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| | Address | | Koppers Building, 30th Floor, 436 Seventh Avenue | | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 | | (Allegheny Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 412-227-3100 | | Fax: 412-227-3130 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dkykb.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| DeForest Koscelnik
Yokitis Kaplan & Berardinelli practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Employment and Labor Law, Technology Law, White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Firm Size: 7 | Representative Clients:
Carnegie Mellon University; Teledyne Technologies Incorporated; Cox Broadcasting; Mellon Financial Corporation; Clear Channel Communications; Case Western Reserve University; NOVA Chemical Corporation; Ohio Valley Medical Center; Carnegie Learning, Inc.; Boston College.; Harvard University; Leybold Vacuum USA, Inc.; Frank Bryan, Inc.; Rox Trucking, Inc.; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; The Boeing Company; Chevron Chemical Company; The Kronos Group, Inc.; Minnotte Contracting Corporation. | | PARTNERS | | Walter P. DeForest, III (Partner) born Fort Sill, Oklahoma, December 4, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania; 1997, West Virginia; 2001, Ohio. Education: University of Pittsburgh (A.B., 1966); Harvard University (J.D., 1969). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Technology Law; Education Law; Media Law; First Amendment Law. Email: Walter P. DeForest, III | | Jacqueline A. Koscelnik (Partner) born Altoona, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1997, West Virginia. Education: Allegheny College (B.S., 1983); University of Rochester (B.S.N., 1983); Duquesne University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Education Law; Media Law; First Amendment Law. Email: Jacqueline A. Koscelnik | | George E. Yokitis (Partner) born Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.S., magna cum laude, 1974); Temple Univ. (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Co-Author: "The Environmental Dispute Handbook: Liability and Claims," John Wiley, 1991. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Media Law; First Amendment. Email: George E. Yokitis | | Gary L. Kaplan (Partner) born New York, N.Y., September 12, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, California; 1985, District of Columbia; 1995, Pennsylvania. Education: Yale University (B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, 1980); University of Chicago (J.D., 1983). Contributing Author, Proving Antitrust Damages: Legal and Economic Issues, American Bar Association, 1996. Author: "The Emerging Law of Information Technology: Acquisition, Implementation, Dispute Resolution," Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, April 4, 2000; "Podium: Why Microsoft Is Willing To Stall," The National Law Journal, September 2000; "Privacy, Property, Confusion, and Waste, Consumer Financial Privacy," LRP Publications, January 18, 2001; "Privacy Compliance Symposium—State, National and International Requirements," Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, April 2001; "E Health and IT Update," 2004 Health Law and Compliance Update, Aspen Publishers 2004. Director, Trade Remedy Assistance Office, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1989-1991. Investigative Attorney, U.S. International Trade Commission, 1985-1986. Member, Legal Expert Network, Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society (InSITcS), Carnegie Mellon University. Member: Allegheny County and American Bar Associations. Commercial Arbitration Panel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Technology Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Litigation; Internet Law; Health Care; Education Law. Email: Gary L. Kaplan | | David J. Berardinelli (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania; 2007, West Virginia; 2008, Ohio. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Member, AUSA, Southern District of New York, 2000-2005. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Labor and Employment; Corporate Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: David J. Berardinelli | | ASSOCIATE | | David H. Cook (Associate) born Butler, Pennsylvania, 1966; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1989); Boston College (M.A., 1995); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Author: "The Emergence of Delaware's Duty of Good Faith: In re Emerging Communications, Inc.," 43 Duquesne Law Review. 91-111, Fall 2004; "The Hearsay Exception for Declarations Against Penal Interest is not Firmly Rooted in Pennsylvania Law: Commonwealth v. Robbins," 42 Duquesne Law Review, 589-623, Spring 2004. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; Allegheny County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Litigation. | | COUNSEL | | Patricia J. Marley (Counsel) born McKeesport, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1976); Duquesne University (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Health Care; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Corporations-Business-General; Health Care Technology; Financing Transactions. Email: Patricia J. Marley | | Mindy J. Shreve (Counsel) born Miami, Florida, October 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania. Education: Univ. of Pittsburgh (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); Duquesne Univ. (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Barristers. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Media Law; First Amendment. Email: Mindy J. Shreve |
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