Eckert Seamans Advances Leadership Team Term, Announces Board of Directors Additions
April 14, 2025
The Board of Directors of national law firm Eckert Seamans has reappointed all seven members of its Executive Committee for the 2025-2026 term, including Chief Executive Officer Scott D. Cessar and Executive Committee Chair Mark L. Reardon.
Member Dorothy A. Davis has been reappointed as Chair of the firm’s Board of Directors, Member Christopher R. Opalinski as the firm’s Litigation Division Chair, and Member Grant E. Coffield as Business Division Chair.
“Our leadership team is made up of a group of dedicated and collaborative attorneys who are excited to continue the forward momentum of the firm,” said Cessar. “Our goals for the coming year range from strategic firm growth, to innovating client services, and beyond.”
Eckert Seamans’ Executive Committee is responsible for the firm’s strategy, development of the firm’s competitive position, relationships with clients, business planning, and financial management. The full Executive Committee for the 2025-2026 term includes:
- Scott D. Cessar (Pittsburgh) Chief Executive Officer
- Mark L. Reardon (Wilmington) Chair, Executive Committee
- Ryan J. Cassidy (Philadelphia)
- Grant E. Coffield (Pittsburgh)
- Michael P. Flammia (Boston)
- Clare M. Gallagher (Pittsburgh)
- Gregory A. Weingart (Pittsburgh)
Additionally, Eckert Seamans Members Colleen D. Shields and Michael J. O’Brien were voted to join the open seats on the firm’s Board of Directors through the 2027 and 2028 terms, respectively. The full Board of Directors consists of 24 members from across the firm’s practice areas and geographic locations and is led by Davis.
Shields also serves as Member-In-Charge of the firm’s Wilmington office, where she focuses her practice on defending high-exposure, complex cases in the areas of professional negligence, products liability, premises liability, sexual abuse, and general commercial liability. She has represented physicians and individual health care providers in nearly every medical specialty and has tried numerous medical malpractice cases successfully to defense verdict.
O’Brien is based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, business, nonprofit, and administrative law. He represents clients on a broad range of civil litigation matters, including breaches of contract, non-compete agreements, civil fraud cases, real estate, construction and environmental actions, and other civil disputes.