Robert L. Byer

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  • Robert L. Byer
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  • Duane Morris LLP
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    Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3112
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  • Duane Morris LLP
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    Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
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Robert L. Byer concentrates his practice in appellate and legal issues litigation. A former judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, Mr. Byer brings a judicial perspective to high-stakes appeals, complex litigation and strategic counseling. Mr. Byer joined Duane Morris in 2006 and founded the firm’s appellate practice that year.

Appellate Practice and Legal Issues Litigation

As an appellate lawyer, Mr. Byer has argued or briefed over 300 appeals in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits, the Pennsylvania appellate courts and the appellate courts of California, Maryland, Tennessee and Washington. He also has briefed and worked on appeals in the United States Supreme Court.

His appellate work and legal-issues litigation experience covers a wide range of legal areas, including corporate governance, intellectual property, administrative agency law, tax cases, Constitutional law, real estate and land use regulation, insurance coverage, contracts, professional liability, products liability and toxic torts. His experience includes serving as appellate counsel, post-trial counsel and amicus counsel in matters involving regulated industries, healthcare, energy, financial services, manufacturing, transportation and technology.

Complex Litigation and Strategic Counsel

In addition to his appellate practice, Mr. Byer brings to Duane Morris LLP a wealth of experience in complex civil and intellectual property litigation. He also advises major corporations on issues related to commercial contracts, corporate governance, corporate compliance (including export control and political contribution and lobbying issues), dispute resolution, ethics and internal investigations.

Respected by Clients and Peers

Widely recognized for his appellate advocacy, Mr. Byer is praised by clients and peers for his ability to distill complex legal issues into clear, persuasive arguments. Chambers USA 2026 client and reference feedback describes his ability to "synthesize complex issues into short, concise arguments" and his skill in appellate proceedings as "nothing short of amazing." Clients also point to his broad legal knowledge and practical judgment, noting that as a former Pennsylvania judge, he quickly masters the nuances of a client's business and knows how to frame arguments in ways that resonate with judges. One client summed it up simply: "I truly feel you have a rock star in Rob Byer."

Those qualities were highlighted in a 2014 profile by The Philadelphia Inquirer, which described Mr. Byer as practicing law with the "precision of a diamond-cutter." Colleagues noted his ability to absorb enormous amounts of information, identify what matters most and focus relentlessly on the strongest path forward. As one colleague observed, Mr. Byer combines intellectual brilliance with the judgment to know "where to cut, and when," a characteristic that continues to distinguish his work in high-stakes appeals and complex litigation.

Public Appointments and Judicial Service

Throughout his career, Mr. Byer has been entrusted with significant judicial, public service and leadership roles at the state and federal levels. His experience spans the judiciary, legislative redistricting, appellate rulemaking and legal education, reflecting a longstanding commitment to public service and the administration of justice.

  • Served as Chief Counsel to the 2021 Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, overseeing redistricting of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate following the 2020 Census.
  • Appointed Special Counsel to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2014.
  • Served as a judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (1990-1992) and the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline (1997-2001).
  • Completed four terms on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee, including five years as chair.
  • Former member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a founding member of the Third Circuit Bar Association.
  • Former adjunct professor at Duquesne University School of Law and faculty member at The National Judicial College.

Recognitions and Accolades

Over the course of a distinguished career, Mr. Byer has earned recognition from leading legal directories, industry publications and fellow practitioners. His accolades reflect both the depth of his appellate experience and the respect he has earned throughout the legal profession. A selection of these recognitions include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
  • Life member of the American Law Institute.
  • Ranked Band 1 for Litigation: Appellate in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2023-2026.
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation continuously from 2006-2027, and named Pittsburgh "Lawyer of the Year" for Appellate Practice in 2011, 2016, 2020 and 2024.
  • Recipient of The Legal Intelligencer's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and named to its Power Players list (2022) and Pennsylvania Trailblazers list (2019).
  • Recognized as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2022 and 2023) and an Acritas Star Lawyer (2020).

Thought Leadership and Education

Mr. Byer is the author of a treatise on Pennsylvania civil practice and has authored chapters in the "Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual" (PBI, 3d ed. 2016) and A Practitioner's Guide to Appellate Advocacy (ABA 2010). He also is the author of numerous published articles, monographs, and course materials on various legal topics. He has been a speaker at seminars and continuing legal education programs throughout the United States.

Mr. Byer is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1977; editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review; B.A., magna cum laude, 1973). He engaged in post-graduate studies at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University.

