Eight Pietragallo Attorneys Selected as 2017 Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2016

Related Professionals: Eight Pietragallo Attorneys Selected as 2017 Best Lawyers in America

PITTSBURGH, PA – Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is proud to announce that eight attorneys have received The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 award.  It is the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide.  The list is led by name partners:

  • William Pietragallo, II, 25th consecutive year on The Best Lawyers in America list with designations for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants;
  • Mark Gordon, 20th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Workers’ Compensation Law- Employers);
  • Marc Stephen Raspanti, 10th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Health Care Law);
  • Gaetan J. Alfano, 5th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Commercial Litigation).

Other attorneys within the firm who received this distinguished award are as follows:

  • Francis E. Pipak, Jr.– 20th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Workers’ Compensation Law- Employers);
  • Alan G. Towner– 5th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Copyright Law, Litigation- Intellectual Property, Litigation- Patent, Patent Law, and Trademark Law);
  • Clem C. Trischler– 5th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation- Defendants);
  • Paul K. Vey– 5th year on The Best Lawyers in America list (Medical Malpractice Law- Employers).

Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America is based entirely on peer-review. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

For more information on The Best Lawyers in America list please visit, https://www.bestlawyers.com.

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is a regional litigation and business law firm with a national client base.  In addition to its Pittsburgh and Philadelphia offices, the firm has offices in Sharon, Pennsylvania; Steubenville, Ohio; and Weirton, West Virginia.  For more information, visit our website at www.PIETRAGALLO.com

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