Languages

• German
• Polish
• Romanian
• Spanish

Areas of Practice

• Airlines & Aviation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Appellate Advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court
• Appellate Litigation in Other Federal & State Courts
• Automotive
• Banking & Finance
• Business Transactions/Health Care
• Buyouts
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Climate Change
• Collective Bargaining, Contract Enforcement & Union Organizing
• Commercial Disputes
• Construction
• Construction Litigation
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Coordination of Product Liability Litigation
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• e-Discovery
• Energy
• Energy Transactions
• Energy/Utilities
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Financial Services
• Fund Formation
• Government Regulation
• Health Care
• Hospitality
• Insurance
• Insurance Coverage
• Insurance Liability & Recovery
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Issues & Appeals
• ITC Section 337
• Labor & Employment
• Labor & Employment Health Care Law
• Labor & Employment/Health Care
• Lending
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Metals & Mining
• NLRB Proceedings & Appeals
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Counseling & Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati
• Pharmaceuticals
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity/Tax
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Product Response Team
• Real Estate
• Tax
• Tax Audits & Controversies
• Toxic Tort Exposure Litigation (Chemical, Environmental, and Occupational)
• Trial Litigation in Federal & State Courts
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Wealth Management

Published Works

• Learning "Plane" English Can Help Lawyers in Aviation Litigation, Pittsburgh Business Times, 2006

Representative Cases

• Andrako v. U. S. Steel Corporation, Case No. 07-CV-1629 (W.D. Penn.) , (2009)
• Baum v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 3:07-CV-0090 (W.D. Pa. 2009)
• Ehrheart v. Verizon Wireless, No. 07-01165 (W.D. Pa. 2007-08) , (2008)
• Sandifer et al. v. United States Steel Corporation, Case No. 2:07-CV-00443-RLM-PRC (N.D. Ind.) , (2009)
• Schaefer et al. v. General Electric Company, et al., Case No. 3:-07-CV-0858 (PCD), U.S. District Court for District of Connecticut , (2009)
• United States International Trade Commission Investigation No. 337-TA-640 , (2008)
• The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. v. Retail Drywall & Carpentry, Inc.
• Highlands Condominium Association v. Kettler Forlines, et al., No. 586 Civil 1993, in the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Adams v. Avondale, 905 F. 2d 943 (6th Cir. 1990)
• Albright et al. v. CTS Reeves Frequency and CTS Corporation, CV 02-0262 (M.D. Pa 2002)
• Alderwoods (New York) Inc., d.b.a. Vernon C. Wagner Funeral Home, NLRB Case No. 29-RD-1032 (2004)
• Alderwoods (New York) Inc., d.b.a. Yablokoff-Kingsway Memorial Chapel, Case No. 29-RC-9824 (NLRB 2002)
• Almasri v. Engineering-Science, Inc., No. GD-93-17954 (Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
• Amato v. UPMC et. al., No. GD 05-015753 (Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
• American Longwall Face Conveyors, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (G.D. No. 01-2205 Allegheny County Common Pleas Court)
• American Management Systems v. National Union Ins. Co.
• American Sterilizer Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., No. 00-41E (W.D. Pa. 2003)
• AMP, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America, et al., Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Anne Shafnisky v. Bell Atlantic, CV 01-3044 (E.D. Pa., 2002)
• Arizona Chemical Company v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. (N.D. Fla.)
• Aronson v. GreenMountain.com
• Aubrey v. Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al. (NASD Arbitration/W.D. Pa.)
• Baker Environmental, Inc. v. LTV Steel (U.S D.Ct., W.D.Pa.)
• Balsbaugh v. Department of General Services, No. 332 MD 2002, in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (published opinion at 815 A.2d 36 (Commw. Ct. 2003))
• Beazer East, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America, et al.
• Beazer East, Inc. v. Zurich Ins., et al.
