Kenneth N. Schott III
Kenneth N. Schott III
Biography
Kenneth N. Schott, III is a Member practicing in the areas of complex commercial litigation, employment law, banking and financial services, professional liability defense and legal malpractice. Mr. Schott serves a diverse clientele from the financial services, business, insurance, transportation/logistics and manufacturing sectors.
Mr. Schott graduated from Duquesne University School of Law in 2015, where he was a member of the Duquesne Law Review and served as its Production Editor. In addition, Mr. Schott received the CALI Award for Bankruptcy in 2014 and the Outstanding 1L Oral Argument Award in 2013. While in law school, he clerked for MedExpress, conducting legal research on state and federal healthcare laws and regulations to assist with compliance efforts where the company operates. Mr. Schott received an M.B.A. from Waynesburg University in 2008 and a B.S. in Business Management from Grove City College in 2001.
Mr. Schott is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Credentials
Areas of Law
- Commercial litigation
- Employment Law
- Financial Institution Litigation
- Professional Liability
Education
- Duquesne University (J.D., 2015)
- Waynesburg University (M.B.A., 2008)
- Grove City College (B.S., 2001)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Washington County Bar Association
- Professional Liability Defense Federation
Accolades & Involvement
Honors/Awards
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2023-2024
- “Ones to Watch” by Best Lawyers in America®, 2023-2025
Community Engagement
- Board of Trustees for Frank Sarris Public Library, Canonsburg, PA, 2020-2023
Presentations
- “Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine Refresher for In-House Counsel” Burns White Webinar, March 2021
Publications
- “Bankruptcy and Health Insurance Proceeds: Why Healthcare Providers Should Not Be Subject to the Automatic Stay Provision,” Duquesne Law Review, Volume 53.1
- Successfully settled complex commercial litigation claims involving transfer of operations and Medicare Advantage billing rights for operator of skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility
- Assisted state savings bank with market expansion efforts in multiple states, including review of state licensing and registration requirements
- Assisted state savings bank with developing and updating repossession notices and practices for secured collateral under the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable statutory authority
- Successfully defended and secured judgment at bench trial on behalf of attorney-client in legal malpractice case arising out of an alleged failure to obtain an expert witness on underlying medical causation issues in a Section 1983 action asserting deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of an inmate at a county jail
- Successfully settled legal malpractice claims against attorney-client arising out of an underlying property transaction involving oil, gas and mineral rights
- Successfully settled statutory Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings claim and successfully obtained dismissal of common law abuse of process claim against attorney-clients arising out of an underlying contractual and personal property dispute
- Successfully defended quiet title, adverse possession and tortuous interference lawsuit and successfully removed lis pendens against real property on behalf of client-property owners by obtaining dismissal on preliminary objections
- Successfully obtained monetary settlement on behalf of client-property owners where contractor materially breached home improvement contract for a new deck and underdeck patio
- Successfully obtained monetary settlement on behalf of client-property owners where contractor materially breached home improvement contract for a new brick sidewalk and patio
- Successfully settled promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment, and breach of fiduciary duty claims on behalf of insurance producer and premium finance company related to insured’s bad-faith lawsuit against insurer arising out of fire loss claim
- Successfully settled equitable lien by agreement lawsuit on behalf of attorney-client related to retention of attorneys’ fee against which self-funded ERISA plan claimed subrogation interest for payment of medical costs on behalf of plan participant who obtained settlement in underlying medical malpractice claim
