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May 19, 2005

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Kate Cromie
Marketing Manager
kcromie@eckertseamans.com

Twenty-Three Eckert Seamans Attorneys Selected As Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC today announced that 23 of the firm’s attorneys have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.  This distinction is based on a survey of more than 30,000 attorneys across the state who were asked to nominate lawyers.  Only the top five percent of Pennsylvania lawyers received this recognition.

Fourteen attorneys from Eckert Seamans’ Pittsburgh office were honored:  Scott D. Cessar, Dale Hershey, Stuart R. Kaplan, Dennis R. McEwen, John R. McGinley, Jr., Louis J. Moraytis, Edward G. O’Connor, Christopher R. Opalinski,  Timothy P. Ryan, Willis A. Siegfried, Arnold B. Silverman, Thomas J. Sweeney, David E. Tungate and Paul Yenerall.

The eight honorees in Eckert Seamans’ Philadelphia office are: Mitchell L. Bach, Albert G. Bixler, Joseph J. Connolly, William H. Ewing, Stephen M. Foxman, Edward A. Gray and Karen Lee (“Kitt”) Turner.

Phillip J. Binotto, Jr. in Eckert Seamans’ Southpointe office near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania was also named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.

The criteria reviewed for the award included noteworthy verdicts or settlements; creativity or innovation within the legal process; number of cases tried or transactions handled; years in practice; position within firm; professional activities; writings and lectures; community involvement and volunteer work; professional degrees or training; and academic background, including honors and clerkships. 

About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with ten offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals.  Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation law, bankruptcy and restructuring, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law.  Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, West Chester and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.

Attorneys
Binotto, Phillip J.
Southpointe, PA
Bixler, AlbertG.
Philadelphia, PA
Connolly, JosephJ.
Philadelphia, PA
Foxman, StephenM.
Philadelphia, PA
Hershey, Dale
Pittsburgh, PA
Kaplan, StuartR.
Pittsburgh, PA
McEwen, DennisR.
Pittsburgh, PA
McGinley, JohnR.
Pittsburgh, PA
Moraytis, LouisJ.
Pittsburgh, PA
O'Connor, EdwardG.
Pittsburgh, PA
Opalinski, ChristopherR.
Pittsburgh, PA
Ryan, TimothyP.
Pittsburgh, PA
Siegfried, WillisA.
Pittsburgh, PA
Silverman, ArnoldB.
Pittsburgh, PA
Sweeney, ThomasJ.
Pittsburgh, PA
Tungate, David E.
Pittsburgh, PA
Turner, Karen Lee ("Kitt")
Philadelphia, PA
Yenerall, PaulM.
Pittsburgh, PA



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