• Bee v. Parker Hannifin Corp., (LA Cty. Superior Court); In re Air Crash Disaster Near Palembang, Indonesia on December 19, 1997, (W.D. Wash.; N.D. Ohio)
• Bell v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., 236 F. Supp. 2d 882 (N.D. Ill. 2001)
• Beres v. Diocese of Erie, (Erie Cty., Pa. Ct. Common Pleas)
• Bernard L. Haertjens v. CBS Corporation and Westinghouse Pension Plan, 00-CV-1690 (W.D. Pa. 2001)
• Bongiorno v. SSB Machinenbaum (W.D. Pa. 2006)
• Bourbonnais, Illinois Train Accident Litigation
• Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC v. Sompo Japan Ins. Co. of Am., C.A.No. 3-02-1117 (M.D. Tenn. 2002)
• Brush Wellman Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London
• Cairns v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., 802 F. Supp. 152 (N.D. Ohio. 1992), aff'd mem., 62 F.3d 1417 (6th Cir. 1993)
• Carnahan v. Parker Hannifin Corp., (Jackson Cty., Mo. Circuit Court)
• Carole A. Kennedy v. National City Bank of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 03-1977 (W.D. Pa. 2003).
• Carr Real Estate Services, Inc. v. SEIU, No. 5-CA-26567 (D.C. Super. Ct. 1997)
• CBS Corp. v. Ryder, 736 A.2d 677 (Pa. Super. Ct.)
• CBS Corporation v. Ryder, No. GD 98-650 (Allegheny County Ct. Com. Pl. 2000)
• Century Aluminum Corporation of West Virginia and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC
• Century Chevrolet Inc., et al. v. General Motors Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 92-1182-CIV-ORL-18 (M.D. Fla.)
• Charlina Williams v. R.H. Donnelley, No. 01-CIV-0107 (S.D.N.Y. 2002), affirmed, 368 F.3d 123 (2d Cir 2004)
• Charlotte Krall v. National City Bank of Pennsylvania, No. 248 WDA 2002 (Pa. Superior Ct.)
• City of Milwaukee v. NL Industries and Mautz Paint Company, No. 01-CV-3066 (Milwaukee County Circuit Court)
• City of Philadelphia v. Lead Industries Association, Inc., 994 F.2d 112 (3d. Cir. 1993)
• Clarke v. UPMC, No G.D. 04-17955 (Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
• Continental Airlines, Inc. v. J.A. Jones Construction Co. (D.N.J.)
• Cooper Indus., Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., No. H-91-3158 (S.D. Texas)
• Coppersmith v. Leonard S. Fiore, Inc., No. 55-110-0121-91, in the American Arbitration Association
• Creditors Committee of Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation v. Sherif S. Abdelhak, et al. (W.D. Pa.); Creditors Committee of Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (W.D. Pa.)
• Crown Cork & Steel Company, Inc. v. United Steelworkers of America Int'l Union, Case No. 1:03-CV-3882(N.D. Ill.), Crown v. Int'l Association of Machinists, Case No. 8:03-CV-222(D. Neb.)Lawhorn v. Crown, Case No. 1:03CV-461(S.D. Ohio)
• CWA v. Verizon New York Inc., et al., No. 02-CV-9850 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
• Dallas Corporation "Jifflox" Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 744 (U.S.D.C., S.D. Ohio)
• Daniel Boone Area School District v. Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., No. 01-74J, 187 F. Supp. 23d 400 (W.D. Pa. Feb. 5, 2002)
• Daniel S. Chamberlin v. Keystone Thermometrics, CA No. 04-45 (Erie) (W.D. Pa. 2004)
• Daramola v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 877 F. Supp. 1418 (W.D. Pa.)
• David M. Gillott v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., No. 98-419 (W.D. Pa. 1999) affirmed, No. 99-3936 (slip op.), 29 F.3d 1138 (table) (3d Cir. July 11, 2000)
• Dorothy McGowen v. The Charter Company Retirement Plan and CBS Corporation, Case No. 9:06-CV-00279-RHC (E.D. Texas)
• Dynamic Building Corp. v. Monroeville Hotel Associates, No. GD 96-16857, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Online Wireless, Inc. et al., No. 2:08-cv-041-TJW (E.D. Tex. 2007)
• Employers Ins. of Wausau v. McGraw-Edison Company, Civil Case No. 91MR0256, Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois
• Estate of Donald Egan, Sr. v. Westinghouse Pension Plan, CBS Corp., Viacom Inc., Westinghouse Benefits Access Center and Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., CA No. 3:03-CV-0035 RLY - WGH (S.D. Ind. 2003)
• Federal Ins. Co. v. Defond Mfg. Co., (Am. Arbitration Association)
• First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Altoona v. Disaster Specialists
• First Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.
