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Pennsylvania’s Best Lawyers 2022

Our Pennsylvania’s Best Lawyers 2022 digital publication features top-ranked legal talent in Pennsylvania.

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April 22, 2022 06:00 AM

The 2022 Pennsylvania's Best Lawyers digital publication includes top-ranked legal talent in Allentown, Harrisburg, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh excerpted from the 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® as well as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

In this issue, we dive into the courtroom mastery of Victor H. Pribanic, a seven-time Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh* and co-founder of Pribanic & Pribanic, LLC. After almost two years of electronic legal battles, Pribanic shared the exhilaration of stepping back into the courtroom towards the end of 2021 to go to battle a client in a medical negligent case. He explained what it means to him to be a trial lawyer and advocate for his clients, and how important his work is to him. Pribanic spent weeks preparing for the case and stated that he feels a privilege and honor to practice law.

This issue also features:

  • A spotlight on 2022 Pittsburgh Litigation – Health Care "Lawyer of the Year" Wendelynne J. Newton of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • All “Lawyer of the Year” recipients in Pennsylvania
  • A look at the Pittsburgh Supreme Court’s strike-down of “Marsy’s Law,” a victim’s rights amendment
  • Listings of all lawyers from in Allentown, Harrisburg, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

*Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs – 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs – 2014, 2017, 2020

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