MEMBERS OF FIRM
William F. Ward (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, November 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society. Recipient: Special Commendation Award of Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys; United States Attorney General's Special Achievement Award. Law Clerk to Honorable Louis C. Bechtle, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978. Author, "The Sentencing of Organizations Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines," 40 Federal Bar News Journal 180 (1993); "Compliance Programs Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines," 120 Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 139 (July 25, 1994); "Initiating Appeals from District Court Decisions," Chapter 5 Lawyers Cooperative Federal Practice Guide: Federal Appellate Procedure, Third Circuit,Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company and West Information Publishing Group (1996). Assistant United States Attorney, 1979-1985 and Chief, Economic Crimes Section, 1983-1985, Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1996-1997. Chairman of the Board, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1997-2003. Commissioner: Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 1997-2003; Pennsylvania County Probation and Parole Officers Firearm Education and Training Commission, 1997-2003; Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, 2002-2003. Member: State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2002-2003; Governor's Executive Council, Pennsylvania Justice Network, 1997-2003; Pennsylvania's Targeted Community Revitalization and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. Solicitor, Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Federal, Third Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; American Corrections Association; American Probation and Parole Association; Association of Paroling Authorities, International; Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole and Corrections; International Network of Boutique Law Firms. Practice Areas: White Collar Crime; Criminal Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Fraud; Civil Practice; Administrative Law.Email: William F. Ward
Hugh F. McGough (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1978); Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (M.S.J., 1981); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1992). Order of the Barristers. Law Clerk, Glenn E. Mencer, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Pennsylvania 1992-1994. Associate Attorney, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP, 1994-1998. Assistant Solicitor and Labor Relations Manager, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998-2007. Intern, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Pennsylvania. Adjunct Professor: Journalism, University of Pittsburgh; Prison Outreach Program, Western State Penitentiary. Former News Reporter and Producer, WPXI and KDKA. City's Negotiator, Collective Bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police and in Interest Arbitration. Represented: Public Officials including Pittsburgh's Police Chief and Fire Chief, Litigation of Labor-Management Disputes at the Trial Level; Appellate Courts; City of Pittsburgh in Traditional Labor Matters such as Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining. Litigated Cases: Workforce Reductions; Discrimination; Employee Misconduct; Wage and Hour Disputes; Workplace Torts; Unfair Labor Practices. Defended: City of Pittsburgh, Litigation Arising from its Designation as a "Financially Distressed" Municipality; Connection with a Federal Court Consent Decree Requiring Reforms to the City's Police Operations. Handled, Constitutional Litigation for the City and Civil Service Proceedings. Authored, Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy Governing the City's workforce of 3,500 Employees. Trained Managers and Supervisors: Fair Employment Practices; Oversaw Internal Investigations of Employee Complaints. Member: Allegheny County (Member, Labor and Employment Section and Federal Court Section) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Society of Human Resource Management, Senior Professional in Human Resources. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Employee Benefits; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law; Employer Counseling and Employee Relations; Internal Investigations; Legal Compliance.Email: Hugh F. McGough