• FMC Corp., et al. v. Vendo Co., et al. (E.D. Cal.)
• Frances Caracciolo v. Bell Atlantic — Pennsylvania, Inc., Case No. 00-272-J (W.D. Pa. 2003), No. 03-4472 (3d Cir. 2004)
• Fried v. Thomson Consumer Electronics, Civil Action No. 3:CV-96-721 (M.D. Pa. 1999)
• Gary G. Stauffer v. Bell Atlantic — Pennsylvania, Inc. and Steve Moore, Case No. 01-CV-2892 (E.D. Pa. 2002), affirmed, No. 02-1598 (3d Cir. 2003)
• Gateway Development Co. v. Ryder Systems Inc., (Erie Cty., NY Ct. Common Pleas)
• General Motors v. UAW, C.A. No. 98-40246 (E.D. Mich. 1998)
• General Motors v. UAW, Proceeding before Umpire Roberts
• Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2006)
• Grim v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., et al.
• Gritzer, et al. v. CBS, Inc. and Westinghouse Pension Plan, No. 98-2080 (W.D. Pa. 2001), affirmed, 275 F.3d 291 (3d Cir. 2002)
• Hamley v. Parker Hannifin Corp., (W.D. Pa.)
• Harry Bellas v. CBS, Inc. and Westinghouse Pension Plan, CA No. 98-1455 (W.D. Pa. 2000)
• Haskell Williamson, et al. v. United Auto Group, et al., (Tulas Cty., Okla)
• Hazleton Fuel Management Co. v. UGI Corp., (M.D. Pa.)
• In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness Tires Products Liability Litigation, 288 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 123 S. Ct. 870 (2003)
• In re Client C
• In re Client K.K., Nos. 1304 WDA 2007, 1376 WDA 2007 and 1377 WDA 2007 (Pa. Super. Ct.)
• In re Farone
• In re McNeil-PPC, Inc.
• In re Mid-Valley, Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
• In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Product Liability Litigation
• In re PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer L.P. (M.D. La.)
• In re Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Case No. 08-0403
• In re: Lead Paint Litigation, 2002 WL 31474528 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div.)
• In re: LTV Steel Company, Inc., Case No. 00-43866 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2001)
• In re: Kaiser Aluminum Corp, Case No. 02-10429(JKF) (Bankr. D. Del.)
• In re: Philadelphia Silica Product Liability Litigation, March Term 2003 No. 0001
• In re: Swissair Flight 111, (W.D. Pa.)
• In the Matter of Certain Laser Bar Code Scanners and Scan Engines, Components Thereof and Products Containing Same 337-TA-551 (U.S. International Trade Commission)
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132, Health and Welfare Fund v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. (S.D. W.Va.)
• Ishmon/Addison v. Greenville Paint & Glass, et al.
• John M. Barrett, et. al. v. Viacom, Inc., Successor by Merger to CBS Corporation, f.k.a. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, No. 04-0608 (W.D. Pa. 2004)
• Joseph E. Hrason v. CBS Inc., f.k.a. Westinghouse, Inc., No. 03-0187 (W.D. Pa. 2003), Interlocutory Appeal Denied, Case No 04-8004 (3d Cir. 2004)
• Joy Technologies, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 187 W. Va. 742, 421 S.E.2d 493
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp and United Steelworkers of America, Case No. 32-CA-17041 (NLRB)
• Kaufmann's Carousel, Inc. v. The City of Syracuse Development Agency, No. 06-1159 (U.S. 2007)
• Koppers Co., et al. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., et al., 40 F.3d 1240 (3d Cir. 1994)
• Koppers Co., et al. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., et al., 98 F.3d 1440 (3d Cir. 1996)
• Lamson & Sessions, Co. v. IPEX, Inc., 05-cv-1184 (W. D. Pa.)
