those governing documents are silent on a particular issue? A recent Pennsylvania Superior Court decision demonstrates that, in some circumstances, longstanding common law principles may fill the gap. In Tractman v. Conner, the court […]
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