Areas of Practice

  • Appellate and Legal Issues Litigation
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Internal Investigations
  • Administrative Law

Representative Matters

  • Represented Expand Energy (formerly Southwestern Energy) in securing a motion for summary judgment from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in a fracking dispute concerning the Rule of Capture where plaintiffs asserted continuing tort claims based upon subsurface physical intrusion. The judge held that the client’s leasehold rights to the property invalidated plaintiff’s claims of trespass and conversion, and thus Pennsylvania’s rule of capture applied. This may be the first Pennsylvania decision to support the assertion that hydraulic fracking activities do not constitute a continuing trespass.

  • Represented client in successfully opposing an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit made by a worker’s compensation insurance carrier on a statute of limitations issue.

  • Represented Sunoco Pipeline L.P. in an appeal from an adverse decision of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in which the PUC had found that Sunoco Pipeline violated certain construction regulations. On appeal, the Commonwealth Court held that the PUC violated Sunoco Pipeline’s due process rights by relying on those regulations because the complainants in the case never asserted that those regulations had been violated.

  • Represented Prospect Crozer, a national hospital network, in reversing on appeal a preliminary injunction that had prevented one of its hospitals in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from transitioning to a 100-bed behavioral health facility.

  • Represented Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, a natural gas pipeline company, as lead post-trial and appellate counsel in a suit by a homeowner for damages upon diversion of surface water allegedly caused by installation of an interstate natural gas pipeline. 

  • Represented Southwestern Energy Production Company, a natural gas and exploration production company, as lead counsel in an appeal to the Supreme Court in regards to an action by neighboring landowners who claimed that oil or gas from under their property was produced through the Southwestern Energy Production Company's well.

  • Represented Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, a government highway agency, as lead counsel in a Commerce Clause challenge to the Commission’s toll structure. Won on summary judgment, argued the appeal in the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, and successfully resisted a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. 

  • Represented the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and state Senate in the development of is final reapportionment plan based upon the 2020 federal census, and in opposing the nine appeals brought in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which had presented various challenges under the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions and the federal Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania unanimously affirmed the plan.

  • Secured summary judgment, affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, for Acme Markets Inc., directing $4.15 million in lottery ticket winnings to ACME in a conversion suit concerning an employee who had taken a Pennsylvania Lottery “Match 6 Lotto” ticket after determining it was a winner. 

  • Represented Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. as appellee before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in a dispute with the County of Chester, Pennsylvania. After defeating the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction enjoining construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline project on county library property, the county appealed, contending that Sunoco Pipeline was required to secure county permission before changing the construction methodology from horizontal directional drilling to open trench installation; the Commonwealth Court unanimously affirmed the denial of the preliminary injunction.

  • Mortimer v. McCool, 37 & 38 MAP 2020 (Pa. Supreme Court) (pending) – represent the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, National Federation of Independent Business, Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, UPMC, and Marcellus Shale Coalition as amici curiae in an appeal before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, arguing that the Court should not adopt the “enterprise” or “single entity” theories of piercing the corporate veil.

  • Represented Ameron International Corporation, a manufacturer of products for the chemical, industrial, energy and transportation industries, in a case of first impression concerning the application of Tennessee’s statutory cap on damages for noneconomic loss, successfully arguing that the cap had to be applied to reduce the gross amount of damages before allocating percentage shares of the award to various tortfeasors.

  • Submitted an amicus curiae brief pro bono to the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of the Conference of Chief Justices, representing chief justices of the courts of last resort in all 50 states; the brief argued that Delaware should be afforded considerable deference in deciding how to select justices of its courts, in a case concerning whether the state's constitutional requirement, that no more than a “bare majority” of three justices be from one major political party, violates the First Amendment.

  • Representing PrimeCare Medical Inc., a provider of medical services for correctional institutions, in its challenge to an $11.9 million jury verdict on civil rights and negligence claims arising from an inmate's death by suicide.

  • Won an appeal for Ford Motor Company in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, affirming summary judgment in a product liability case in which the plaintiff contended that Ford was liable for its English subsidiary's products under the "apparent manufacturer" doctrine and the "piercing the corporate veil" theory.

  • Obtained on behalf of an automobile manufacturer, in a significant asbestos-related appeal before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, a reversal of an order granting a mistrial and the reinstatement of a judgment following a defense verdict after a jury trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

  • Represent a generic drug manufacturer in appeals to the Pennsylvania Supreme and Superior courts in support of the manufacturer's preemption defense under Pliva v. Mensing to state-law suits.

  • Obtained on behalf of a multinational corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh and two related entities a decision from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying the plaintiff's motion to dismiss the client's counterclaim challenging the validity of plaintiff's patent in an action in which plaintiff alleged that the client had used his idea for condiment packaging without compensating him.

  • 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.

  • Obtained a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirming a district court decision made pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act that refused to confirm an arbitration award that had been entered against the client, a bank owned by the government of Brazil.