• Leonard S. Fiore, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of General Services in the Pennsylvania Board of Claims
• Lincoln Electric Co. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 1998 WL 261131 (N.D. Ohio), aff'd and rev'd 210 F.3d 672 (6th Cir.)
• Linda Agrue, et al. v. Schlumberger Resource Management Services, Inc., CA No. 00-7 (E.D. Ky. 2001)
• Linda Albano v. Verizon Communications Inc., Case No. 003355 (Philadelphia County Ct. Com. Pl. 2001)
• Lori James v. United Auto Group, et al., (Shelby Cty., Tenn. Chancery Ct.)
• Loy v. Mentor
• LTV Steel Company, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection, et al.
• Madl v. Walsh, et al.
• Margaret Bond, et al. v. National City Bank of Pennsylvania, Case No. 05-681 (W.D. PA., 5/17/05)
• Margaret Zielinski v. United Auto Group, et al., (Hudson Cty., NJ)
• Maryann Law v. Verizon Services Corp., Case No. 01-4656 (E.D. Pa. 2003)
• McCay, et al. v. Siemens Corporation, Siemens Westinghouse Retirement Plan for Union Employees, CBS Corporation and Westinghouse Pension Plan, C.A. CV-01-0230 (N.D. AL.)
• McGraw-Edison Company v. Employers Insurance of Wausau (DuPage Cty., Ill. Circuit Court, 18th District)
• Moorhead v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., No. 94-1683 (W.D. Pa. 1997), affirmed, No. 97-3315 (Third Circuit 1998)
• Mueller v. CBS, No. 99-1310 (W.D. Penn. Dec. 9, 2002)
• Mueller, et al. v. CBS Corporation, No. 99-1310 (W.D. Pa. 2003)
• Muller, et al. v. CBS Corporation, 200 F.R.D. 227 (W.D. Pa. 2000)
• Netzsch, Inc. v. Weir Group, et al.
• Nick J. D'Amico, Cliff Hollihan, Joseph G. Muto and Kevin Beam v. CBS, Inc., f.k.a. Westinghouse, Inc., CA No. 00-2495 (W.D. Pa. 2001), affirmed 297 F.3d 287 (3d Cir. 2002)
• Oas Partnership v. School District of the City of Erie, (W.D. Pa.)
• Occidental Chemical Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (New York State Court, Niagara Falls)
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of AHERF v. Abdelhak, et al.
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of AHERF v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation v. PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Orland Briscoe v. Kenneth Klaus, et al. (No. 04-4162) (3d Cir. Aug. 6, 2008) , (2008)
• Paciello v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., (Phil. Cty., Pa. Common Pleas Ct.)
• Penn Fuel Gas, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, et al. (Chester Cty., Pa., Common Pleas Ct.)
• PepsiCo v. Winterthur International America Ins. Co.
• Phillips v. Pa. Glass Sand Corp., 665 A.2d 1167 (Pa. 1995)
• Phillips v. Westinghouse Elec. Co.
• Phillips v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., No: 95-1893 (W.D. Pa. 1997), aff'd mem., No. 98-3048 (3d Cir. July 10, 1998)
• Pieseski v. Northrop Grumman Corp. v. Viacom, Inc., Case No. 01-0993 (W.D. Pa.)
• Pollard, et al. v. The Sherwin-Williams Company, et al.
• Potomac Edison Co., et al. v. Harris Corp., et al., (W.D. Pa.)
• Pribanic v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., No. 97-0273 (W.D. Pa. 1998)
• Prise v. Alderwoods Group, Inc., C.A. 2:06-cv-01470-JFC (W.D. Pa.)
• Purcell v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al., CA No. 00-181J(W.D. Pa.) , (2007)
• Receivable Management Services, Inc. v. Tow Path Business Park Development Company, et al (Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
• Resource Fuels, LLC v. Southern Company Energy Marketing, LP, NO. 2:99-0493 (S.D.W.Va.)
• Ribich, et al. v. Eckerd Corporation, No. GD 00-10050 (Pa. C.P. Ct., Allegheny Cty.)
