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July 16, 2007
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Eckert Seamans Attorneys Named as Chair and Appointed to ACBA Construction Law Section
The national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC today
announced that attorney Scott D. Cessar has been named as Chair of the
Construction Law Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association and attorney
Audrey K. Kwak has been appointed as a Member of the Section for a
three-year term.
Scott D. Cessar serves as Member in Charge of the firm’s
Pittsburgh office and as Chair of
the firm’s Construction Law and Alternate Dispute Resolution Groups. His
practice covers a broad range of civil litigation with a primary focus on
construction law. Mr. Cessar has extensive trial and arbitration
experience representing clients before various state and federal courts,
arbitration panels and mediators. Mr. Cessar’s construction law practice
encompasses both public and private projects (commercial, heavy/highway,
industrial, institutional and residential). He has handled all types of
construction claims including delay, impact, loss of productivity, differing
site condition, defective work, extra cost and default; representing owners,
prime contractors, subcontractors, design professionals and sureties. He
also has a significant practice in the design and implementation of all types of
construction delivery systems, in the drafting and negotiation of complex
construction contracts and in advising on bond and lien issues. He was
named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Mr.
Cessar received his law degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a
member of its Moot Trial Team and the recipient of the Barrett Award for
excellence in trial advocacy. He received a bachelor's degree cum laude
from Dickinson
College, where he
majored in political science and history. Mr. Cessar is active in various
community and charitable groups, including serving as Chairperson of the Board
of Directors of the Lupus Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center. He also serves as a member of the Pine Township Zoning
Hearing Board.
Audrey K. Kwak is an Associate in the firm’s Construction Law
Group. Ms. Kwak concentrates her practice in the area of construction
litigation. Her experience extends from the preparation and execution of
mechanics’ liens to the feasibility of third-party actions in construction
disputes, in addition to the provision of extensive briefing and litigation
support. Ms. Kwak received her B.A. in Psychology from
Brown
University, with
honors, and her J.D. from Boston
College Law
School, and served as
judicial intern to Chief Judge Marvin Aspen of the Northern District of
Illinois. While at Boston College Law, she was published in the Boston
College Third World Law Journal, for which she also served as
Editor-in-Chief. She has provided aid on various pro bono projects offered
both through the firm and the Allegheny County Bar Association and currently
serves as co-chair of the Judiciary Committee of the Women’s Bar
Association.
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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