Contact Information:

• 412-261-4774 office
  412-261-1225 facsimile
  412-496-1641 cell
  jam@friedkanelaw.com

Education:

• Duquesne University School of Law
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  J.D. awarded 1988
  • Graduated seventh in class
  • Duquesne University Law Review - Senior Staff
  • Appellate Moot Court - member
  • Thomas J. and Rose Brennan McManus Memorial Scholarship for being third in class following completion of first year
  • Award for Excellence in Family Law
• University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  B.A. awarded 1985 in Political Science with concentration in Government Service

Career Experience:

• Partner - Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag & Grochmal, 1995 to present
  • Attorney responsible for administrative law and appellate litigation of Pennsylvania workers' compensation injury and occupational disease case. Experience in litigation of Federal Black Lung case(coal workers' pneumoconiosis) 1988 - 1994.
• Associate from 1988 - 1994
  • Law clerk - Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag & Grochmal - Legal research and writing of briefs and other pleadings for submission to workers' compensation Referees, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1988
• Law clerk - William D. Anthony, Esquire - Preparation of legal documents, pleadings, briefs, etc. for a solo practitioner with a diverse civil and criminal practice, 1986-1988

Significant Appellate Decisions:

• Furnival State Machinery/Transamerica Insurance Group v. W.C.A.B. (Slye) 757 A.2d 433 (Pa. Commw.2000), alloc. denied, 771 A.2d 1289(Pa. 2001).
• Galloway vs. Pennsylvania State Police) 756 A.2d 1209 (Pa. Commw. 2000).
• Roth v. W.C.A.B. (Amore Management Co. & Penn National Insurance), 727 A.2d 1185 (Pa. Commw. 1999).
• Fotta v. W.C.A.B. (U.S. Steel/USX Corp.), 714 A.2d 497 (Pa. Commw. 1998).
• Galloway v. W.C.A.B. (Pa. State Police), 690 A.2d 1288 (Pa. Commw. 1997).
• Joyner v. W.C.A.B. (Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.), 667 A.2d 13 (Pa. Commw. 1995).
• Walker v. W.C.A.B. (Sherbren Manufacturing), 656 A.2d 164 (Pa. Commw. 1995).
• Refiners Transport & Terminal v. W.C.A.B. (Harris), 632 A.2d 979 (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• Lenzner Coach Lines v. W.C.A.B. (Nymick), 632 A.2d 947 (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• St. Francis Hospital of New Castle v. W.C.A.B. (Kerr), 628 A.2d 920 (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• City of Monesson School Dist. v. W.C.A.B. (Hays), 624 A.2d 734, (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• James Pitkavish v. W.C.A.B (Pullman Standard), 640 A.2d 494 (Pa. Commw. 1994).
• Weyerhaeuser v. W.C.A.B., A.2d 1283 (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• Patricia McFaddin v. W.C.A.B., 610 A.2d 709 (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• Linda Kraushaar v. W.C.A.B., 596 A.2d 1233 (Pa. Commw. 1991).
• Thomas Beres v. W.C.A.B., 593 A.2d 939 (Pa. Commw. 1991).
• Patrick Wagner v. W.C.A.B., 575 A.2d 168 (Pa. Commw. 1990).

Professional Memberships:

• Allegheny County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association - Workers' Compensation Section
• Federal District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania