Greg has litigated in state and federal courts since 1999, representing plaintiffs in the areas of employment law, long-term disability under ERISA and insurance bad faith. He has been recognized for his trial skills and verdicts by the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Greg is admitted in California, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and multiple federal court jurisdictions including the Supreme Court of the United States. Greg is an active member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, National Employment Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association.
He graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1998 on the Dean's List and with a Certificate of International Studies. He was selected for law review for the Transnational Lawyer. Greg is a 2007 graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. In a recent judgment in Northern California, the judge reinstated long-term disability benefits under ERISA and awarded attorney fees noting that he served as lead counsel in over 100 ERISA cases.
During his undergraduate studies at Carnegie-Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh, Greg became interested in oral history and labor-relations. He has continued with his interest in oral histories by attending the 2017 Advanced Summer Institute at the University of California's Oral History Center in Berkeley, California.
Greg has been a speaker at PBI-Employment Law West: When is Social Discourse too Course for Work (2018); Hypothetically Speaking: A Discussion of FMLA and ADA Challenges (2017); Current Consideration Regarding Non-Compete Agreements (2016); Disability Claims under the ADA, FMLA and ERISA (2015); ADA and Regulatory Hot Buttons (2014), The ADA: Two Decades Later (2013), and Game On: The New ADA (2012), Pittsburgh, PA; National Employment Lawyers Association: Breaking Down the Barriers in the Workplace, Oakland, CA (2010); NBI: Litigating ERISA Cases, Pittsburgh, PA (2008); ADA: Fighting for Fairness, Atlanta, GA (2006) and Chicago, IL (2008).
In addition to representing hundreds of plaintiffs at mediation, Greg is a certified neutral in Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is currently working to complete a Professional Mediation Certificate in Employment Law from the Industrial Labor Relations Institute at Cornell University.
For the past twenty years, Greg has been a passionate volunteer with the American Diabetes Association (ADA). A recipient of the 2008 ADA National Service Award, Greg served as Chair of the ADA's National Legal Advocacy Subcommittee from 2017 to 2019 and is a current member of the National Advocacy Committee
LIST OF ADMISSIONS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania, 1999
West Virginia, 1999
Maryland, 2000
California, 2004
Ohio, 2005 (inactive)
Texas, 2006
Missouri, 2012 (inactive)
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
American Diabetes Association- Chair, Legal Advocacy Subcommittee
California Employment Lawyers Association
National Employment Lawyers Association
Western Pennsylvania Employment Lawyers Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Allegheny County Bar Association
Sonoma County Bar Association