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| | Address | 810 Penn Avenue
Fifth Floor | | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3614 | | (Allegheny Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Abes Baumann,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability, Veterans' Benefits, Negligence. | | Year Established: 1981 | Firm Profile:
The firm was established in 1981. We concentrate our practice in representing claimants only in Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability, Veterans' Benefits and Negligence matters throughout Western Pennsylvania. Our attorneys are in the forefront of developing case law and legislation. They often participate as seminar course planners on behalf of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and other respected organizations. Likewise, they hold leadership positions in various sections of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and local and/or state bar associations. | | Firm Size: 7 | | Edward Jaffee Abes (Member) born Butler, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1965); Duquesne University (J.D., 1969). President, Student Bar Association, 1968-1969. Special Assistant Attorney General, State Workers' Insurance Fund, 1972-1978. Member, Workers' Compensation Panel: National Football League Players Association, 1980—; Professional Hockey League Players Association, 1999—; National Hockey League Players Association, 2003—. Named: Pennsylvania SuperLawyer for 2005 and 2006; Top 50 Lawyers in Pittsburgh (2005). Member: Allegheny County (Member: Fee Dispute Committee, 1983—; Workers' Compensation Section; Loans and Scholarship Committee, 1980—) and Pennsylvania (Chair, 2001-2002, Workers' Compensation Section; Member, Sports and Entertainment Law Committee) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Past Co-Chair, Workers' Compensation Section); American Civil Liberties Union (President, Pittsburgh Chapter, 2000-2005). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Edward Jaffee Abes | | Thomas C. Baumann (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1976); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1979). Pi Gamma Mu. Law Clerk to the Hon. H. Clifton McWilliam, Jr., President Judge, Cambria County Court of Common Pleas, 1981. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2006; Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2005-2006. Member: Allegheny County (Treasurer, 1991, Secretary, 1992, Vice Chair, 1993 and Chair, 1994, Workers' Compensation Section) and Pennsylvania (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Chair, Workers' Compensation Section, 1998; Member, Board of Governors, 1995-2004; Vice Chair, 2002-2004, and Chair, 2004-2006, Amicus Committee); Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1997-1998). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Thomas C. Baumann | | —————————— | | Susan Paczak (Associate) born Sewickley, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims ; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A.S.W., magna cum laude, 1980); Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, 1987-1989 and Associate Recent Decisions Editor, 1988-1989, Duquesne Law Review. Member: Allegheny County (Member: Social Security Practitioners Committee; Workers' Compensation Section; Council Member, 1993-2001; Military and Veterans Affairs Committee) and Pennsylvania (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) Bar Associations; National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives; Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania; National Organization of Veteran's Advocates. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Social Security Disability; Veterans Benefits. Email: Susan Paczak | | James R. Burn, Jr. (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Duquesne University (B.A., 1985); University of Dayton (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1987-1988). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Advanced Criminal Law, 1987. President, 1987-1988 and Vice-President, 1987, Student Bar Association. Mayor, Borough of Millvale, 1994-2005. Member, Allegheny County Council, 2006—, Chair: Allegheny County Democratic Committee, 2006. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Council Member, Workers' Compensation Section, 1998-2000); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Social Security Disability. Email: James R. Burn, Jr. | | Douglas A. Williams (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania. Education: Grove City College (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Duquesne University (J.D., 1996). Pi Gamma Mu; Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law, 1994. Pennsylvania Rising Star from Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2006. Member: Allegheny County (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) and Pennsylvania (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Social Security. Email: Douglas A. Williams | | Sandra Weigel Kokal (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1983); Duquesne University (J.D., 1991). Member: Allegheny County (Member, Workers' Compensation Section), Pennsylvania (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) Bar Associations; Womens Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Social Security. Email: Sandra Weigel Kokal | | OF COUNSEL | | Roger D. Horgan (Of Counsel) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Law Clerk to the Honorable Nathan Staller and James O'Neill, Superior Court of New Jersey, Trial Division, 1980. Allocatur Clerk, Chief Justice Stephen Zappala, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1988-2002. Past Solicitor for Ancient Order of Hibernian, Allegheny County Board. President, Board of Commissioners, Collier Township. Past Member, Zoning Board, Collier Township. Listed, National Register's Who's Who 2001-2002. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers' Association; Million Dollars Advocate Forum. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Probate; Civil Litigation. Email: Roger D. Horgan |
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