David J. Mayernik
Member
Overview
Dave Mayernik focuses his practice on the firm’s Business and Government Affairs Practice, including corporate clients from a variety of industries, non-profits, municipalities, associations, and authorities. He takes a balanced, bipartisan, and broad approach to lobbying and government relations services providing legislative consulting services that include development, implementation and management of strategic relationships and issue advocacy. He is a member of a multidisciplinary team of lawyers and government affairs professionals who advise clients establishing and operating businesses involved in the financing and manufacturing.
Representative Matters
- Served as a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly for two decades.
- Former 10-term member of the Judiciary Committee.
- Formerly seated on the House Appropriations Committee.
- Served on 13 standing committees, serving as chairman of two.
- Boasts 11 prime sponsored bills and 21 amendments signed into law by four governors.
Professional Affiliations
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Allegheny County Executive Fitzgerald’s Intergovernmental Cooperation Vision Team
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Board of Visitors
- The Pennsylvania Society
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Board Member; Former Member Informational Technology Committee
- Greater Pittsburgh International Airport Authority (GPIA) Former Vice Chairperson; Operating and Facilities Committee, Former Chairperson
- University of Pittsburgh (PITT), Former Member of the Board of Trustees
- Marian Hall Home, Inc. (nonprofit), Former Member of the Board of Directors
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Former Board Member
Community Involvement
- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Adjunct Professor
- Allegheny County Police Academy, Former Instructor
News and Insights
Speaking Engagements
- “Budget and Building Construction Legislative Issues,” presentation to the Building Owners and Managers Association, February 2017.
- “Balancing Safety, Justice and Privacy: Body-Worn Cameras, Forensic Evidence and the Right to Know,” co-presenter for Duquesne University ‘s Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law program, January 2017.
- “Pennsylvania Constitutional Issues and the Legislative Process,” Eckert Seamans’ Continuing Legal Education Seminar, September 2015.
- “The Rules of the Game: Complying with State and Local Lobbyists Disclosure and Campaign Finance Law,” co-presenter, Eckert Seamans’ Continuing Legal Education Seminar, August 2010.