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October 28, 2009
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Eckert Seamans Expands Utilities and Telecommunications Practice
Continues a Series of Strategic Expansions and Results in Opening Richmond, Virginia Office
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC announced today that it has made a
major addition to its Utilities and Telecommunications practice. The firm
is pleased to announce the addition of four exceptional lawyers, Charles
Zdebski, Matthew Kirsner, Raymond Kowalski and Eric Schwalb.
All four of these lawyers are joining Eckert Seamans as members of the
firm. Messrs. Zdebski and Kirsner formerly were partners at Troutman
Sanders. Mr. Kowalski was of counsel and Mr. Schwalb was a senior
associate with that firm. Eckert Seamans simultaneously announced the
opening of a new office in Richmond, Virginia. The most recent Eckert Seamans
additions come on the heels of several recent strategic expansions for the firm
in West Virginia, Harrisburg, Boston and
Washington, D.C.
All four of these lawyers will join the firm’s Utilities and
Telecommunications practice group. Messrs. Zdebski, Kowalski and Schwalb
will be based primarily out of Eckert Seamans’ Washington, DC
office. Mr. Kirsner will head the firm’s newly-established Richmond office. All
of the new Eckert Seamans attorneys will continue their representation of
telecommunications, electric utility and other energy and regulated industry
clients.
“The addition of this talented group is a continuation of Eckert’s strategic
expansion in the areas of regulatory litigation, utilities, telecommunications
and energy augmenting the significant expertise the firm recently brought on
board in its Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office,” said Timothy P. Ryan,
Chief Executive Officer of Eckert Seamans. “These lawyers bring a wealth
of experience and national reputations to the firm, and the opening of the
Richmond, Virginia office will allow us to better serve
existing firm clients as well as new clients which we are excited to introduce
to Eckert Seamans.”
Charles Zdebski serves as regulatory and litigation counsel to
electric and telecommunications companies regarding infrastructure deployment
and access issues and commercial transactions. He also represents a wide
variety of clients in complex litigation matters. Mr. Zdebski earned his
J.D. from George Washington University and his B.A. from Harvard University. He is admitted to
practice in Virginia, Maryland and the District of
Columbia and before the Supreme Court of the United States and multiple United States
district courts across the country.
Matthew Kirsner represents clients in telecommunications matters as
well as a broad array of commercial litigation, including trade secret, trust
and estate litigation matters, commercial leasing disputes, securities
arbitration and compliance, utility easement and pole attachment disputes and
regulatory proceedings before state and federal agencies. Mr. Kirsner
earned his J.D. from George
Mason University and his B.A. from the College of William and Mary. He is admitted to
practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia and
before a number of federal trial and appeals courts.
Raymond Kowalski serves as regulatory and litigation counsel to
electric and telecommunications companies in a wide variety of Federal
Communications Commission and other regulatory and litigation contexts. He
earned his J.D. from George Washington University and his B.A. from St.
Bonaventure University. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of
Columbia as well as before the Supreme Court of the
United
States and other courts across the country.
Eric Schwalb represents electric, telecommunications and
transportation companies in a broad spectrum of regulatory and litigation
matters. He represents these clients in regulatory areas as well as before
state and federal courts. Mr. Schwalb received his J.D. from
Georgetown University and his B.A. from Saint Louis University. He is admitted to
practice in Illinois, the District of Columbia and Missouri as well as a number of United States
district courts.
The addition of these lawyers continues the tactical, measured growth trend
at Eckert Seamans, which has added over 45 lawyers during the past 10
months. Thus far during 2009, attorneys have been added to the firm’s
Boston, MA;
Charleston, WV;
Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh,
PA; Washington,
DC and White Plains, NY offices.
About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with ten offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals. Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation law, bankruptcy and restructuring, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, West Chester and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Charleston, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.
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