MEMBERS OF FIRM
Neil R. Rosen (Member) born Oil City, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 1972); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Voted Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2004-2009. Voted The Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers. Voted One of the Best Lawyers in America. Lecturer: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Law and Trial Tactics for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, The Pennsylvania Bar Institute, The Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. Past President, Adat Shalom Synagogue. Past Vice Chairman, National Kidney Foundation of Western Pennsylvania. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh, School of Law. Member, Million Dollar Advocates. Appointed by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to the Committee on Rules of Evidence. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Failure to Diagnose; Birth Trauma; Medication Errors.Email: Neil R. Rosen
Michael Louik (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1964); Duquesne University (J.D., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta (President, 1966-1967). Deputy Attorney General and Director of Community Advocate Unit of Pennsylvania Department of Justice, 1971-1980. Voted Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Chair, American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, Legal Committee, 1977-2002. President, Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union, 2001-2007. Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, 1992-2000. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Governors, 1976; Chairperson, Young Lawyers Section, 1975; Member, Judiciary Committee, 1981-1983, 1989-1991; Chair, ACBA Players Committee, 1974-2000; Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission of Allegheny County, 2002-2007); Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Member: Amicus Curiae Committee, 1987-1994; Western Chapter, Board of Governors, 1987-1989); Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (Member and Officer, Board of Governors, 1999-2007; President, 2005-2006); American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability Law; Civil Rights Law; Medical Malpractice.Email: Michael Louik
Jon R. Perry (Member) born Kane, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Sixth and Seventh and Federal Circuits. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); Duquesne University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa; Lambda Sigma. Member, Golden Key Honor Society, Pennsylvania State University. Executive and Recent Decisions Editor, Duquesne University Law Review, 1990-1991. Recipient: Renaissance Academic Scholarship, Bayard D. Kunkle Academic Scholarship, National Speech & Hearing Pathology Award, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas J. and Rose BrennanMcManus Memorial Scholarship, Duquesne University. Listed in: Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 2005-2009; Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2001-2009. Voted Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2004-2009. Pittsburgh Top 50 Super Lawyer 2008 & 2009. Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, Duquesne School of Law, 2008. Lecturer: Litigation Practice and Procedure, Continuing Legal Education, Clarion University; Medical Malpractice, Civil Litigation, Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers; Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Adjunct Professor of Law, Litigation Tactics, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Member, Million Dollar Advocates. Member: Allegheny County (Member, Public Service Committee) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Association for Justice; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; The American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Employment Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation.Email: Jon R. Perry
Renée A. Metal (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Akron (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989; M.A., summa cum laude, 1991); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Golden Key National Honor Society; University Honors Program; Phi Alpha Delta; University Honors Scholar. Recipient: University Honors Scholarship, University of Akron; University Honors Award; Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics Certificate; University Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Akron. Voted 2006 and 2008 Super Lawyers "Rising Star". Adjunct Professor, Torts for Paralegals, Duquesne University (1998-2004). Lecturer, Practice and Procedure for Legal Nurse Consultants, Duquesne University. Lecturer, Nursing Law Update, National Business Institute. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Employment Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation.Email: Renée A. Metal
Paul A. Hilko (Member) born Sharon, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1971); Duquesne University (J.D., 1976). Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Civil Statutory Appeals; Ethics for Judicial Staff. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Legal Research; Personal Injury Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Paul A. Hilko
ASSOCIATES
Elizabeth L. Jenkins (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1994); Duquesne University (J.D., 2000). Member, Advisory Board of Directors, Western School of Health & Business. Member: Allegheny and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.Email: Elizabeth L. Jenkins
Michael Calder (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Duquesne University (J.D., 2007). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania and American Associations for Justice. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.
MEDICAL RESEARCHERS
David C. Brown born Baltimore, Maryland, January 14, 1958; Education: College of William and Mary (B.S., with honors, 1980); University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (M.D., 1985; M.S., Pharmacology, 1986); Yale University (M.A., History, 1992; M. Phil., 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Medical Research; Case Reviews.
Martin Fleishman born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1941; Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1963); University of Pittsburgh (M.D., 1968). Specialty Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1978. Practice Areas: Medical Research; Case Reviews.