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Eckert Seamans Announces Attorney Promotions

The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC is very pleased to announce that attorneys Michael J. Herzog, Mark A. Johnston and Laura G. Stover were promoted to Members, effective April 4, 2008.

Michael Herzog, a Member in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, focuses his practice in the areas of tax and employee benefit counseling.  He has assisted clients in formations, acquisitions, distributions and business reorganizations involving corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.  Mr. Herzog has advised individuals, business owners and executives in various aspects of federal, state and local taxation including client representation before a variety of taxing jurisdictions.  He has also formed non-profit entities, assisted clients to remain compliant with tax-exempt laws and resolved tax controversies for non-profit entities.  Mr. Herzog’s employee benefits practice has a concentration on qualified pension, profit sharing and 401(k) savings plans in addition to counseling clients on tax issues relative to compensation.  Mr. Herzog is also a certified public accountant.  Mr. Herzog earned his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, cum laude, and his undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Mark Johnston, a Member in the firm’s Washington, DC office, focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, including products liability, construction and surety litigation, lead paint, trademark litigation, insurance coverage, employment discrimination, as well as commercial litigation including business torts and contract disputes.  He has represented clients in various state and Federal courts at the trial and appellate levels, and before state and federal administrative agencies.  Mr. Johnston’s experience includes representing commercial airlines in trademark litigation before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as well as commercial and employment litigation in Federal courts.  He has defended insurance companies in direct action suits in various jurisdictions throughout the country, and regularly advises insurance companies in trademark and coverage matters.  Mr. Johnston has also successfully defended elevator and escalator, automotive and heavy industrial equipment manufacturers in numerous products liability cases.  Mr. Johnston’s substantial commercial litigation experience has included representing various business entities including manufacturers, hotel management companies, a media brokerage firm and a national recruitment firm.  He has successfully litigated cases involving a wide spectrum of commercial claims including breach of contract, fraudulent conveyance, unfair business practices, tortious interference, and unlawful disclosure of trade secrets.  In addition, Mr. Johnston regularly counsels and advises businesses on labor and employment matters.  Mr. Johnston has also defended and counseled foreign governments in cases brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) in Federal court, and in appeals before the U.S. Courts of Appeals.  Mr. Johnston earned his law degree from the Tulane University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Lafayette College.  He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland. 

Laura Stover, a Member in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy.  Her practice involves commercial litigation in the aviation industry, insurance, bankruptcy and lender liability, as well as products liability, employment litigation, franchise and hospitality industry issues.  Ms. Stover has successfully represented clients in insurance coverage litigation, suits under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and in class actions against foreign airlines at both trial and appellate levels.  She is also a key member of the litigation team successfully defending insurers in “direct action” asbestos cases, where plaintiffs are attempting to impose new duties on insurers in jurisdictions across the country.  She also represents clients in alternative dispute resolution such as arbitrations and private and court directed mediation.  Ms. Stover earned her law degree from the George Washington University Law School and her undergraduate degree from University of South Carolina Honors College, cum laude.  She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

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.