Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Roy W. Arnold has joined the Firm’s Pittsburgh office as Partner in the Commercial Litigation group and Co-Chair of the National Class Action Defense team. Roy focuses his practice on the defense of corporate litigation, class actions, and claims under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Roy joins from Reed Smith LLP where he led the firm’s Class Action Defense Team. More >>

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has bolstered its presence in Pittsburgh with the addition of Nelson Crichton to the firm. A partner in the commercial finance and banking group, Crichton is a top-ranked banking attorney who will expand Dinsmore’s services in the Steel City. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Brian Trudgen has joined the Firm in Pittsburgh as a partner in its Banking, Finance & Securities Practice. More >>

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes eleven new attorneys who will start the Medicare Compliance practice group in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. The group includes five partners Michelle Allan, Travis Smith, Ciara Koba, Bridget Smith, and Kimberly Young and six associates Durwin Fuller, Jr., Logan Pry, Rachel Maldonado, Amanda Palbus, Melanie Schafer, and Nathan Ward. All join Gordon & Rees from Burns White. More >>

James B. Insco II joins Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner in the Pittsburgh office. Insco is a member of the firm’s Environmental/Toxic Tort and Tort & Product Liability practice groups. He was previously with the law firm of K&L Gates in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. More >>

Cozen O’Connor continues to boost both its national Labor & Employment Department and its Pittsburgh office with the addition of Alan Pittler, former associate general counsel of the University of Pittsburgh, as a member in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. More >>

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome Jeffrey A. Mills to the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Mills is a member of the Real Estate and Public & Project Finance practice groups. Mills joins the firm from Reed Smith, where he was a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Finance groups. More >>

Labor and Employment attorney Rick Etter has joined Frost Brown Todd (FBT) as a Member in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He joins FBT’s Labor and Employment Practice Group – a team of more than 45 lawyers and additional support staff in eight states across Mid-America – where he primarily will focus on defending employers throughout the country in complex employment litigation, including wage and hour class and collective actions arising under federal and state laws, and unfair competition litigation. More >>

Craig S. Heryford has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as the Co-Chair of the Business Transactions practice group and as a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions, Banking & Finance, Energy, Life Sciences and Retail and Hospitality practice groups. Craig is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York and will be resident in the firm’s Pittsburgh and New York City offices.

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Morgan Lewis today welcomes Wendy West Feinstein, a versatile litigator with an extensive background representing clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and manufacturing industries, among others. Ms. Feinstein joins Morgan Lewis as a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office from a large US law firm, where she co-chaired the products liability group. More >>