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Eckert Seamans and Attorneys Achieve Top Rankings in 2008 Chambers USA Guide

The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC today announced that seven of its lawyers have been ranked by their peers and clients as leaders in their respective fields, including Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Intellectual Property and Litigation, in the recently published Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 rankings guide.  In addition, the firm’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice was recognized for excellence, with clients noting the value the “accessible and timely attorneys” who “consistently produce great work” provided to them.

Chambers’ selection process is based on interviews with in-house law departments and with other attorneys around the country.  The rankings are based on qualities such as technical legal ability, professional conduct, commitment, client service and commercial awareness.  Copies of the guide are distributed nationally and internationally to help firms and clients to identify the best attorneys in their respective disciplines and markets.  Law firms, practice groups and individual lawyers are ranked by state, according to a tiered scale of one to six.

“We are very proud of our Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Intellectual Property groups and those members of our firm who were recognized by Chambers & Partners,” said Tim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of Eckert Seamans.  “Because these rankings include the opinions of in-house counsel, they show that our attorneys’ commitment to clients has been the key to our firm building its reputation for providing the highest levels of legal counsel and client service.”

Individual firm members who received high rankings from the guide include:

Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)

Gary D. Bressler

Barry D. Kleban

Gary M. Schildhorn

Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)

Roberta Jacobs-Meadway

Jay K. Meadway

Richard E. Peirce

Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)

Albert G. Bixler

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.