  • Obtained a decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirming a judgment of $1.95 million, plus attorneys' fees, in favor of a leading manufacturer for the solid-wood processing industry in a third-party indemnity action against an injured party's employer arising from the settlement of a products liability case.

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1977
    Note Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review
  • Oxford University, Harris Manchester College, Post-Graduate Studies, 1974
  • University of Pittsburgh, B.A., magna cum laude, 1973

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2006-present
  • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
    - Partner, 1992-2006
  • Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline
    - Judge, Gubernatorial Appointee, 1997-2001
  • Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
    - Judge, 1990-1992
  • Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
    - Partner, 1985-1990
    - Associate, 1977-1984

Professional Activities

  • American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
  • American Law Institute
    - Life Member
  • Former State Litigation Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center
  • American Bar Association
    - Council of Appellate Lawyers, Judicial Administration Division
    - Appellate Litigation Subcommittee, Business Litigation Committee, Section of Business Law
    - Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation
    - Appellate Advocacy Committee, Tort & Insurance Practice Section (Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure, 1995-1997)
    - Vice Chairman, Special Committee on Class Actions, Tort and Insurance Practice Section (1981-1985)
  • American Judicature Society
    - Board of Directors, 1998-2000
  • Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit (Founding Member; served on original Steering Committee)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    - Chair, Civil Litigation Section (1989-1991; Vice Chair, 1987-1989; Secretary, 1985-1987; Section Council, 1984-1985; Discovery Rules Committee, 1995-1996)
    - Chair, Amicus Curiae Brief Committee (2006-; Vice Chair, 2004- ; member, 2001-)
    - Appellate Practice Committee (Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Procedural Rules, 2004-)
    - Judicial Administration Committee (2006- )
    - House of Delegates (1981-1996)
    - Section Council, Municipal Law Section (1992-1993)
    - Judicial Selection & Administration Committee (1995-1996; Legislative Subcommittee, 1995-1996)
    -Member, Task Force for Revisions to the Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Conduct
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Treasurer, 1996-1997; Director, 1986-1992, 1995-1996; Chair, Publications Committee, 1988-1990; Chair, Judicial Education and Courts Liaison Committee, 1990-1992)
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
    - Appellate Courts Committee (2006- )
  • Allegheny County Bar Association
    - Pittsburgh Legal Journal (Editor-In-Chief and Chairman, 1985-1987; Opinion Editor, 1980-1984; Associate Editor, 1988-1994; Executive Committee, 1988-1994)
    - Appellate Practice Committee (1987- )
  • Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (1986-1997)
    - Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1994-1996
  • Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, Southwest Pennsylvania Advisory Board (1993- )
  • American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
  • Allegheny County Bar Foundation (Charter Fellow)

Honors and Awards

  • Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2023-2026
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation, 2006-2027
  • Named a Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in Appellate Practice, Pittsburgh, 2011, 2016, 2020 and 2024
  • Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer, 2022 and 2023
  • The Legal Intelligencer Power Players List, 2022
  • Named a 2022 Top Rated Litigator by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell
  • Acritas Star lawyer, 2020
  • Listed in Pennsylvania Trailblazers by The Legal Intelligencer, 2019
  • Named a Top Rated Lawyer in Appellate Law by The American Lawyer, 2018
  • Presented with 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award by The Legal Intelligencer
  • Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
  • American Law Institute, Elected Member
  • Listed in the 2015 Edition of Pittsburgh's Best Lawyers
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Lawyers' Advisory Committee (appointed as nominee of Third Circuit Judges stationed in the Western District of Pennsylvania), 2005-2009
  • Chair of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee, 1994-1998; member, 1987-1991, 1992-1994, 2009-
  • Fellow, Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Court, 1986-1997
  • Chair of Civil Litigation Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1989-1991
  • Outstanding Young Lawyer of 1987 Award (awarded by Allegheny County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section for "leadership and service to the legal profession and his community")
  • Chief Justice of Pennsylvania's Advisory Committee on Comprehensive Education, Subcommittee on Appellate Judges Education, 1988
  • Advisory Committee for the Study of Rules of Practice, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

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Board Memberships

  • American Jewish Committee
    - Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1996-1999

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Appointed as Chief Counsel to the 2021 Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, which had the responsibility under the Constitution for redistricting the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Senate based upon the 2020 Census

  • Duquesne University Law School
    - Adjunct Professor, 1995-2000
  • National Judicial College
    - Faculty, 1992-1995
  • Pennsylvania Election Reform Task Force, 2004
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General
    - Transition Team, 1996-1997

