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Roman Petyk, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
Phone: 215-746-5275
Fax: 215-746-5301/5222
roman.petyk@ogc.upenn.edu

Roman Petyk has served as Associate General Counsel since 1994 and is the University's transactional attorney responsible for major commercial contracts involving Penn, particularly in regard to real estate and construction matters. Mr. Petyk also serves as counsel to the University's real estate subsidiaries: University City Associates, Inc.; O.A.P., Inc.; and the University's hospitality-oriented subsidiary, Penn Tower Hotel, Inc.

Mr. Petyk's previous legal experience, at both Pepper Hamilton, LLP in Philadelphia and Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer in Boston, involved real estate transactions, construction contracting, and environmental compliance issues. Prior to joining the legal profession in 1986, Mr. Petyk worked as a City Planner for the City of Philadelphia and as a Site Planner/Landscape Architect for the architectural firm of Kling Lindquist in Philadelphia.

Mr. Petyk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1972), the University of Massachusetts Amherst (M.L.A.,1977), and Northeastern University School of Law (J.D. 1986). He is a member of the Real Property Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association, a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Jenkintown, PA. Mr. Petyk has been an author for, and presenter at, legal education seminars sponsored by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), CLE International and NACUA and has published articles relating to real estate, zoning, leasing and contracting issues.  Mr. Petyk is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Practice Areas:

• Real Estate