OFFICERS 

 

 

 

5528 Walnut Street

Second Floor

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232

(412) 687-2231

 

James B. Lieber, Esq.  lhlawfirm@aol.com  (Princeton University, A.B.; University of Pennsylvania, J.D.;  Adjunct Professor Law, University of Pittsburgh, 1986-1988; Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Criminal Procedural Rules Committee, 1986-1992; American Civil Liberties Union (Executive Director, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, 1982-1988); Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender of Bucks County, PA, 1977-1980; Staff Attorney, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, 1975-1976; author of numerous articles, essays and books on legal and constitutional topics; nominated for Pulitzer Prize (1995); Master of Bench, America Inn of Court, University of Pittsburgh Chapter; Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation; Member, Allegheny County Bar Association (Judiciary Committee); Member, Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2005)

 

 

One Oxford Centre

Suite 2501

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15219

(412) 281-1970

 

Alan H. Perer, Esq.  aperer@spkpowerlaw.com  (University of Pittsburgh, J.D.; listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Association of Justice; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)

 

Diane W. Perer, Esq.  dperer@spkpowerlaw.com  (Vassar College, A.B., ; University of Pittsburgh, J.D.; Member, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1975-1976; Member, Board of Visitors, University of Pittsburgh; Member, Board of Pennsylvania Bar Institute; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)

 

 

One Gateway Center

420 Fort Duquesne Boulevard

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15222

Koppers Building

436 Seventh Avenue

Suite 2312

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

(412) 395-1245

 

Frederick W. Thieman, Esq.  fwt@thiemanlaw.com (Pennsylvania State University, B.A.; University of Pittsburgh, J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Assistant Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1976-1977; Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas W. Pomery, Jr., Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1977-1979; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, White Collar Crime Unit, 1979-1983; United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1993-1997; Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Attorney General's Trial Advocacy Institute, 1981-1983;  Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Author: "Standing in Pennsylvania," 37 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 767; "A Survey of Pennsylvania Tort Law," 38 University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 297; "A Survey of Pennsylvania Contract Law," 38 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 281; Member: Allegheny County (Member, Committees on: Rules; Continuing Legal Education; Public Service; Federal Court; Criminal Court) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)

 

William F. Ward, Esq.  wfw@thiemanlaw.com  (College of the Holy Cross, B.A., cum laude; Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1977; Law Clerk to Honorable Louis C. Bechtle, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978; Assistant United States Attorney, 1979-1985 and Chief, Economic Crimes Section, 1983-1985, Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; First Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1996-1997; Chairman of the Board, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1997-2003; Commissioner: Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 1997-2003; Pennsylvania County Probation and Parole Officers Firearm Education and Training Commission, 1997-2003; Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, 2002-2003; Member: State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2002-2003; Governor's Executive Council, Pennsylvania Justice Network, 1997-2003; Pennsylvania's Targeted Community Revitalization and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee;  Recipient: Special Commendation Award of Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys; United States Attorney General's Special Achievement Award; Author, "The Sentencing of Organizations Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines," 40 Federal Bar News Journal 180 (1993); "Compliance Programs Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines," 120 Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 139 (July 25, 1994); "Initiating Appeals from District Court Decisions," Chapter 5 Lawyers Cooperative Federal Practice Guide: Federal Appellate Procedure, Third Circuit, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company and West Information Publishing Group (1996); Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Federal and American Bar Associations; Member, American Corrections Association; Member, American Probation and Parole Association; Member, Association of Paroling Authorities, International; Member, Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole and Corrections; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)