Legal Fields:

• Workers' Compensation
• Social Security
• Municipal Authorities Law

Professional development:

(1967) New Brighton High School - New Brighton, PA

(1971) Lafayette College - Easton, PA

• B.S. Chemical Engineering

(1974) University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA

• Juris Doctor
• Cum Laude and Order of the Coif

(1983-Present) Woodske Law Offices - Beaver, PA

Licenses:

• Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania by Supreme Court
• Federal Court - Western District of Pennsylvania

Memberships:

• American Association for Justice
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Former Member Board of Governors)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association Member
• Beaver County Bar Association Member (BCBA)
• Former Board of Governors Member (BCBA)

Awards/Achievements:

• Workers' Compensation Law Certified Specialist by PA Supreme Court
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2005, 2006, 2008 - Present)*
• Pittsburgh Magazine - Top Lawyers (2008-Present)**
• The Best Lawyers in America (1995-Present)***
• Pittsburgh Business Times - Best Lawyers (2009)****
• Martindale - Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers*****

* Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Thomson Reuters and selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. 

The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Since Super Lawyers is intended to be used as an aid in selecting a lawyer, we limit the lawyer ratings to those who can be hired and retained by the public, i.e., lawyers in private practice and Legal Aid attorneys.

The Super Lawyers selection process involves three basic steps: creation of the candidate pool; evaluation of candidates by the research department; and peer evaluation by practice area.

The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that: 1) to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less; 2) Candidates for Rising Stars do not go through step three above—peer evaluation by practice area. While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.



 

 

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Lawyers are nominated to Best Lawyers in three ways. First, all of the lawyers in the previous edition of Best Lawyers are automatically nominated into the next edition. Second, during the voting process, voting lawyers are asked to nominate any outstanding lawyers who have not yet been nominated. These lawyer nominations are generally for lawyers at other firms and register as votes as well as nominations.

 

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