Hank Lerner is the chief legal officer for PAR. He manages the law and policy functions of the association, including oversight of the Standard Forms and Professional Standards programs and the PAR Legal Hotline, and addresses all sorts of various legal/regulatory/compliance issues for the association. He is a frequent speaker on legal, ethical and risk reduction issues around the state and beyond, and has served on several NAR committees and in other roles.
Hank earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his law degree from William and Mary Law School. He has been admitted to the bar since 1994, and has been with PAR in a variety of positions since 2000.
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Professional Standards and MLS Policy Changes From NAR Legislative Meetings
- June 13, 2025
- 6 min. read
This article provides a brief summary of those changes, all of which are effective immediately, with additional details provided as resources are made available from NAR.
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Back to Basics – Check your Website
- May 23, 2025
- 5 min. read
Section 305 of the Commission regulations says that “an advertisement by an associate broker [or] salesperson…shall contain the business name and telephone number of the employing broker. The names and telephone numbers shall be of equal size.”
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Weeding Through the Rules on Medical Marijuana
- March 28, 2025
- 5 min. read
Regulated use of medical marijuana has been available in Pennsylvania since 2018, and questions about its use have been brought to the Legal Hotline from the start.
