January 1, 2012

Jeanette Ho, a partner with Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, has been appointed to a three year term as the Western District of Pennsylvania’s representative to the Third Circuit’s Lawyers Advisory Committee.  The Lawyers Advisory Committee is responsible for commenting on proposed rules and the Third Circuit’s internal operating procedures and serves as a liaison between the Court and the legal community.

Ms. Ho’s practice concentrates in the areas of general litigation with emphasis on civil rights, particularly Section 1983; municipal liability; negligence; and insurance coverage interpretation and litigation including bad faith actions involving insurance companies.

In addition to her involvement with the Advisory Committee, Ms. Ho is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Minority Bar Committee. Ms. Ho is a sustaining Fellow of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation and a member of the Federal Courts Section Council of the Allegheny County Bar Association.  Ms. Ho is a past member of the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners and a past co-vice chair of the Minority Bar Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Ms. Ho received her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.