6/11/2010
Eckert Seamans announced today that the prestigious legal directory Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized the firm for excellence in numerous practice area categories in its 2010 edition. Nine of the firm’s lawyers have been ranked by their peers and clients as leaders in their respective fields, including Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Intellectual Property, Leisure & Hospitality and Mass Tort and General Commercial Litigation. Additionally, the firm’s Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Intellectual Property practices garnered high honors in Pennsylvania. In West Virginia, the General Commercial Litigation practice was featured.
Practices and individual firm attorneys who received high rankings from the guide include:
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
Timothy Q. Hudak (Ranked #3, National): Chambers’ sources say Tim Hudak “has a substantial hotel transactional practice; his highlights include the successful completion of numerous management, franchise, joint venture, and financing transactions in North America and Europe.”
BANKRUPTCY/RESTRUCTURING
The Firm ranks #3 in Pennsylvania: Noted the Chambers guide, “Eckert Seamans advises a range of creditor and debtor clients. It is currently acting for a number of creditors’ committees, including the committee in the Philadelphia Newspapers bankruptcy. The firm also represents the Massachusetts Port Authority in a number of bankruptcy matters around the country.”
Gary M. Schildhorn (Ranked #2, PA): Clients tell Chambers researchers that "he always takes into account business as well as legal considerations, so as to get the best possible deal for his clients."
Karen Lee “Kitt” Turner (Ranked #3, PA): Sources praise her “intelligent and forceful approach.”
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Firm ranks #4 in Pennsylvania: Sources say: “In terms of expertise, this firm has the whole deck of cards - it provides excellent representation.”
Roberta Jacobs-Meadway (Ranked #1, PA): Praised by one client for her “analytical skills, diligence and advocacy ability.”
Jay K. Meadway (Ranked #3, PA): Noted the Chambers guide, “he has an excellent reputation for transactional IP law, with an emphasis on international issues relating to trademarks and copyrights.”
Richard E. Peirce (Ranked #4, PA): “Rich Peirce is expert in IP issues relating to the Internet and other new communication technologies,” noted Chambers sources.
LITIGATION: GENERAL COMMERCIAL & MASS TORT
The Firm ranks #3 in West Virginia: Chambers sources say “This Pittsburgh firm now possesses one of the premier mass and toxic tort litigation practices in West Virginia.”
David K Hendrickson and R. Scott Long (Ranked #1, WV): Hendrickson and Long, noted Chambers sources, have “been involved in mass tort work for several decades. They have honed their skills in major asbestos-related litigation.”
Albert G. Bixler (Ranked #3, PA): Al Bixler, noted Chambers, “is member-in-charge of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC's Philadelphia office. He has a good reputation for commercial, products liability and toxic tort litigation.”
To compile the directory, Chambers canvasses clients and lawyers across the United States to obtain a consistent market view of which firms and attorneys are considered leaders in their field. Rankings assess key qualities in the legal field, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence and commitment as well as valuable client services.
For more information contact:
Allysn G. Hurley
Director of Marketing & Business Development
ahurley@eckertseamans.com
Kate Cromie
Marketing Manager
kcromie@eckertseamans.com
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Timothy Hudak
Pittsburgh, PA
Albert Bixler
Philadelphia, PA
Karen Lee Turner
Philadelphia, PA
Gary Schildhorn
Philadelphia, PA
Jay Meadway
Philadelphia, PA
Roberta Jacobs-Meadway
Philadelphia, PA
Richard Peirce
Philadelphia, PA
R. Scott Long
Charleston, WV
David Hendrickson
Charleston, WV
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Hospitality
Intellectual Property
Litigation
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