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Address
Law & Finance Building {newline}Suite 1600
429 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 (Allegheny Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
(Main Office) We strive to provide our clients with top notch legal advice as well as compassion and understanding of their concerns. We are attorneys and counselors who understand the needs of the people who choose us to be their lawyers. The firm carries the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Statement of PracticeCivil litigation and Consumer Protection practice, including Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Consumer Fraud Class Actions, Civil Rights, Product Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Contract, and Real Estate Litigation, Airbag Injury, Drugs and Medical Device Litigation, Vaccine Injury, Aviation Accidents, Automobile Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Brain Injury, Spinal Injury, Dog Bites, Catastrophic Injury, School Bus Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Slip and Fall, Tractor Trailer Accidents. Firm Size: 3
AddressLaw & Finance Building {newline}Suite 1600
429 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219, (Allegheny Co.)
PhonePhone: 412-391-7610
Fax: 412-288-0217
Website
http://www.ssf-lawfirm.com
Craig L. Fishman (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1982); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1983-1986); Northwestern University (M.P.H., 1988); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1990). Founder, annual Breakfast With the Judges, Legal Ethics on Film ethics seminar, Allegheny County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, 2002. Chair or Co- Chair, 2002 and Moderator, 2002 and 2006, Breakfast With the Judges Committee. Author: "Civil Rights Litigation Under §1983 and the Fair Housing Act", 18(3) The Advocate, Spring 2006; "Pleading and Proving Excess Special Damages," 8(2) The Advocate, Nov/Dec 1995; "Beware the Subrogation Swindle!" 9(5) The Advocate, May/June 1997; "Is It Malpractice Not to Surf?" 12(5) The Advocate, May/June 2000. Co-Author: "A Hospital's Liability for Staffing Its Emergency Room With An Intern," Legal Medicine 1990, Fall 1990; "Hospitals and Cigarette Smoking", 75 Bulletin of the Allegheny County Medical Society, 1986. Seminars: "Lessons from Tinseltown" trial tactics seminar panelist, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February 24, 2006; "Legal Issues in Toxic Mold Exposure and Remediation", Indoor Air Quality Training Institute, April 17, 2002; "Evaluating Your Case - Plaintiff's Perspective" presented to the Young Lawyers Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, December 15, 1995. Listed: Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 2003; Marquis Who's Who in America, 2005; The Best Lawyers in America®, 2008. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Chair, Bench-Bar Conference Committee, 2004; Member, Board of Directors, 2008); Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 2006-2008); Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors); Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member); Fellow: Academy of Trial Lawyers; Litigation Counsel of America; American Inns of Court (Barrister, Pittsburgh Chapter); Allegheny County Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Lynn v. Westport Ins. Corp., 258 Fed. Appx. 438, 2007 WL 4351428 (3d Cir. 2007); Schappell v. Motorists Mutual Ins. Co., et al., 934 A.2d 1184 (Pa. 2007); Marek v. Ketyer, 733 A.2d 1268 Pa. Super. (1999); Hussein v. Universal Development Management, et al., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania CA 01-2381; Horne v. City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County G.D. 97-10174, 1999. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Civil Rights; Airbag Injury; Drugs and Medical Device Litigation; Vaccine Injury; Aviation Accidents; Automobile Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Brain Injury; Spinal Injury; Dog Bites; Catastrophic Injury; School Bus Accidents; Slip and Fall; Tractor Trailer Accidents.Email: Craig L. Fishman
Edward A. Shenderovich (Member) born Leningrad, U.S.S.R., November 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S.E.E., 1992); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Airbag Injury; Drugs and Medical Device Litigation; Vaccine Injury; Aviation Accidents; Automobile Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Brain Injury; Spinal Injury; Dog Bites; Catastrophic Injury; School Bus Accidents; Medical Malpractice; Slip and Fall; Tractor Trailer Accidents.
O. Alex Shenderovich (Member) born Leningrad, U.S.S.R., November 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S.E.E., 1992); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Airbag Injury; Drugs and Medical Device Litigation; Vaccine Injury; Aviation Accidents; Automobile Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Brain Injury; Spinal Injury; Dog Bites; Catastrophic Injury; School Bus Accidents; Slip and Fall; Tractor Trailer Accidents.
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