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, "Congressional Redistricting Frenzy," University of Pittsburgh, June 4, 2026
  • Moderator, "The Design of the U.S. Court of Appeals," University of Pittsburgh School of Law Federal Courts Symposium in Honor of Professor Arthur Hellman, April 5, 2024
  • Speaker, "Taking Your Appellate Advocacy in the PA Courts to the Next Level: Tips from the Judiciary and Experienced Appellate Lawyers," Pennsyvlania Bar Institute, June 13, 2023
  • Panelist, "Ethics on Appeal," Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, December 10, 2019

  • Speaker, "Appellate Review," Federal Practice Institute, Pittsburgh, October 25, 2019

  • Speaker, "Advanced Appellate Advocacy in the Pennsylvania Courts," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 15, 2019

  • Moderator, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, April 12, 2019

  • Speaker, "Recent Developments and Trends in United States Litigation," International Bar Association Insurance Committee Meeting, London, March 21, 2019

  • "Collaboration Between Trial and Appellate Counsel: A Path to Litigation Success," Duane Morris Alumni CLE, October 26, 2017

  • Panelist, "Advanced Appellate Advocacy: Presenting Complex Appeals in the PA Courts," Pennsylvania Bar Association CLE program, March 31, 2017
  • Speaker, "5th Annual U.S. Supreme Court Roundup," PBI Seminar, Philadelphia, August 24, 2016
  • Speaker, "Who Wants to Be a Supreme Court Justice: 2015 Pennsylvania Appellate Court Elections," Pennsylvania Business Council Education Foundation's Legal Summit: Law & Policy Update, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 21, 2014; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 30, 2014
  • Speaker, "U.S. Supreme Court 2013-14 Term: Review the Top Cases and Preview the Top Cases to be Argued in 2014," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, August 26, 2014
  • Speaker, "Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge D. Brooks Smith and U.S. District Court Senior Judge Norma Shapiro hear a mock argument and discuss First Amendment issues at a Sept. 12, 2013 CLE program," Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, September 12, 2013
  • Speaker, "First Amendment Issues and Competing Considerations in Public Schools' Regulating Off Campus Conduct of High School Students," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, September 12, 2013
  • Speaker, "Oral Argument From the Inside Out," Bench-Bar & Annual Conference, Atlantic City, October 7, 2012
  • Speaker, "What Trial Lawyers Can Learn from Appellate Lawyers: Effective Appellate Advocacy Actually Begins at Trial," ALI-CLE Video Webcast, October 4, 2012
  • Co-Speaker, "Boilerplate Clauses in Contracts: Use at Your Own Risk," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, PBI Professional Development Conference Center, Philadelphia, June 27, 2012
  • Speaker, "Preserving Issues at Trial and on Appeal," Allegheny County Bar Association, Pittsburgh, December 15, 2011
  • Speaker, "Must I, May I, Should I: Primer on When to Appeal," Philadelphia Bar Association's Bench-Bar and Annual Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 15, 2011
  • Panelist, "Effective Appellate Briefs," Allegheny County Bench Bar Conference, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, June 17, 2011
  • Panelist, "What In-House Counsel Need To Know About The Changing Landscape In Litigation: Experienced Lawyers Report From The Front Lines," DELVACCA 3rd Annual In-House Counsel Conference, Philadelphia, April 7, 2011
  • Speaker, "Watch Out for the Waives: A Late-Summer CLE on How Good Lawyers Waive Good Arguments on Appeal," Third Circuit Bar Association and Federal Practice Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association CLE program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 25, 2010
  • Speaker, "Third Circuit Review of Cases 2009," Moderator, Allegheny County Bar Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2009
  • Speaker, "Public Contracting in Pennsylvania 2009," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 2, 2009

  • Speaker, "Beyond the Library" at Thomson Reuters-West National Program, "Life Beyond the Library," Phoenix, Arizona, February 6, 2009

  • Speaker, "Matching Advocacy to Audience: Difference Between Intermediate Appellate Courts and Courts of Last Resort," Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona, November 14, 2008
  • Speaker, "Appeals in the Time of Cholera," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2008
  • Speaker, "Winning Your Case on Appeal," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9, 2007
  • Panelist, "Appellate Advocacy," Philadelphia Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 29, 2007
  • Speaker, Practical Pretrial," Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminar, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2007; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 27, 2007; Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, October 3, 2007
  • Faculty member and speaker, "The Nuts and Bolts of Appellate Advocacy," Pennsylvania Bar Institute program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 6, 2007; Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, February 8, 2007; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 13, 2007
  • Speaker, Novartis Corporation's Americas Lawyers meeting, Livingston, New Jersey, June 7, 2006.
  • Speaker, "Don't Slip on Appeal," Pennsylvania Bar Association Civil Litigation Section Retreat, April 30, 2006