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Practice
Engaged in general trial practice with an emphasis on aviation
and transportation, civil rights, commercial and product liability litigation.
Professional Background
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1973; in West Virginia
in 1990. Also admitted to practice before the United States District
Court for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania; Northern
District of Ohio; Northern District of West Virginia; Third Circuit
Court of Appeals; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania; United States Supreme Court.
Professional/Civic Activities
Member: Allegheny County; Pennsylvania; and American Bar Associations; West
Virginia State
Bar.
Member:
National Transportation Safety Board and Lawyer/Pilot Bar Association.
Member:
Allegheny County Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Member:
Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Law clerk to the Honorable Robert Van der Voort, Judge of the
Pennsylvania Superior
Court (1978-1980).
Executive Committee Member, Chairman, Litigation Department.
United Way Campaign volunteer.
Neighborhood Legal Services Association, Law Firm Committee.
Pennsylvania
Lawyers Fund for Client Security - Committee Member.
Martindale Hubbell
AV Rated.
Education
Colgate University (B.A., 1970)
University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1973)
Up Close And Personal
Eric Anderson's colleagues know him as an outstanding trial
attorney with a work ethic that leaves associates struggling to keep up with his
pace. But he also wins accolades for his hard-to-ruffle temperament and genuine decency.
In short, Eric is a very likeable guy for someone who wins the "hard" cases so
consistently.
Born in New York City, Eric was a Dean's List sociology major at Colgate University with a
minor in classics before attending law school at the University of Pittsburgh. Before he
began a prestigious two-year clerkship with Judge Robert van der Voort on the Pennsylvania
Superior Court, Eric worked for Neighborhood Legal Services and organized its first child
advocacy unit. In 1978, he joined Meyer Darragh where he has become one of the firm's most
sought-after defense attorneys, representing corporate and organization clients in such
diverse fields as aviation, banking, commercial litigation, insurance, libel, personal
injury, products liability, and transportation. He became a partner in 1985 and is one of
three members on the firm's executive committee.
Despite the long hours he devotes to clients, there is more to Eric Anderson than just
legal work. For one thing, he is a pilot and a member of the National Transportation
Safety Board Bar Association and the Lawyer/Pilot Bar Association, as well as an approved
attorney for the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association. His solid community reputation
led to his election in 1997 to the Judiciary Committee of the Allegheny County (Greater
Pittsburgh) Bar Association where he evaluates candidates for judicial office in this
region. He is also one of only 250 members of the Academy of Trial
Lawyers for Allegheny County. And his life-long commitment to legal representation for all citizens continues
through his membership in the Neighborhood Legal Services Association and his pro bono
work representing plaintiffs in Protection from Abuse hearings.
Eric is married to Maureen Mihm, the Assistant
Athletic Director and Director of Athletic Development for the University
of Pittsburgh. He is the father of two children and is actively involved in their academic
and extra curricular activities. |
