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June 25, 2007
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Eckert Seamans Attorney Named West Virginia Super Lawyer
The national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC today announced
that attorney Andrew G. Fusco has been named a West Virginia Super Lawyer
for 2007 by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine.
Selection for the honor is determined through the independent research of Law
& Politics magazine, and over 4,000 West Virginia attorneys were contacted
as part of a peer selection process. According to Law & Politics, the
organization which publishes Virginia Super Lawyers magazine, only five
percent of Virginia and West Virginia attorneys are included in the “Super
Lawyers” directory.
Andrew G. Fusco is a member in Eckert Seamans’ Litigation
Division and Business Division. Mr. Fusco practices in the areas of
general and complex litigation and corporate transactional and governance
matters. His litigation experience includes product liability, antitrust
and unfair competition, medical malpractice, employment discrimination,
intellectual property infringement, RICO, contract disputes and white-collar
criminal defense. Mr. Fusco’s transactional experience includes mergers
and acquisitions, financing, joint ventures, research and development ventures
and product and technology licensing in the U.S. and abroad, including the
European Union, the former Soviet bloc nations and the Pacific Rim. He has
represented clients in transactions or litigation in 22 states and 13 foreign
countries. He actively represents a number of “high-tech” clients in
intellectual property and other matters. Among his practice specialties
are antitrust, unfair competition, health care, RICO, infringement, complex
litigation, mergers and acquisitions, food and drug law, product and technology
licensing, and media and First Amendment law. Mr. Fusco is a 1970 graduate
of West Virginia University with a BSBA in Finance, and a 1973 graduate of the
WVU Law Center with a JD. Mr. Fusco is admitted to practice in West
Virginia and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Ninth and Federal
Circuits; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of West
Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; and the U.S.
Supreme Court. Mr. Fusco holds an AV®rating from
Martindale-Hubbell.
The basis for selection to the list included noteworthy verdicts or
settlements; creativity or innovation within the legal process; the number of
cases tried or transactions handled; years in practice; position within the
firm; professional activities; writings and lectures; community involvement and
volunteer work; professional degrees or training; and academic and employment
background, including honors and clerkships.
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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