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Member, Board of Directors, Chair of the Mass Tort Group
600 Grant Street
44th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
P: 412.566.5930
M: 412.860.8554
F: 412.566.6099
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E: rdandrea@eckertseamans.com
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Rick Dandrea concentrates his practice in the field of product liability defense, with a particular emphasis upon pharmaceutical claims. Rick is a member of the Executive Committee of the firm’s Board of Directors.
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Defends clients against product liability claims involving exposure to workplace chemicals;
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Represents defendants in product liability cases involving chain saws, ladders, industrial equipment and motorcycle helmets;
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Litigates a wide range of commercial matters, and has tried commercial and product liability cases in a number of courts.
Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation
Product Liability
Technology Litigation
Litigation Management Online
Life Sciences
J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1980
B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1977, magna cum laude
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania and Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Third and Fourth Circuits
Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, Product Liability Committee
Member of the Advisory Board of Penn State University’s Schreyer Honors College
Former member of the Board of Directors of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross and Chairman of the nominating committee
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
- Author of the chapter on
Pennsylvania law in a 50-state treatise on products liability published by West Publishing Company.
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“Guide to the Individual Practices and Procedures of the Judges of the Western District of Pennsylvania,” co-author of a publication of the Federal Court Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association.
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Author of product liability and toxic tort defense articles in BNA's Toxics Law Reporter.
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“ Alternative Billing Arrangements,” co-presented at Eckert Seamans’ annual Continuing Legal Education program, August 2010.
- Lecturer on civil litigation topics for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Law Seminars, Inc., the Law & Science Institute and the Allegheny County Bar Association.
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