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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.

Statement of Practice

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.

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

Clients

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.

Address

East Beau Building
70 East Beau Street
Washington, PA 15301, (Washington Co.)

Phone

Phone: 724-222-4520
Telefax: 724-222-3318 ABA/NET ABA 34517

Website

http://www.peacockkeller.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Ralph W. Peacock (1902-1972).

Roger J. Ecker (Partner) 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; Business Law.Email: Roger J. Ecker

Kenneth L. Baker (Partner) 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 (Partner) 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 (Partner) 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: Guardianships; Real Estate Law; Coal and Mineral Law; Hospital Law; Business Law; Estate Planning.Email: Richard J. Amrhein

Barbara A. Graham (Partner) 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. Formerly known as Barbara A. Rizzo. 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. Graham

Douglas R. Nolin (Partner) 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 (Retired Partner) 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 (Managing Partner) 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 (Partner) 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 (Partner) 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; Employment Law.Email: Susan T. Roberts

Susan Mondik Key (Partner) 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

Rachel K. Lozosky (Associate) born Deemston, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 2001); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: School Law; Employment Law.

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: Real Estate; Mineral Law; Oil and Gas Law; Coal Mining.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