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Address
28th Floor, 2 PNC Plaza
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 (Allegheny Co.)
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4.8
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(Main Office) Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. is a Pittsburgh-based mid-size law firm with a long tradition of innovative client legal service that relates back to the 1870s. Our approach to the practice of law is simple and direct: We provide responsive, high-quality and cost-effective legal services to help our clients take advantage of opportunities and resolve problems. At Sherrard, German & Kelly we combine the resources and experience of a large firm with the flexibility and efficiency of a small firm. Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice including: Business and Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Consumer Compliance, Insurance Coverage, Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Real Estate, Employee Benefits, Taxation, Non-Profit and Charitable Corporations, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Health Care. Firm Size: 36
Address28th Floor, 2 PNC Plaza
Pittsburgh, PA 15222, (Allegheny Co.)
PhonePhone: 412-355-0200
Facsimile: 412-261-6221
Website
http://www.sgkpc.com
Ralph H. German (1918-1993).
Alexander C. Sherrard (1923-2008).
William C. McClure (Director) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1969, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, Florida. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 1962); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1965). Member, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1964-1965. Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1968. Instructor: Tax Law, Point Park College, 1969-1970; Civil and Criminal Tax Investigations and Procedures, Robert Morris College Tax Masters Program, 1980. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law.Email: William C. McClure
Samuel J. Pasquarelli (Director) born 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A.,1964); Duquesne University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1967). Member, Duquesne University Law Review. Adjunct Professor, Labor Law, St. Francis College of Loretto, 1989-2004. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Arbitration Association; Industrial Relations Research Association. Practice Areas: Labor; Credit Union Law; Workers Compensation Law; Personal Injury Law.Email: Samuel J. Pasquarelli
David R. Brown (Director) born 1939; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1960); Duquesne University (J.D., 1967). Approved agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co., Pennsylvania. Member: Allegheny County (Member: Prepaid Legal Services Committee, 1973-1974; Title Marketing Standards Committee; Real Property Committee; Probate and Trust Law Committee), Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Real Property Litigation, Real Property, Probate and Trust; Title Insurance Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Probate; Estate Planning; Alcoholic Beverages Law.Email: David R. Brown
Charles R. Reis (Director) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Waynesburg College (B.A., 1964); Duquesne University (J.D., 1970). VNA President, 1987-1990, VNA Member, Board of Directors and Foundation Board, 1998, Chairman of Public Relations Committee, 1986, Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Probate Estates and Trusts Section and Real Property, 1970-1998). Practice Areas: Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning; Business Planning; Real Estate; Business Law.Email: Charles R. Reis
Kenneth J. Yarsky, II (Director) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., 1970); Duquesne University (J.D., 1976). Member: Allegheny County (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Council, 1987-1989, Officer, 1990-1995; Chairman, 1996, Probate and Trust), Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on Real Property, Probate and Trust, Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources) and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; Member, Rules Committee (Landlord-Tenant) Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Administrative; Commercial; Banking; Civil Litigation.
John P. Edgar (Director) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and District of Columbia Circuits; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, Tax Court. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1969); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1974). Co-Author: "Pennsylvania Civil Procedure Forms and Commentary" (West, 1992). Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Creditor Bankruptcy; Employment Law.Email: John P. Edgar
Richard C. Lane (Director, Chairman of the Financial Services Group) born 1945; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania. Education: Carnegie Mellon University (B.Arch., 1970); Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Book Review Editor, Duquesne Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Consumer Credit Law; Litigation.Email: Richard C. Lane
Robert D. German (Shareholder) born 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1978); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1979). Order of the Coif. Managing Shareholder and Chairman, Corporation Services Group. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Employee Benefit Law; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law.Email: Robert D. German
Gary Philip Nelson (Director) born 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kent State University (B.B.A., 1974); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1978). Member: Allegheny County (Member, Sections on: Corporations and Banking; Real Property), Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Corporate; Commercial; Banking Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Bankruptcy Law; Secured Transactions Law; Commercial and Corporate Transactions.Email: Gary Philip Nelson
Peter Y. Herchenroether (Director, Chairman of Estates and Trusts) born 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Westminster College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1979). Chairman, Estates and Trusts Group. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law; Non-Profit and Charitable Corporations; Business Law.Email: Peter Y. Herchenroether
Robert B. Brown, Jr. (Director) born McKeesport, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: St. Vincent College (B.A., 1976); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1979). Member: Allegheny County (Former Council Member, Real Property Section) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.
