Ranking tables
Litigation: General Commercial | USA
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
- Blank Rome LLP 3 Years Ranked
- McGuireWoods LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Band 3
- DeForest Koscelnik & Berardinelli 7 Years Ranked
- Dentons Cohen & Grigsby 5 Years Ranked
- Duane Morris LLP 1 Years Ranked
- Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC 7 Years Ranked
- Saul Ewing LLP 1 Years Ranked
- Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
- Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP
- Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
Senior Statespeople
Band 1
- Andy Stanton Jones Day4 Years Ranked
- Melissa Tea K&L Gates4 Years Ranked
- Rebekah Byers Kcehowski Jones Day5 Years Ranked
- William PietragalloPietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
Band 2
- Andrew Fletcher Blank Rome LLP2 Years Ranked
- David Berardinelli DeForest Koscelnik & Berardinelli6 Years Ranked
- Jayme L. Butcher Blank Rome LLP1 Years Ranked
- John M McIntyre Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP5 Years Ranked
- Roy Arnold Blank Rome LLP2 Years Ranked
- Gretchen JankowskiBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Band 3
- Bryan C Brantley McGuireWoods LLP1 Years Ranked
- Jackie Celender K&L Gates1 Years Ranked
- Jared S. Hawk Saul Ewing LLP2 Years Ranked
- John D. Goetz Jones Day8 Years Ranked
- Kevin Allen Duane Morris LLP3 Years Ranked
- Traci S. Rea Reed Smith LLP1 Years Ranked
- Walter P DeForest DeForest Koscelnik & Berardinelli15 Years Ranked
- Peter WolffPietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Jones DayLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedJones Day's litigation department boasts an outstanding team noted for its expertise in product liability, shareholder disputes and antitrust. The firm represents a particularly good choice of firm for clients in the healthcare and manufacturing sectors. It is highly experienced in advising on multijurisdictional disputes. The team offers notable experience in handling appellate mandates.
1 K&L GatesLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedK&L Gates possesses an excellent group with tremendous experience in commercial litigation and insurance coverage cases. The firm is also noted for its strong reputation in toxic tort defense, and regularly sought after for its counsel in antitrust, IP and product liability disputes. Its client base includes household names from the consumer products and chemicals industries.
1 Reed Smith LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedReed Smith possesses a distinguished team of commercial litigators based in both eastern and western Pennsylvania. It excels in product liability cases as well as IP litigation and is regularly called upon for its strengths in complex antitrust disputes. The firm is highly skilled in appellate matters and complex class actions. It frequently represents financial institutions as well as clients in the pharmaceutical sector.
Band 2
2 Blank Rome LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years RankedBlank Rome boasts an established group of highly skilled litigators noted for capabilities in major general commercial disputes. The firm has a reputable presence across Pennsylvania, with noteworthy teams in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, recognized for strengths in product liability and environmental litigation, and also regularly sought after for its adept counsel in high-stakes IP cases. Well known for representing clients in the financial services, pharmaceutical, insurance and technology sectors.2 McGuireWoods LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedMcGuireWoods has an experienced Pittsburgh-based group with a growing reputation in commercial litigation. The team is particularly highlighted for its excellent representation of clients in the energy and financial services sectors, with considerable strengths in handling finance-related class actions.
Band 3
3 DeForest Koscelnik & BerardinelliLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedDeForest Koscelnik & Berardinelli possesses an established group of experienced litigators known for its commercial and employment disputes practice. The firm is highly adept in complex contractual, wrongful termination and trade secrets-related cases. It is noted for its strong reputation in trial and appellate cases, as well as arbitrations. The firm is particularly proficient in sectors such as healthcare, education and technology.
3 Dentons Cohen & GrigsbyLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedThe Dentons Cohen & Grisby litigation group is sought after for its expertise in commercial disputes on both a statewide and nationwide scale. The firm has notable strength in areas such as employment, contract, trade secrets and product liability disputes. It is also recognized for its significant trial experience. The firm has further demonstrable experience in ADR matters.
3 Duane Morris LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedDuane Morris' Philadelphia office offers a broad litigation team with extensive experience representing clients in class actions before state and federal courts. The firm is noted for its strengths across IP, product liability and antitrust disputes. It is also adept at advising on franchise litigation. The team is particularly recognized for its representation of clients in the life sciences, technology and financial sectors.
3 Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLCLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedEckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott is distinguished for its representation of clients in commercial litigation before state and federal courts. The firm also maintains a fine reputation for its insurance coverage defense and product liability work.3 Saul Ewing LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedSaul Ewing possesses a strong bench of litigators experienced in commercial disputes, insurance and business torts matters. The firm is also highlighted for its strengths in employment, IP and product liability litigation. It's a strong choice of firm for clients in the education, life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors.
- Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLPLitigation: General Commercial2025 | Band 3