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| | Address | | East Beau Building, 70 East Beau Street | | Washington, Pennsylvania 15301 | | (Washington Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Peacock, Keller & Ecker, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Probate, Adoption, Family Law, Insurance, Personal Injury, Health, Hospital, Real Estate, Coal, Oil and Gas, Labor Relations, School Law, Construction, Trials. | | Year Established: 1925 | Firm Profile:
Peacock, Keller & Ecker, LLP was founded in 1925 by the late Ralph W. Peacock. The firm began as a small, one-county general practice. Although as a whole, the firm still maintains a general practice, each attorney has developed one or more areas of concentration. Peacock Keller serves clients in southwestern Pennsylvania, with offices in Washington, Waynesburg, McMurray, Claysville and Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. In addition to long-standing commitments to bar association involvement and continuing legal education, the firm's lawyers are active in civic and community affairs. | | Firm Size: 17 | Representative Clients:
Consol Energy, Inc.; The Family Adoption Center; Jumonville, Inc.; Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc.; Mon-Vale Health Resources, Inc.; Pony Baseball, Inc.; Sensory Devices, Inc.; Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services, Inc.; Student Assn., Inc. (California University of Pennsylvania); Parsons Power Group, Inc.; First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County; Insurance Companies: Frontier Insurance Co.; CHA Insurance; Chubb Speciality Insurance; One Beacon Insurance |
SOLICITOR: Chartiers-Houston School District; Keystone Oaks School District; Washington School District; West Greene School District; Avella School District. |
AGENTS FOR: Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. |
Other Office Locations of Peacock, Keller & Ecker, LLP
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Ralph W. Peacock (1902-1972). | | Roger J. Ecker (Member) born Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Pennsylvania. Education: Gettysburg College (A.B., 1965); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1968). Phi Alpha Theta. Associate Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1967-1968. Assistant District Attorney, 1970-1973. Acting Solicitor, Washington County, 1995. Member: Washington County (President, 1988-1989), Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, 1992-1994) and American Bar Associations; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Washington County (President, 1995); American and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Trials; Domestic Relations Law; Business Law. Email: Roger J. Ecker | | Kenneth L. Baker (Member) born Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1968); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1971). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Agency. Member: Allegheny County, Washington County (Treasurer, 1996; President, 1999), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1972-1975]. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Tax Law; Estate Planning. Email: Kenneth L. Baker | | Wesley A. Cramer (Member) born Uniontown, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Valley Forge Military College (A.A., magna cum laude, 1974); West Virginia University (A.B., cum laude, 1976); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1978). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Awards for: Contracts; Conflicts of Law. Author: "Plugging Oil and Gas Wells: Who's in Control -- Lessor or Lessee? Are Some Pennsylvania Courts Changing the Rules?", 14 Eastern Min. L. Inst. ch. 22 (1993). Member: Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Eastern Mineral Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Coal Law; Real Estate Law; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Wesley A. Cramer | | Richard J. Amrhein (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Member: Allegheny County, Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Adoption Law; Estate Planning and Probate; Guardianships; Real Estate Law; Coal and Mineral Law; Hospital Law; Business Law. Email: Richard J. Amrhein | | Barbara A. Rizzo (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980; J.D., 1983). Phi Eta Sigma. Judicial Clerk to Hon. James E. Rowley, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1983-1985. Member: Allegheny County, Greene County, Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association (President, 1996). Practice Areas: School Law; Employment Law; Business Law. Email: Barbara A. Rizzo | | Douglas R. Nolin (Member) born Asyut, Egypt, March 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania. Education: Waynesburg College (B.S., 1981); Duquesne University (J.D., 1984). Kappa Mu Epsilon; Order of the Barristers. Member, Appellate Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, Duquesne University Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Law. Email: Douglas R. Nolin | | Mary K. Pruss (Member) born Colfax, Washington, January 24, 1941; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Penn State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1963); West Virginia University (J.D., 1980). Alpha Lambda Delta; Gamma Sigma Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Business Law Professor, Waynesburg College, 1983-1985. Assistant District Attorney, 1981-1987. Member: Greene County (President, 1984, 1985), Washington County, Pennsylvania (Member: Rural and Agricultural Law Committee, 1981-1992; Ethics Committee, 1986-1992; Judicial Review Committee, 1989-1990) and American (Member, Family Law and Civil Litigation Section) Bar Associations; American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Family Law. Email: Mary K. Pruss | | Jonathan G. Higie (Member) born Bradford, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1986); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1989). Member, Irving R. Kaufman Securities Moot Court Team, 1988. Member: Allegheny County, Washington County, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Real Estate, Trust and Probate; Natural Resources and Environmental Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Mineral Law; Environmental Law; Oil and Gas Law; Municipal Law; Business Law. Email: Jonathan G. Higie | | John A. Rodgers (Member) born Pennsylvania, November 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Member, Dickinson Law Review, 1975-1977. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Real Estate. Email: John A. Rodgers | | Susan T. Roberts (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1988); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1992). Member: Allegheny County, Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Susan T. Roberts | | Susan Mondik Key (Member) born Washington, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1986; B.A., 1986); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1989). Legal Writing Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, 1988-1989. Member: Washington County (Treasurer, 1994-1995; President, Young Lawyers Division, 1998), Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Practice; Elder Law; Probate and Estate Planning. Email: Susan Mondik Key | | ASSOCIATES | | Frank G. Adams (Associate) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, May 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1986); Duquesne University (J.D., 1995). Member, Duquesne Law Review, 1994-1996. Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Commons Pleas, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1996-1997. Author: "Child Custody and Parental Relocations: Loving Your Children From a Distance," 33 Duq. L. Rev. 143, 1994. Member: Washington County, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Frank G. Adams | | Andrew S. Chumney (Associate) born Cambridge, Ohio, November 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Duquesne University (J.D., 2003). Member: Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Litigation. Email: Andrew S. Chumney | | Stephen Curry (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 1964; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania. Education: California University of Pennsylvania (B.S.B.A, magna cum laude, 2001); Duquesne University Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mining Law; Mineral Law; Real Estate; School Law. Email: Stephen Curry | | Heike E. Mills (Associate) born Bad Kreuznach, Germany, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 2003). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Washington County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. | | Lawrence E. Ging (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 2000); Duquesne University (J.D., 2003). Law Clerk to Hon. Maureen Lally-Green, Pennsylvania Superior Court. Member: Allegheny County, Washington County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(100%). | | OF COUNSEL | | William C. Porter (1915-1988). | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Charles C. Keller (Senior Counsel) born Goshen, Indiana, June 17, 1923; admitted to bar, 1950, Pennsylvania. Education: California State College (B.S., 1947); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1949). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Washington County (President, 1965), Pennsylvania (President, 1982-1983; Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1976, 1981-1984) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1981-1984) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 1967-1973); American Judicature Society; American Health Lawyers Association; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers. [Lt. Col., JAG, USAFR, 1955-1972]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health and Hospital Law; Business Law. | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Rebecca S. Fisher | | Terry J. Kilgore | | Joseph V. Giecek | | Diane K. Ward | | Julie Baldauf | | Jill Holmes | | Kellye Kimberland | | Lisa Chancey | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Office: 102 East High Street. Telephone: 724-627-8331. Telefax: 724-627-8025.
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania Office: 530 Washington Avenue, 15037. Telephone: 412-257-8860. Telefax: 412-257-1608.
Claysville, Pennsylvania Office: 214 Main Street, 15323. Telephone: 724-663-5150.
McMurray, Pennsylvania Office: 3515 Washington Road, Suite 538, 15317. Telephone: 724-942-4520.
| | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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