Representative Cases

Represented a small business and its owner who were denied an occupancy permit by local government officials; through litigation, we succeeded in obtaining the permit, and our client was able to open its doors for business as planned.

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Represented an employee who had been wrongfully terminated by his employer; through litigation, including an appeal to the PA Superior Court (907 A.2d 1147 (Pa. Super. 2006)) and arbitration, we succeeded in obtaining a substantial monetary recovery for our client.

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Represented a long-serving civil service employee who had been improperly passed over for a promotion; through litigation, including an appeal to the PA Commonwealth Court (961 A.2d 265 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2008)), our client got the promotion.

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Represented a manufacturing client who wanted to reopen and repurpose a long-dormant facility in the Pittsburgh area; through litigation, including an appeal to the PA Superior Court, we succeeded in getting court approval to move forward with the project.

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Represented a local company pursuing and defending competing claims for violating contractual non-compete clauses; through litigation, including in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California, we negotiated a successful settlement.

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Represented a property owner in an oil and gas ownership dispute; through litigation, including an appeal to the PA Superior Court, the court confirmed our client's ownership rights, including the right to receive royalty payments.

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Represented a landowner in a timber rights dispute involving thousands of acres in western Pennsylvania; we obtained a favorable partial summary judgment in our client's favor, and ultimately negotiated a favorable settlement on the eve of a jury trial.

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Represented a national bank and its lawyers in defense of claims brought by a disgruntled bank customer; through litigation, including an appeal to the PA Superior Court, we obtained the complete dismissal of all claims asserted against our clients.

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Represented a real estate brokerage and its agents in defense of claims arising from the sale of real estate, including claims of failing to disclose defects; through litigation, we obtained a complete pre-trial dismissal of all claims asserted against our clients.

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Represented a home seller in defense of claims arising from the sale of their home, including claims of failing to disclose defects; through litigation, we obtained a full defense verdict in our clients' favor after a non-jury trial.

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Represented a real estate developer and its owners in defending claims alleging breach of a multi-year lease to operate a lease in a multi-use building; we obtained a full defense verdict in our clients' favor after a non-jury trial.

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Represented a local dairy farm and its owners in a real estate dispute; we negotiated a favorable settlement in the middle of a non-jury trial.

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Represented a manufacturer client pursuing its former employee and a competitor for misappropriation of trade secrets in federal court; we negotiated a favorable settlement after uncovering the trade secrets had been misappropriated.

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Represented a national distributor of health supplements suing an international supplements retailer for breach of contract in federal court; we obtained partial summary judgment in our client's favor (421 F. Supp. 3d 78 (W.D. Pa. 2019)).

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Represented a local contractor and its owner in defense of claims arising from home construction; through litigation, including a 3-day non-jury trial and an appeal to the PA Superior Court (241 A.3d 1200 (Pa. Super. 2000)), a judge awarded the plaintiffs less than 1% of their last pre-trial demand.

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Represented a local car dealership in pursuing claims against its insurer and broker for insufficient coverage; through litigation in federal court, we negotiated a favorable settlement.

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Represented contractors and subcontractors in pursuing, and property owners in defending against, mechanics' lien claims in various states across the country.

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Represented a local small business and its owners in defending claims brought by a disgruntled former employee for workplace (national origin and religious) discrimination; we succeeded in obtaining the dismissal of all claims at the EEOC/PHRC level.

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Represented a local small business in defending claims brought by a discharged former employee for workplace (race, sex, and sexual orientation) discrimination; we succeeded in obtaining the dismissal of all claims at the EEOC/PHRC level.

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Represented a local business in defending claims brought by former employees for workplace (age, disability, race, and national origin) discrimination; through litigation, including EEOC/PHRC level and in federal court, negotiated favorable settlements.

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Prosecuted and defended dozens of private arbitration disputes before the American Arbitration Association and JAMS.

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