Latest News

 

Meyer Darragh Attorneys Scott Millhouse, Meghan Jones-Rolla, and Richard S. Canciello recently spoke at the Pittsburgh Claims Association's Annual Lunch 'N Learn Seminar.  The three of them covered Hot Button Litigation Issues (especially with uninsured and underinsured motorists' coverage), How to Take and Not Take a Recorded Statement, An Update of the Unfair Insurance Practices Act, and How to Handle Medicare and Medicaid Liens.

 

Meyer Darragh's Eric N. Anderson reappointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security Board and redesignated as the Board's Vice-President.  Read more here.

 

Meyer Darragh's Marie Milie Jones was presented with the 2010 Susan B. Anthony Award by the Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania at a reception held at the Omni William Penn on February 16.  Read more here.

 

Meyer Darragh's Kim Wm. Riester interviewed on Blog Talk Radio (www.blogtalkradio.com) concerning Pennsylvania DUI laws.  Listen here.

 

Diversity Efforts

 

In the Summers of 2005 through 2009, the firm participated in the Allegheny County Bar Association's Minority Summer Clerkship Program.  Read more here.

The firm's Hiring and Diversity Coordinator is Attorney Meghan E. Jones-Rolla.  Read our statement on diversity here.

Recent Articles

 

Marie Milie Jones, Michael R. Lettrich and James D. Miller - The Effect on McDonnell-Douglas Burden Shifting Analysis in ADEA Cases Since the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., Counterpoint, a publication of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, January, 2010.  Read full article here.

 

Marie Milie Jones - Title VII Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact Cases After Ricci, Counterpoint, a publication of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, October, 2009.  Read full article here.

 

 

Speaking Engagements

Dean Passodelis - Medmarc® 23rd Annual Medical Device
Seminar - Panelist Speaker, Topic: Defending Life Science Drug & Devices:  Rx for Success, June 6-8, 2010

Paul R. Robinson - ALFA 2010 International Client Seminar - Moderator - Surveying the Food Litigation Landscape, March 11-13, 2010

Marie Milie Jones - Pennsylvania Bar Institute 5th Annual ADR Institute - How Settlement is Transforming the Practice of Law, March 4, 2010

Marie Milie Jones - Defense Research Institute Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Seminar - Current Issues in Correction Litigation, January 28, 2010 

Dean Passodelis - ALFA International 2008 Product Liability Practice Group Seminar - Common Product Liability Claim Mistakes - And How to Avoid Them, Topic: "Cost Control Issues and Expert Witnesses," November, 2008

Recent Press Releases

Meyer Darragh Attorney (Eric N. Anderson) reappointed to Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security.  Read more here.

Meyer Darragh welcomes Sarah Weissman as the newest associate in the Pittsburgh office.  Read more here.

Meyer Darragh Attorney (Marie Milie Jones) elected Chairman of Duquesne University Board of Directors.    Read more here.

Meyer Darragh Attorneys Marie Milie Jones and Joseph E. Vogrin, III (of counsel) listed in 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®.  Read more here.