Labor and Employment attorney Rick Etter has joined Frost Brown Todd (FBT) as a Member in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He joins FBT’s Labor and Employment Practice Group – a team of more than 45 lawyers and additional support staff in eight states across Mid-America – where he primarily will focus on defending employers throughout the country in complex employment litigation, including wage and hour class and collective actions arising under federal and state laws, and unfair competition litigation. More >>

Craig S. Heryford has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as the Co-Chair of the Business Transactions practice group and as a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions, Banking & Finance, Energy, Life Sciences and Retail and Hospitality practice groups. Craig is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York and will be resident in the firm’s Pittsburgh and New York City offices.

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Morgan Lewis today welcomes Wendy West Feinstein, a versatile litigator with an extensive background representing clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and manufacturing industries, among others. Ms. Feinstein joins Morgan Lewis as a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office from a large US law firm, where she co-chaired the products liability group. More >>

Cozen O’Connor has launched a full-service Pittsburgh office with three former leaders of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC: labor and employment attorney Thomas Giotto, corporate attorney Jeremy Garvey, and complex commercial and health care litigator Gene Giotto. More >>

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC announced today the addition of three attorneys at its Southpointe office located in Canonsburg, Pa. Edward A. Miller, Melissa Devich Cochran, and Autumn L. Pividori will strengthen the firm’s western Pennsylvania litigation practice, particularly in the areas of products liability and toxic torts. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Amy L. Barrette and Jeremy A. Mercer have joined the Firm as partners in the Energy, Environment, and Mass Torts practice group. Ms. Barrette and Mr. Mercer join Blank Rome from Norton Rose Fulbright where their practices were focused on complex commercial litigation for upstream oil and gas companies. Ms. Barrette and Mr. Mercer are based in the Firm’s Pittsburgh office. More >>

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes two partners to the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Intellectual property (IP) attorney Leland P. Schermer and corporate attorney James A. Baldwin enhance the services offered in Dinsmore’s Steel City location. More >>

P. Gavin Eastgate has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Eastgate comes to the firm from Reed Smith’s Pittsburgh office, where he was also a partner. More >>