• Ross Niemoeller, et al. v. Coronet Phosphate Company, et al. and Shannon Franco, et al. v. Coronet Industries, Inc., et al.
• Russell v. NL, et al.
• Sandy Bussard, et al. v. Temple Inland, Inc. (W.D. Pa., Kane Cty, Pa. Court of Common Pleas)
• Santiago v. Sherwin-Williams Company, 782 F. Supp. 186 and 794 F. Supp. 29 (D. Mass. 1992), affd, 3 F.3d 546 (1st Cir. 1993)
• Sapia v. Leonard S. Fiore, Inc., No. 55-110-0005-92, in the American Arbitration Association.
• Scharffenberger v. Continental Casualty Co., et al.
• Shaver v. Corry Hiebert Corp., 936 F. Supp. 313 (W.D. Pa.)
• Sherill, et al v. Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
• Sieber v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., No. 94-2188 (W.D. Pa. 1997)
• Skipworth v. Lead Industries Association, Inc., 690 A.2d 169 (Pa. 1997)
• Specialty Tires of America v. CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.
• Specialty Tires of America v. CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc., 82 F. Supp. 2d 434 (W.D. Pa.), aff'd, slip op. (3d Cir.)
• State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, et al.
• State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, Inc., et al.
• STERIS Corporation v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.
• Stevenson v. Carroll, 495 F.3d 62 (3d Cir. 2007), cert. denied 2008 U.S. Lexis 1250
• Stiles, et al. v. Allegheny General Hospital, et al.
• Stitt v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., (W.D. Pa.)
• Summit Management Company v. Tow Path Business Park Development Company, et al (Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
• Tetrick v. The Loewen Group, Inc., et al.
• The City of Chicago v. American Cyanamid Co., 2005 WL 816209, 355 Ill. App. 3d 209, 823 N.E. 2d 126 (2005)
• The Detroit Free Press, Inc. and The Newspaper Guild of Detroit Local 22, et al., NLRB Case No. 7-CA-41284; Schaub v. Detroit Newspaper Agency, 984 F. Supp. 1048 (E.D. Mich. 1997), affirmed mem., 145 F.3d 1333 (6th Cir. 1998)
• The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. v. H. Platt Company, No. 55 110 0003699, in the American Arbitration Association
• The Sherwin-Williams Co. v. City of Columbus, 2007 WL 2079774 (S.D. Ohio) , (2008)
• The Sherwin-Williams Company v. City of Columbus, et al., C.A. 2:06cv829 (S.D. Ohio)
• The Sherwin-Williams Company v. Holmes County, 343 F.3d 383 (5th Cir. 2003)
• Thorobred Technology & Telecommunications, Inc. v. WilTel Communications, LLC
• Tire Product Liability Litigation
• Tobie Bickle v. William Seiberling and CitiFinancial, No. 4:02 CV 0031 (M.D. Pa. 2003), affirmed, No. 03-1798 (3d Cir. 2004)
• Travelers Insurance Company v. Zurn Industries, Inc., No. 98-110E (W.D. Pa.)
• Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Cement & Gypsum Corp.
• U.S. Airways, Inc. v. Parker Hannifin Corp., (W.D. Pa.)
• United Clinical Laboratories, Inc. v. Hamilton Health Center, et al, No. GD98-6849 (Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
• United States v. Albinson, 356 F.3d 278
• United States v. Exeter Properties, Inc., et al. (E.D. Va.)
• United States v. Industrial Excess Landfill, Inc. (N.D. Ohio)
• United States v. LTV Steel Co. Inc. (W.D. Pa.)
• United States v. Marvin Pesses, et al. (W.D. Pa.)
• United States v. Pesses, et al. (W.D. Pa.)
• Verizon New Jersey Inc. v. IBEW Local 827, Civ. Action No. 02-3851 (D.N.J., 2002)
• Weaver v. Westinghouse Electric Company, No. 98-919 (W.D. Pa. 1998)
• Weishorn v. Miles Inc., (Alleg. Cty., Pa. Common Pleas Ct.)
