The Pittsburgh office is seeking a highly motivated and industrious attorney to work in the firm’s Estate & Trust Litigation; Estate Planning and Administration practice group.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Draft substantive pleadings, including complaints, objections, petitions, motions, responses, briefs, and correspondence for contested estate, trust, and fiduciary litigation matters.
• Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda addressing probate, fiduciary, trust, guardianship, and Orphans’ Court issues.
• Draft and respond to discovery requests, including interrogatories, requests for production, subpoenas, and requests for admissions.
• Represent clients in Orphans’ Court proceedings, hearings, mediations, depositions, and related court appearances.
• Assist with all phases of litigation, including case evaluation, discovery management, witness preparation, and trial preparation.
• Handle disputes involving wills, trusts, fiduciary administration, capacity, undue influence, guardianships, accounting actions, and beneficiary disputes.
• Communicate effectively with clients, fiduciaries, beneficiaries, financial professionals, and opposing counsel regarding litigation strategy and case developments.
• Prepare settlement agreements and assist with negotiation and alternative dispute resolution efforts.
• Collaborate with attorneys and paralegals in the administration of complex estates and trusts when litigation issues arise.
• Maintain organized case management practices and ensure compliance with court rules, deadlines, and filing requirements.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration: 

• At least 3–5 years of substantive litigation experience, preferably within estates, trusts, probate, or fiduciary litigation.
• Experience with discovery practice, motion practice, depositions, and court appearances required.
• Experience handling contested matters in Orphans’ Court preferred.
• Familiarity with estate and trust administration preferred.
• Experience with guardianship litigation, will contests, trust disputes, fiduciary surcharge actions, or related probate litigation preferred.
• Excellent academic credentials, along with strong analytical, research, writing, and advocacy skills.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines effectively.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with clients, courts, opposing counsel, and colleagues.
• Forward-thinking, organized, and collaborative team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems, exercise sound judgment, and manage matters with minimal supervision.

The Pittsburgh office is seeking a highly motivated and industrious attorney to work in the firm’s Litigation Defense practice group.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare appropriate responsive pleadings.
• Conduct investigations of facts.
• Prepare and respond to discovery and handle depositions of parties and witnesses.
• Draft litigation plans and budgets.
• Research and brief writing on preliminary objections and motion for summary judgment.
• Prepare and carry out discovery plans.
• Regularly communicate with supervising attorneys regarding status of cases and recommendations.
• Attend hearings and arguments.
• Assist in locating and interviewing experts.
• Assist in interviewing clients and witnesses.
• Review and analysis of medical records, project files, coordinate responses to electronically filed information.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration: 

• Effective writing and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of state and federal courts and rules of civil procedure.
• Experience and active participation in depositions, oral arguments, and scheduling/status conferences.
• Strong attention to detail in all matters along with the ability to manage multiple files and assignments and to prioritize workload to effectively meet all deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact comfortably and professionally with all levels of management and staff, both within the Firm and with the clients.
• Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
• Excellent academic credentials with 4-5+ years’ experience in defense litigation.

The Pittsburgh office has an opening for a billing coordinator. The candidate will be responsible for handling all accounts payable to a company by supervising invoicing and communicating directly with clients. Billing coordinators make sure that all customers are charged appropriately by keeping thorough records of all payments and bills.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with Partners, support staff, & clients as needed regarding billing and payment issues.
• Disburse retainer funds and send out correspondence to clients regarding the same.
• Process pre-bills (including but not limited to editing, adding time).
• Prepare and submit invoices electronically or by mail.
• Responsible for editing and generating invoices for electronic billing systems such as TyMetrix 360, LegalX, BottomLine Technologies, Mitratech and CounselLink.
• Perform conflicts checks and opening files.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Works ethically and with integrity.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Must have strong knowledge of billing and financial concepts.
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must have 2+ years’ experience in law firm billing.
• Proficient in Prolaw/ELITE a plus.