Stanley J. Lehman (Director, Chairman of the Insurance Coverage Services Group) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Economics, magna cum laude, 1975; M.S., Accounting, 1976); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979); New York University (LL.M., 1980). Member: Allegheny County Bar Association; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Allegheny Tax Society (Board Member). Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Estate Planning.Email: Stanley J. Lehman
Paul David Burke (Director) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania. Education: Kent State University (B.A., cum laude, 1978); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1981). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Business Transactions; Bankruptcy Law.Email: Paul David Burke
James R. Hankle (Director, Senior Member of the Litigation Services Group) born 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Slippery Rock State College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1981). Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified Criminal Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Business Litigation; Products Liability Law.Email: James R. Hankle
Suzanne L. DeWalt (Director, Chairman of the Litigation Services Group) born Cleveland, Ohio, May 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of the South (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Construction Law; Products Liability.Email: Suzanne L. DeWalt
Timothy R. Stock (Director) born 1953; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1975; M.B.A., 1977); Duquesne University (J.D., 1985). Member: Allegheny County and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Corporate Law.Email: Timothy R. Stock
Edward G. Rice (Director) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1999, New York. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S.I.E., 1980); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Member, Recent Decisions Editor, Duquesne Law Review, 1984-1986. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Erie County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Consumer Financial Services; Corporate Law; Real Estate.Email: Edward G. Rice
Eric C. Springer (Director) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Duquesne University (J.D., 1989). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Creditors Rights; Environmental Law; Banking Law; Bankruptcy.Email: Eric C. Springer
Susan J. Messer (Director) born 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania. Education: Duquesne University (B.S.B.A., 1989); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1992). Member: Allegheny County (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property), Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property) and American (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Property; Commercial Law; Real Property Law.Email: Susan J. Messer
Walter R. Bashaw II (Managing Shareholder) born 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1987); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Order of the Barristers. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law and Commerce. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate; Estate Planning.Email: Walter R. Bashaw II
Karen Y. Bonvalot (Director) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Federal Circuits. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); Duquesne University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Member, Rules Committee and Member, Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Member: Allegheny County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Insurance Coverage.Email: Karen Y. Bonvalot
Matt A. Jarrell (Shareholder) born Rahway, New Jersey, May 27, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2001, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1997); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta, 1999-2003. Co-Author, "Expert Opinions in Environmental Litigation After Daubert and the New Federal Rule 702". Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Bankruptcy; Creditor's Rights; Oil and Gas; Workouts; Commercial Credit Recovery; Litigation.Email: Matt A. Jarrell
DIRECTORSJoseph M. Wymard (Director) born 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1957); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (LL.B., 1960). Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Equitable Distribution; Support; Custody; Ownership Interests of Public Corporations.
Christine Mathews Long (Director) born Lakewood, Ohio, November 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1978, Ohio; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Master, Allegheny County Matrimonial Inns of Court, 2000. President, St. Thomas More Society, 2001-2003. Member: Allegheny County (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Tax; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Tax Law; Family Law; Estate Administration; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Collections.
Robert J. Courie (Director) born 1964; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1986; M.B.A., 1989); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 2000). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Creditors Rights; Small Business Law.Email: Robert J. Courie
SENIOR ASSOCIATEJennifer R. Applegate (Senior Associate) born Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., 1993); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Property; Commercial Transactions.Email: Jennifer R. Applegate
ASSOCIATESMark O. Scioscia (Associate) born Fort Sill, Oklahoma, May 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.S., cum laude, 1975); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1978); University of Florida (LL.M., 1980). Recipient, Richard P. Stephens Scholarship. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law.
Cynthia K. Rarig (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania. Education: Duquesne University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Taxation; Charitable Planning.
John G. Harshman (Associate) admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1987); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1991). Member: Allegheny County (Member, Family Law Section) and Pennsylvania (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Debtor Bankruptcy; Business Valuation.
Holly S. McCann (Associate) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1986); Duquesne University (J.D., 1994). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Tax Law.
Sharon M. Menchyk (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1994); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation.Email: Sharon M. Menchyk
Erin E. Milliken (Associate) born Youngstown, Ohio, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Grove City College (B.A., Political Science and Spanish, 1997); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Professional Liability Underwriters Society. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Real Estate; Insurance Coverage.Email: Erin E. Milliken
W. Chad Pociernicki (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.Phil., 1999); New York University (J.D., 2002). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Family Law; Trust Litigation.Email: W. Chad Pociernicki
Christopher James Davis (Associate) born Richmond, Virginia, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Government, 1999); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment; Litigation.Email: Christopher James Davis
Beverly Amy Block (Associate) born Southfield, Michigan, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Allegheny County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Beverly Amy Block
Samuel J. Toney, IV (Associate) born DuBois, Pennsylvania, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 2001); Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Insurance; Taxation.Email: Samuel J. Toney, IV
RETIREDRita Kelly (Retired Partner) born 1926; admitted to bar, 1958, Pennsylvania. Education: Duquesne University (B.Ed., 1947; LL.B., 1957). Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Transactions; Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: Rita Kelly
OF COUNSELBarbara L. Bower (Of Counsel) born Brookville, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; 1986, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "L-1 Intracompany Transferee Visas," Immigration Briefings, Volume 98-4, April 1998. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Committee Chair, 2000 Annual Conference; Past Chair, Pittsburgh Chapter). Fellow: Dillard Fellow. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Immigration Law.
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