Education

• University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
• Boston University School of Law, J.D.

Experience

• Representing a large integrated health care system in an antitrust challenge to its merger with a specialty hospital, coordinating all facets of preliminary injunction proceedings, including the coordination of 20 attorneys in extensive document review and production
• Representing health care practice groups in antitrust and contractual disputes brought by former practice physicians
• Representing a health maintenance organization in a contract dispute with more than 80 pharmacies for recovery of overpayments under HMO participating pharmacy agreements
• Representing a small corporation with large real estate holdings with real property concerns including adverse possession and reformation of deeds
• Representing a purchaser of raw materials against a shipper for contaminating a shipment and making it unusable for its intended purpose
• Representing a tax collector in class actions cases alleging improper imposition of fees and costs
• Assisting closed corporations and partnerships in shareholder and business disputes
• Representing a company in a favorable settled trade secret case in which a forensic computer search of a former employee’s hard drive revealed deleted email correspondence of the client’s trade secrets to a new employer
• Representing insureds in disputes with insurance carriers and third-party payers over mismanagement of workers’ compensation programs and for reclamation of collateral
• Assisting a Fortune 100 company in substantial product liability and premises liability litigation in western Pennsylvania and nationwide, including the development of litigation and trial strategies
• Representing a variety of defendants in product liability including airlines, tractor manufacturers, school districts, and small family businesses
• Representing a Fortune 500 manufacturer of wire in product liability litigation, which resulted in the dismissal of all claims against it in Pennsylvania
• Trial preparation and participation in the largest toxic tort mass trial in West Virginia, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs

Distinctions

• AV Preeminent Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and Litigation—Insurance
• 2003 Pennsylvania Lawyer on the Fast Track

Admissions

• Pennsylvania State Bar
• West Virginia State Bar
• Ohio State Bar
• California State Bar
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits
• United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
• United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California

Memberships

• Member, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2024 - 2029
• American Bar Association House of Delegates, 2019 - present
• Pennsylvania Bar Association: House of Delegates, July 2004 - present; Post Trial and Appellate Practice Committee; Education Liaison, Civil Litigation Section, 2021 - present; Co-Chair, Judicial Administration Committee, 2021 - present
• President, Allegheny County Bar Association; Treasurer, 2014 - 2016
  • Board of Governors, 2004 - 2007, 2008 - 2016
  • Homer S. Brown Division, 2011 - present
  • Women in in the Law Division, Gender Bias Subcommittee, 2007 - present
  • Young Lawyers Division, 1991 - 2001
  • Civil Litigation Section, 2002 - present
  • Federal Court Section, 2002 - 2007
  • Appellate Practice Committee, 2002 - 2004
  • Bench-Bar Committee, 2015 - present, Co-Chair, 2016 - present
  • Finance Committee, 2001 - present
  • LGBT Rights Committee, 2015 - present
  • PAC Committee, 2009 - present
  • KD & You & the Law Program, 1991 - present
• President-Elect, Allegheny County Bar Foundation, 2023 - present; Fellow, Sustaining and Patron Fellow, 2002 - present; Treasurer, 2005 - 2007; Trustee, 2001 - 2007; Chair, Attorneys Against Hunger annual charitable campaign, 2001 - 2012; Fellows Subcommittee, 2004 - present; Loan and Scholarship Committee, 2001 - present; Lawyers Fund Committee, 2005 - 2007, 2023 - present

• Objections: When to Use Them for the Best Results 2021, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Community Involvement

• Rivers Club Board of Governors, 2010 - present
• Beth El Congregation of the South Hills: Board of Trustees, 2008 - present; Assistant Financial Secretary, 2014 - present; Treasurer, 2016 - present
• Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh: Board of Directors, 2002 - 2008, Audit Subcommittee, Facilities Subcommittee and Human Resources Subcommittee
• United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh: Jewish Community Life Commission, 2007 - 2016; UJF Funding Committee, 2009 - present; Young Adult Division
• Shady Side Academy Alumni Council, 1991 - 1995, 2000 - 2004
• Vice President, Hunger Services Network Board of Directors, 2002 - 2004

Other

• Foreign Languages: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese (rudimentary)