Julia M. Tedjeske
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
600 Grant Street, Suite 5010
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2802
USA
Phone: +1 412 497 1045
Fax: +1 412 202 4407
Email: JMTedjeske@duanemorris.com

Julia M. Tedjeske practices in the area of civil litigation with a concentration in construction and complex general commercial and civil litigation. Her practice includes the representation of clients in all aspects of litigation, particularly traditional and e-discovery and alternative dispute resolution.

Ms. Tedjeske is a 2000 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she was managing editor of the Law Review and was elected to the National Order of the Barristers, and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

Areas of Practice

• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Arbitration and Mediation

Representative Matters

• Obtained an order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that transferred an action for breach of implied contract and unjust enrichment brought against a multinational corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh and two related entities to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on the basis of improper venue.
• Draft pleadings, discovery and motions for domestic and international arbitration proceedings, including AAA, ICDR and ICC arbitrations
• Assisted with three-week arbitration hearing involving a dispute between a contractor and subcontractor on a blast furnace project
• Manage large-scale electronic review projects, including cases involving hundreds of thousands to millions of pages of documents
• Provide pro bono services to KidsVoice, an advocacy organization that serves abused and neglected children, by representing a KidsVoice client in an appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

• University of Pittsburgh, M.S., Information Science, 2000
• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 2000
• University of Pittsburgh, M.L.S., 1993
• University of Pittsburgh, B.A., magna cum laude, 1990

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2004-present
• Reed Smith LLP
  - Associate, 2000-2004
  - Summer Associate, 1999

Board Memberships

• Ursuline Senior Services
  - Board Member, 2004-Present

Selected Publications

• Co-Author, "FAR Rules for Stimulus Funded Contracts: Alert 4 - GAO and Inspector General Oversight," Duane Morris Alert, May 15, 2009

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, Practical Pretrial Practice, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh 2006