Pittsburgh — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that partner Bryan S. Neft recently was appointed to a five-year term on the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. His term begins April 1, 2024.

“The Disciplinary Board serves a critical role in upholding the integrity of the legal system in Pennsylvania.  This is a hard-working board, and I look forward to fulfilling this important responsibility with my fellow Board colleagues,” Neft said.

Neft’s primary areas of practice are commercial litigation, health care, and product liability. He has experience in antitrust, banking and lender regulatory matters, business torts, competition and trade secrets, consumer protection, contractual disputes, environmental law, ERISA, fair debt collection, false advertising, health care, insurance coverage, medical malpractice, shareholder and corporate control disputes, accountants’ liability, and insurance bad faith and unfair insurance practices.

In addition to his law practice, Neft is an active member of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation, the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He served as President of the Allegheny County Bar Association in 2018, and currently is President-Elect of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. He also previously served as a member and chair of the Pennsylvania IOLTA Board. 

The Disciplinary Board was created by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to review conduct and assure compliance by all attorneys to the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct. The Board assists the Supreme Court in the licensing and discipline of attorneys in Pennsylvania. Its mission is to protect the public, maintain a high standard of integrity in the legal profession, and safeguard the reputation of the courts of Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit https://www.padisciplinaryboard.org/.   

About Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
Spilman Thomas & Battle is a full-service, super-regional law firm serving local, regional, national and international businesses. Founded in 1864, Spilman has offices in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, and Wheeling, West Virginia; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Roanoke, Virginia; and St. Augustine, Florida.