Rhonda A. Rudman

Contact Information:

412-261-4774 office
412-261-1225 facsimile
412-496-1642 cell
rar@friedkanelaw.com

Background:

Rhonda Rudman is a Senior Partner with the firm concentrating on all aspects of workers' compensation litigation and pre-litigation assessments. Rhonda has over eighteen years of defense litigation experience.

In December 2005, Rhonda was named a "Rising Star" in the "Top Young Lawyers in Pennsylvania" edition of "Pennsylvania Super Lawyers" published by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics, Inc. Only 2.5 percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania are selected as Rising Stars.

Rhonda has also been active in the Allegheny County Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Section and acted as Chair of the Section for the 2006/2007 term.

Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation:

• WCJ administrative hearing level
• WCAB appellate level
• Commonwealth & Supreme Courts

Areas of Special Interest:

• Employer Offsets
• Earning Power Assessment Litigation
• Fraud Litigation
• Retirement Litigation

Representative Clients:

• Insurance Companies
• Universities

Education:

• J.D. - University of Pittsburgh School of Law, May 1991
• B.A. - Carnegie Mellon University, May 1987

Licensure/Admissions:

• Allegheny County Bar Association
  • Workers’ Compensation Section, Chair 2006-2007
  • Workers’ Compensation Section, Vice-Chair 2005-2006
  • Workers’ Compensation Section, Secretary 2004-2005
  • Workers’ Compensation Section, Treasurer 2003-2004
  • Workers’ Compensation Section, Board Member 2002-2003
• Pennsylvania Bar Association Pennsylvania Self-Insurers’ Association
• Admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania State Courts; United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; and United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Course Instruction/Seminars:

• Speaker - Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag & Grochmal client seminars Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1993 - Present
• Speaker – Lorman Business Center, Inc. "Topics in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation," ADA, FLMA and Workers’ Compensation in Pennsylvania," "Advanced Workers’ Compensation in Pennsylvania," "Cost-Effective Strategies for Managing Problematic Workers’ Compensation Claims in Pennsylvania," and "Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Update" seminars Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995 – present.
• Speaker – Applied Risk Services, Inc., 2006-present
• Speaker – State Workers’ Insurance Fund, 1996 – present
• Speaker – Inservco Insurance Services, Inc. 1992 – present
• Speaker – Royal Insurance, "Workers’ Compensation and the Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act", 1992
• Speaker – Pennsylvania Bench Bar Conference, "Earning Power Assessments: A Legal Update" 2003; "PA Workers’ Compensation and Surveillance" 2006

Significant Appellate Decisions:

• Superior Law Care v. WCAB (Hoffer), 878 A.2d 936 (Pa. Commw. 2005).
• Montgomery Tank Lines and Protective Insurance Co. v. WCAB (Humphries), 792 A.2d 6 (Pa. Commw 2002).
• Ralph Greco v. WCAB (Classic Carpet Co.,) 625 A.2d 1273 (Pa. Commw. 1993).
• Jennie Boozer v. WCAB (Charming Shoppes, Inc.)
• Dowty Corporation v. WCAB (McKelvey)
• Seward Mann v. WCAB (A.R. Scalise Company)

Community Activities and Involvement:

• Sunday School, Volunteer - First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood.

Hobbies:

• Biking
• Reading