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May 19, 2005
For more information contact:
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.
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| Binotto, Phillip J. Southpointe, PA |
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| Bixler, AlbertG. Philadelphia, PA |
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| Connolly, JosephJ. Philadelphia, PA |
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| Foxman, StephenM. Philadelphia, PA |
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| Hershey, Dale Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Kaplan, StuartR. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| McEwen, DennisR. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| McGinley, JohnR. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Moraytis, LouisJ. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| O'Connor, EdwardG. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Opalinski, ChristopherR. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Ryan, TimothyP. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Siegfried, WillisA. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Silverman, ArnoldB. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Sweeney, ThomasJ. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Tungate, David E. Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Turner, Karen Lee ("Kitt") Philadelphia, PA |
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| Yenerall, PaulM. Pittsburgh, PA |
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