Mindy Shreve is counsel in the firm of DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis Kaplan & Berardinelli. Previously, she was a partner in the Pittsburgh
offices of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP and Buchanan Ingersoll.
She concentrates a significant portion of her practice on commercial,
employment, products liability and toxic tort litigation. Ms. Shreve
also has a broad background in other litigation including environmental,
construction, First Amendment/media law, securities, investor/broker
and banking litigation.
Ms. Shreve has defended cases involving several business segments and
industries such as banking, health care, heavy manufacturing, mining,
computer and Internet technology, engineering, aviation, publishing,
advertising and industrial chemical and oil and securities. Ms. Shreve
has litigated cases in twenty states, as well as before AAA, NASD,
NYSE and Labor Arbitration Panels.
Ms. Shreve’s recent trial work, includes:
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employment litigation
cases involving age, sex, disability and race discrimination
claims, drug testing policies and employment agreements. |
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actions against former
officers and other companies relating to misappropriation of
trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty on behalf of industrial
minerals
company and health care entity. |
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copyright infringement
and unfair competition claim on behalf of a major
publishing company. |
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coordination and defense
of tens of thousands of claims against chemical manufacturer
arising out of a train derailment and resulting chemical spill. |
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tort and products liability cases resulting in summary dismissals based
on preemption and Daubert/Frye challenges. |
Ms. Shreve graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University
of Pittsburgh in 1979 and graduated magna cum laude from Duquesne
University School of Law in 1983. She is admitted to practice in
Pennsylvania
and is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American
Bar Associations. She is also an Arbitrator for the National Association
of Securities Dealers and has lectured on several litigation and
environmental topics.
Ms. Shreve is active in both community and professional activities.
She is President of the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Organization
for Women in Early Recovery (P.O.W.E.R.), a member of the Board of
Directors of the Inner City Junior Development Program, and a Fellow
of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. She is also past president
of the Duquesne Law Alumni Association.
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