News
Insights Categories
Burns White makes monetary donation to support breast cancer research
Breast cancer has touched many lives throughout the United States—and every now and again, it hits too close to home. To show a small token of...
Six Burns White attorneys named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers/Rising Stars lists
PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2013 —Burns White Members David B. White in the Pittsburgh office, and William J. Mundy and Valerie H. Lieberman in the...
Burns White welcomes four new associates
PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2013 — Burns White LLC welcomes four associates to its Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Wheeling offices. Pittsburgh Litigator Laura...
ACBA elects Sheila Burke to serve on its Women in the Law Division Council
Member Sheila M. Burke was elected to serve a three-year term on Allegheny County Bar Association's (ACBA) Women in the Law Division Council...
T.H. Lyda quoted in Pittsburgh Business Times article about the disclosure of frac-fluid formulas
Member T.H. Lyda weighed in on the impact of oil and gas companies divulging trade secret information in a Pittsburgh Business Times article titled:...
William Mundy pens corporate liability article for The Long-Term Care Risk Legal Forum
William J. Mundy, Member and Co-Chair of the Healthcare and Long-Term Care Group, authored an article that looks at the potential effect the...
Members T.H. Lyda and Edwin Palmer publish article about trade secret challenges under PA Act 13
Members T.H. Lyda and Edwin B. Palmer authored an article in the April 2013 edition of The PIOGA Press, a monthly newsletter of the Pennsylvania...
Burns White Founding Member receives Duquesne University’s Distinguished Alumni Award
PITTSBURGH, April 16, 2013 — David B. White, Founding Member of Burns White LLC, was one of two individuals named as this year’s Distinguished...
Healthcare Litigator Stuart T. O’Neal secures a defense verdict and dismissal in Lackawanna County in two separate matters
Burns White Healthcare Litigator and Member Stuart T. O’Neal obtained recent successes for two healthcare clients in premises liability and medical...
Stuart T. O’Neal and Robert Forster obtain dismissal for private placement and treatment services client
Stuart T. O’Neal and Robert Forster obtained dismissal in the United States District Court in Philadelphia for Burns White’s client, a private...
Stephen Hall acquires summary judgment for a movie and game retail chain client in a slip and fall case
Associate Stephen A. Hall obtained a summary judgment in a slip and fall case for a national movie and game retail client. Plaintiff, a customer...
Associates Kara White and Harry McGrath secure summary judgment in medical malpractice case for hospital client
Kara C. White and Harry P. McGrath successfully secured a summary judgment for a hospital client facing medical malpractice allegations. The case...
Associates Lisa Woods and Christine Hardy draft wills for Mt. Lebanon-area first responders
Associates Lisa D. Woods and Christine R. Hardy joined other members of the Young Lawyers Division of the Pennsylvania Bar Association on March 9 to...
Nichole Humes obtains dismissal in a 2006 case against an insurance client
Associate Nichole E. Humes secured a dismissal of a case initiated in 2006 against an insurance broker client, where the plaintiff was seeking in...
Employment Group receives summary judgment for client in breach of contract claim
Member John B. Cromer and Associate Laura E. Caravello of the Employment Group successfully obtained a summary judgment in a breach of employment...
Lyle Washowich and Sammy Sugiura publish article on Bank Secrecy Act for paBanker magazine
Member Lyle D. Washowich and Associate Sammy Sugiura Jr published an article on the Bank Secrecy Act in the November/December 2012 issue of paBanker...
Nicole Bazzy and Stephen Hall elected to Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh Board of Directors
Co-Chairs of the Estate Planning and Administration Group Nicole E. Bazzy and Stephen A. Hall were elected to serve on the Down Syndrome Association...
Burns White promotes three attorneys to Member status
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20, 2012 — Burns White LLC announced today the promotion of three attorneys to Membership status: Dean Falavolito and Jeffrey D....
Lyle Washowich and Alexandra Malatesta co-author article on syndicated loans and loan participations for Transactions Magazine
Member and Co-Chair of the Banking and Financial Services Group Lyle D. Washowich and Law Clerk Alexandra Malatesta co-authored an article titled...
Healthcare and Long-Term Care Group secures final ruling in medical malpractice matter for hospital client
Member Stuart T. O’Neal and Associate Anne P. Schmidt of the Healthcare and Long-Term Care Group secured a dismissal with prejudice for a hospital...
T.H. Lyda and Edwin Palmer pen article on Food Safety Modernization Act for Chemical Distributor magazine
Members T.H. Lyda and Edwin B. Palmer wrote an article for the November/December 2012 issue of Chemical Distributor, a publication of the National...
Superior Court of PA upholds summary judgment obtained by Nichole Humes for insurance client
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of summary judgment in the Washington County Court of Common Pleas entered on behalf an insurance...
Stuart T. O’Neal obtains dismissal for social worker client
Member Stuart T. O’Neal obtained a dismissal for a licensed social worker against civil allegations that she engaged in fraudulent business...
Stuart T. O’Neal and Robert Forster obtain summary judgment for a foster service client
Stuart T. O’Neal and Robert Forster successfully defended a private foster child placement service and several of its named employees in a claim...
Burns White welcomes four associates to firm
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19, 2012 — Burns White hired associates Lindsay S. Kift and Nathan J. Ward to its Pittsburgh office, Sean P. O’Mahoney to its...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review features Nicholas Varischetti as newsmaker
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review featured Associate Nicholas D. Varischetti as its Nov. 7 newsmaker for his appointment to the Board of Trustees at La...
Daniel Hampton receives a defense verdict for a major railroad client in a FELA trial
Daniel Hampton, a Member of the Transportation Practice Group, and local co-counsel Barry Loftus, recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a...
ACBA awards Stephanie Solomon a partial scholarship to the 32nd Annual National Trial Advocacy College
The Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA) Federal Court Section awarded Litigation Associate Stephanie Solomon a partial scholarship to attend the...
Burns White Garners Four First-Tier Rankings in the U.S. News "Best Law Firms" Survey
PITTSBURGH, November 1, 2012 — Burns White earned a national first-tier ranking in railroad law for the third year running and three metropolitan...
Philadelphia County court ruled favorably in negligence suit for hospital client
A Philadelphia County court ruled favorably in a case where a hospital client, along with an affiliated physician and a nonprofit organization, were...