Gregory J. Fischer - Pittsburgh, PA

Gregory J. Fischer is certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, having been in the very first group of attorneys in the state to attain that certification in March 2013, and maintaining that certification since then. Mr. Fischer is the chair of the workers’ compensation practice group at Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie and Rauch. Mr. Fischer has over 24 years of experience defending employers and insurers in all aspects of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation litigation. This includes both trial and appellate level work up to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, having primarily focused on this practice throughout his career. He also has experience representing employers and insurers in Federal Black Lung litigation. Mr. Fischer has served multiple terms as a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section Council, serving as an at-large member. He is also a member of the planning committee for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s Workers’ Compensation Bureau Conference and has served on the committee since 2015, working with representatives from all facets of the workers’ compensation community to develop the program for the bureau conference. Mr. Fischer has also served as a panelist and moderator for certain sessions at the Bureau conference, concerning topics relevant to the workers’ compensation insurance industry. He has also served for several years on the planning committee for the Western PA Workers’ Compensation Section Golf Outing, which is the section’s largest charitable event, benefiting Kids’ Chance of Pennsylvania. Mr. Fischer is a 2000 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, having also obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997. He is licensed in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and regularly practices workers’ compensation law in both states.