MEMBERS OF FIRM
Robert L. Allman, II (Member) born Buckhannon, West Virginia, August 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania; 1986, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Education: West Virginia Wesleyan College (B.S., cum laude, 1969); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif. Member, 1972-1974 and Business Editor, 1973-1974, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and West Virginia Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Employment Contracts; Corporate Litigation.Email: Robert L. Allman, II
Joseph J. Barnes (Member) born Danville, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1974); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Joseph J. Barnes
Robert M. Barnes (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1990, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1979); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure. Certified Public Accountant, Indiana, 1982. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, 1986-1990. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on: Civil Litigation; Business Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Criminal Justice; Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Federal Criminal Law; Securities Litigation.Email: Robert M. Barnes
Sylvester A. Beozzo (Member) born Hazleton, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton; Pennsylvania State University (B.A./B.A., magna cum laude, 1974) Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1977). Member: Allegheny County (Member, Workers' Compensation Section), Pennsylvania (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation.Email: Sylvester A. Beozzo
Moira Cain-Mannix (Member) born Malvern, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1998, Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1994); Duquesne University (J.D., 1997). Law Clerk to the Honorable Donald E. Ziegler, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1997-1999. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Moira Cain-Mannix
Estelle F. Comay (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1938; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1960); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1975). Member, Editorial Board, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Herbert P. Sorg, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1975-1976. Adjunct Professor of Law, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979-2004. Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Allegheny County (Chair, Real Property Section, 1997), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Estelle F. Comay
Susan Gromis Flynn (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., with honors, 1975); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Note Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to Justice Samuel J. Roberts, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1979-1980. Author, "Recovery by Indirect Purchasers Illinois Brick and the Congressional Response," University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1978. Contributor, Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration, BNA, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, 1998. Head of Marcus & Shapira Labor Department. Board Member and Chairperson, Personnel Committee, Pittsburgh Vision Services. Board Member, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law.Email: Susan Gromis Flynn
Richard I. Halpern (Member) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with distinction, 1971); University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1973); New York University (J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Federal Tax; Business Law; Real Estate Tax; Trusts and Estates.Email: Richard I. Halpern
Elly Heller-Toig (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1971); Boston University (M.Ed., 1976); Duquesne University (J.D., 1980). Member, Order of Barristers. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Labor Law; Title VII Discrimination; Employment Law.Email: Elly Heller-Toig
Patricia Wozniak Henk (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 2005, Ohio. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1982); Duquesne University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Litigation; Family Law.Email: Patricia Wozniak Henk
James S. Larrimer (Member) born Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1986); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif.Email: James S. Larrimer
Scott D. Livingston (Member) born Buffalo, New York, September 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, North Carolina; 1985, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1991, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Cornell University (A.B., with distinction, 1981); Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, James S. Bidlake Award. Administrative Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems, 1982-1984. Law Clerk to Judge Sam J. Ervin, III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1984-1985. Author: Note, "Construction Management and Design Build/Fast Track Construction: A Solution which Uncovers A Problem for the Surety," Law Contemp. Probs., Winter 1983; "Plyer v. Due: Illegal Aliens and the Misguided Search for Equal Protection," 11 Hast. Const. L.Q. 599 (1984); "In Search of a Remedy: Recognizing and Reducing the Risks in Fast Track Construction," Construction Law Adviser, September 1984, at 1. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Antitrust.Email: Scott D. Livingston
Bernard D. Marcus (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1986, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1965; M.B.A., 1968); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Bills and Notes, 1969. Member, Editorial Board, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1968-1969. Member: Allegheny County (Member, Executive Committee, 1974-1978, Vice Chairman, 1975 and Chairman, 1976, Young Lawyers Section; Member: Board of Governors, 1977), Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Securities; Employment Law; Real Estate; Lender Liability; Insurance.Email: Bernard D. Marcus
Darlene M. Nowak (Member) born Buffalo, New York, November 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania; 1983, New York, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Canisius College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Managing Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1980-1981. Law Clerk to the Hon. George Brody, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1981-1982. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Darlene M. Nowak
Glenn M. Olcerst (Member) born Bronx, New York, October 31, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Candidate, Henry Luce Foundation. Recipient: William Goldman Foundation Scholarship; Lotta M. Crabtree Scholarship. Finalist, Goldstein Memorial Competition. Author, "Search & Seizure," Proving Pennsylvania Crimes, 1974 Pennsylvania Department of Justice. Lecturer, Labor Law, CPA Continuing Education, 1984-1986. Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1976-1988. Co-Counsel, Ohio Teamsters and Employers' Health and Welfare Fund. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law.Email: Glenn M. Olcerst
James F. Rosenberg (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1985); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1988); University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business (M.B.A., 2001). Topics Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to the Hon. William Standish, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1989. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation.Email: James F. Rosenberg
Daniel H. Shapira (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., with honors, 1966); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1969); National College of Trial Advocacy (1978-1996). Associate Professor of Law, Point Park College, 1969-1970. Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Head of Pennsylvania Crime Commission, 1972-1974. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, Chief of White Collar Crime Division, 1974-1979. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Labor Law; Criminal Defense; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Daniel H. Shapira
Stephen S. Zubrow (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania. Education: Duquesne University (B.A., 1982); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1985). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Stephen S. Zubrow
ASSOCIATES
Jay R. Allman (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1999); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Contracts; Trusts and Estates.Email: Jay R. Allman
Beth M. Henke (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1996); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1999). Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Labor & Employment Section, 1999). Practice Areas: Employment Law(65%); Traditional Labor Law(35%).Email: Beth M. Henke
Dana L. Munhall (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1995); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1998). Law Clerk: Peter O. Steege, Beaver County Commons Pleas Court, 1999; Donald E. Ziegler, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1999-2002. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law.Email: Dana L. Munhall
Raeann Traficante (Associate) born New Castle, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: John Carroll University (B.S., 1996); Duquesne University (J.D., 2000). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law.Email: Raeann Traficante