Scanlon ADR Services
  • Mediation, Arbitration and Neutral Evaluation of State and Federal Court Matters since July 2008
  • CLE Faculty Member for PA Association for Justice (PAAJ), Pennsylvania Defense Institute (PDI) and Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI)
Judicial Career
  • Appointed Pennsylvania Trial Court Judge in Allegheny
    County Court of Common Pleas     in 1998 and elected
    to 10 year term in 1999
  • Served in Family and Civil Divisions
  • Retired after 10 years of service
Civil Division
  • In 31 months of service presided over more than 50 jury trials, roughly half of which were Medical Malpractice, and over
    25 non-jury trials
  • Member, Subcommittee of Allegheny County Bar Association undertaking jury voir dire reform
  • Panelist, Allegheny County Bar Association Civil Litigation Committee Seminars
  • Panelist, Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Symposiums
Family Division
  • Trial Judge for 7½ years
  • Administrative Judge of both Adult and Juvenile Sections of the Court for 3½ years
  • Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Domestic Relations Procedural Rules Committee
  • Member, Matrimonial Inns of Court
Legal Career Highlights
  • 26-year civil trial lawyer with Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote in state and federal courts
    and administrative agencies
  • Specialized in medical malpractice, products liability and workers’ compensation
  • Elected to Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1990
  • Board member 4 years and President of Pennsylvania Defense Institute (PDI) in 1983
  • Inducted into International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and the Defense
    Research Institute (DRI) in 1988
Special Training
  • Civil Mediation Certification Program of National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, May 2008
Charitable Organizations
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Board Member, 15 years and President of Board of Directors, 5 years
  • American Cancer Society, Board Member, 5 years and President of Board of Directors, 2 years
  • Susan B. Komen Foundation, Co-Chair, Race for the Cure, 2006
  • Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Board Member, 1994-present