About Gary
Gary’s practice consists primarily of federal and state court litigation, arbitrations, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Much of his practice involves multi-party claims, including class action litigation. Gary has represented both individual and corporate clients in many different types of litigation and has an active mediation and arbitration practice.Gary has been lead counsel in complex litigation involving:Officers and directors liabilityCorporate disputesUtility and natural resource litigationMajor construction, design, engineering, and environmental litigationContract disputesTrade secret litigationNon-compete and restrictive covenant litigationLender liabilityNegotiable instrument and other financial institution litigationEmployment litigationRICO litigationClass action litigationSerious personal injury and wrongful death litigation
Gary’s practice consists primarily of federal and state court litigation, arbitrations, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Much of his practice involves multi-party claims, including class action litigation. Gary has represented both individual and corporate clients in many different types of litigation and has an active mediation and arbitration practice.
Gary has been lead counsel in complex litigation involving:
Practice Areas
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Pittsburgh (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Pittsburgh (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Pittsburgh (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Pittsburgh (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Pittsburgh (2016)
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Recognized: Litigation - Construction
- Recognized: Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Practice Area: Construction Law
- Practice Area: Mediation
- Special Focus: Banking
- Special Focus: Business Disputes
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Class Actions
- Special Focus: Commercial Disputes
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: Construction
- Special Focus: Corporate Governance
- Special Focus: Covenants Not to Compete
- Selected as 2018 "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Litigation: Banking & Finance.
- Selected for inclusion as a Best Lawyer in the following categories: Bet the Company Litigation, Banking and Finance, Construction Law, Commercial Litigation and Trust & Estates.
- YMCA Volunteer of the Year
- Jane F. Hepting Pro Bono Award