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June 8, 2007
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Eckert Seamans’ Meck Among Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
The national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC today
announced that member John F. (“Jack”) Meck was among
Pittsburgh’s top 50 attorneys named
by Pennsylvania Super
Lawyers 2007. The list is compiled by
Philadelphia magazine and
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. A total of 25 firm attorneys
were named as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers this year, an honor determined by
surveying over 36,000 Pennsylvania
attorneys as part of a peer selection process. The
Top 50 list includes the lawyers within the Pittsburgh
area who received the highest point totals in the
Pennsylvania Super
Lawyers 2007 balloting, research and blue ribbon review process.
“As one of our most dedicated members, Jack makes significant contributions
and sets high standards in the profession,” said Tim Ryan,
Eckert Seamans’ Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Meck is a member in the Estates & Trusts Group at Eckert
Seamans. He has a substantial practice in probate, trust and tax
litigation, and beneficiary representation, as well as a broad traditional
practice in the areas of trust and estate planning and administration (including
related personal income, death and corporate tax issues). Mr. Meck
regularly handles difficult estate administrations as well as complex and
emotional disputes in probate and trust litigation. Mr. Meck is listed in
the current and past editions of The Best Lawyer in
America®. He has been named one of the "Top 50 Super
Lawyers in Pittsburgh" and a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" since 2004,
representing the top five percent of all lawyers in the Commonwealth, as
selected by his peers statewide in a joint project of Law & Politics
magazine and Philadelphia magazine. A Fellow of the
American College
of Trust and Estate Counsel since 1991, Mr. Meck is
a member of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee. He also is the State Chair
for Pennsylvania. He is a
member of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory
Committee on Decedent’s Estates Law, a group of non-legislators drawn from the
bench and probate bar to draft and advise on legislation in the field. Mr.
Meck is a Past Chairman of the Probate and Trust section of the Allegheny County
Bar Association. He earned his bachelor’s degree from
Bucknell
University
and his law degree from the University of Virginia
School of Law.
About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with nine 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 & aerospace law, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.
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