The Pittsburgh office is seeking a highly motivated and industrious paralegal to work in the firm’s Estate & Trust Litigation; Estate Planning and Administration practice group.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Draft substantive complaints, motions, oppositions, correspondence and other pleadings for contested matters.
• Research and prepare accompanying memorandums for various probate issues.
• Draft and respond to interrogatories, subpoenas and document requests.
• Attend meetings and court hearings.
• Draft estate planning documents, including but not limited to, wills, revocable trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care proxies, and irrevocable life insurance trusts.
• Establish durable power of attorney and medical durable power of attorney.
• Work with a financial professional to find ways to reduce and avoid estate tax when possible.
• Find ways to avoid the probate court process.
• Set up trusts to protect client assets.
• Administer estates of varying sizes with strong paralegal assistance.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:

• At least 5-10 years’ of substantive experience in estate planning and estate administration.
• Experience in estate planning and administration required.
• Experience in Orphans’ Court litigation preferred.
• Experience in succession/business planning preferred.
• Excellent academic credentials as well as strong organization, writing, and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail in all work, along with the ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff, and clients.
• Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.

The Pittsburgh office is seeking a highly motivated and industrious paralegal to work in the firm’s Litigation Defense and Product Liability practice groups. This position will support attorneys in all phases of civil litigation, with a focus on plaintiff-side personal injury and product liability matters.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Order, track, and organize medical records and itemized billing statements.
• Review records for completeness, accuracy, and relevance to injuries.
• Summarize medical treatment, diagnoses, and timelines.
• Analyze medical bills, liens, and insurance payments.
• Prepare medical chronologies and specials summaries.
• Managing the lifecycle of active matters/cases and monitoring case progress.
• Deposition and trial preparation by way of:
• Conducting legal research for litigation or legal briefs;
• Identifying, compiling, researching, and analyzing information prior to preparing reports and exhibits;
• Preparing case files, binders, summaries, and other paper/electronic case materials such as witness binders, pre-trial binders, and compilation of trial exhibits; and
• Coordinating and preparing witnesses testimony at trial and depositions.
• Preparing general motions, pleadings, subpoenas, and other documents as requested.
• Responding to discovery requests.
• Electronic filing of pleadings such as Appearances, Answers, and all pretrial and dispositive Motions in state and federal courts.
• Logging and entering in billable time to Prolaw billing system.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:

• At least 4 years’ experience supporting attorneys in complex litigation.
• Experience with county, state, and federal courts, including knowledge of CM/ECF filing.
• Strong attention to detail in all work.
• Ability to manage multiple files and to prioritize workloads to effectively meet all deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff, and clients.
• Forward thinking, organized, and a team player.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
• Experience with litigation technology applications such as Everlaw and Relativity.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Paralegal Certificate preferred.
• Experience with iManage and Prolaw a plus.

The Pittsburgh office has an immediate opening for a full-time Receptionist.  As a key member of the Firm, this individual will provide general administrative support to all members and guests of the office. The ideal candidate must be punctual, friendly, organized, have excellent phone etiquette, and be able to handle multiple responsibilities. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Answering firm telephone and greeting guests.
• Maintaining firm conference room calendar and assist in preparing and setting up conference rooms for internal meetings, conferences, and events.
• Entering time and submitting expenses for various attorneys and administrators.
• General secretarial duties, including drafting, copying, faxing, scanning, and filing of incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents.
• Providing administrative support as needed including preparing correspondence, redacting documents, and preparing spreadsheets.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Strong attention to detail in all work.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management, staff, and clients.
• Forward thinking, punctual, organized, and a team player with customer service skills.
• Ability to independently solve problems and exercise sound judgment with minimal direction.
• Professional office experience a plus.

The Philadelphia office has an immediate opening for a billing coordinator. The candidate will be responsible for handling all accounts payable to a company by supervising invoicing and communicating directly with clients. Billing coordinators make sure that all customers are charged appropriately by keeping thorough records of all payments and bills.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with Partners, support staff, & clients as needed regarding billing and payment issues.
• Disburse retainer funds and send out correspondence to clients regarding the same.
• Process pre-bills (including but not limited to editing, adding time).
• Prepare and submit invoices electronically or by mail.
• Responsible for editing and generating invoices for electronic billing systems such as TyMetrix 360, LegalX, BottomLine Technologies, Mitratech and CounselLink.
• Perform conflicts checks and opening files.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate must have the following skills for consideration:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Works ethically and with integrity.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Must have strong knowledge of billing and financial concepts.
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must have 2+ years’ experience in law firm billing.
• Proficient in Prolaw/ELITE a plus.