• West v. Allegheny Railroad, et al (Court of Common Pleas, Warren County, Pennsylvania)
• Westinghouse Government Services Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, No. GD 99-20635 (Allegheny County Ct. Com. Pl. 2000)
• Wolf v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., No. 96-864 (W.D. Pa. 1997)
• Yates v. Painter et al., No. 06-3302 (3d Cir.) , (2009)
• Zymboly v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, No. 98-1010 (W.D. Pa., 2000), affirmed, No. 00-3441 (3d Cir. 2001).
• Acquisition of ABT Building Products Corporation by tender offer and merger
• Acquisition of Bethlehem Steel and Weirton Steel
• Acquisition of ConAgra Trade
• Acquisition of Excell Materials
• Acquisition of Ferroalloys Business From Elkem Metals
• Acquisition of HR Textron , (2009)
• Acquisition of Sales and Service Facilities from Fruehauf Trailer Corporation
• Acquisition of Sandvik Sorting Systems
• Acquisition of Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company
• Advice and referral – Protection From Abuse proceedings
• AHERF Creditors Committee Litigation, (W.D. Pa. Bankr.)
• Air Emission Permit Application
• American Arbitration Association Case Concerning Employer’s Ability to Set Lunch Schedule
• American Arbitration Association case involving a Company's Installation and Use of a Global Positioning System on its Trucks
• American Sterilizer Company Product Liability Cases
• Arbitration of Tax-Loss Claim Against Insurance Provider
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout , (2009)
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representation
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations , (2006)
• Citidal Broadcasting Company v. Talleyrand Broadcasting, Inc.
• Collective Bargaining and Related Labor Relations Across 14 States
• Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Strike Activity
• Construction contracts
• Construction contracts
• Construction contracts
• Construction contracts
• Construction contracts
• Continental Tire North America, Inc. and the United Steelworkers of America, Case No. 11-CA-21110, 11-CA-21183, 11-CA-21251 & 11-CA-21374 (NLRB)
• Document Retention Policies & Electronic Records Counseling
• Enforcement of Environmental Indemnification Provision in Asset Purchase Agreement
• Environmental Aspects of Corporate Transactions
• Environmental Enforcement Defense
• Environmental Insurance Claims Litigation
• Environmental Regulatory Counseling
• Environmental Regulatory Counseling
• ERISA and State Law Claims Filed by Former In-House Counsel
• Global Warming (S.D. N.Y.)
• Ground Water Contamination Matter
• Human Papilloma Virus (Pap Smear) Litigation
• In re Client R , (2008)
• Insurance Coverage Involving Pepsi Product Loss Due to Bad Ingredients from a Supplier
• Interest Arbitration
• International Trademark Portfolio
• Labor Arbitrations Involving the IBEW and CWA
• Labor Negotiations
• Labor Negotiations for the Grand Forks Herald
• Late Fee Litigation
• Lead Paint Litigation
• Lead Paint Litigation
• Lead Pigment and Lead Paint Litigation
• Litigation
• Management of Superfund Sites Portfolio
• Management of Superfund Sites Portfolio
• Merger with F.N.B. Corporation
• Negotiation of Nutrient Credit Trade Transaction
• NPDES Renewal Matter
• nvizn Investment , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin Vacuum Pump Cases
• Parker Hannifin Vacuum Pump Cases
• Patent Infringement Litigation, 06-cv-1202, 07-cv-0326, 07-cv-1683 (W. D. Pa.)
• Philadelphia Silicosis Litigation, (Phil. Cty., Pa. Common Pleas Ct.)
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Product Liability Actions
• Product Liability Litigation Involving Tires
• Rail Transportation Agreement
• Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County , (2008)
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of Contaminated Production Facilities
• Sale of Engine Products Group
• Sale of Monofrax
• SEC and criminal cases
• Self-Audit Civil Penalty Waiver
• Silicosis Litigation
• Strategic Planning for the Disposition of Environmental Liabilities
• Superfund Site
• Toy recalls
• Transfer of Responsibility for Postmining Discharges
• Union Unfair Labor Practice for Disciplining Acting Supervision
• Water Compliance Counseling

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