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Oresick, Jake S.

Jake S. Oresick - Pittsburgh, PA

Attorney at Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Litigation Lawyers in Pittsburgh, PA

Three Gateway Center 401 Liberty Ave. 22nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 - 1005

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Pittsburgh Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Law
  • Environmental and Energy Law

Attorney Information

Overview

As a litigation attorney, Jake has a diverse legal background in civil litigation including commercial contracts, construction, insurance and environmental law. He has represented businesses, government entities, and individuals in both state and federal court.

During law school, Jake served as a teaching assistant in Legal Analysis and Writing and also completed internships with the Honorable Joy Flowers Conti of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Honorable John T. Bender of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Jake clerked for two Judges on the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county before entering private practice.


Education

  • Legal Education

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      J.D.
      Honors: CALI Award for Highest Grade in Lawyering Process III, Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Aid Award for Best Student Clinician
  • Non Legal Education

    • Carnegie Mellon University
      M.S. in Public Policy and Management
    • John Carroll University
      B.A. Cum Laude

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Associate

Classes and Seminars

  • “The Schenley Experiment” (Carnegie Mellon Univ., School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, October 31, 2017)
  • “Scandal! Mary Schenley Revealed” (Britsburgh, Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA, September 8, 2017)
  • “An Evening of Oakland Storytelling” (Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, Pittsburgh, PA, June 16, 2017)
  • “The Schenley Experiment” (Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, May 8, 2017)

Published Works

Articles

  • The Pittsburgh Novel: Western Pennsylvania in Fiction and Drama, 1792- 2014 (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Libraries) (forthcoming 2021)
  • The Schenley Experiment: A Social History of Pittsburgh’s First Public High School (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017)
  • “What’s in a Namesake?: Mary Schenley,” Western Pennsylvania History 98, no. 3 (Fall 2015): 22-35, https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/view/60194/60143
  • “College Students and Means-Tested Welfare Programs: Mitigating the Cost for Sub-Median Income Families,” The Heinz Journal, January 24, 2012, http://journal.heinz.cmu.edu/2012/01/college- students-and-means- tested-welfare-programs-mitigating-the-cost-for- sub-median-income- families/
  • “SEC charges financier in $8 billion investment scheme,” JURIST, February 18, 2009, https://www.jurist.org/news/2009/02/sec-charges- financier-in-8-billion/

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Other Affiliations

  • Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA- Board Member, 2015 – Present; Board President, 2020– Present
  • John Carroll University Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter, Pittsburgh, PA- Board of Directors President, 2008 – 2015

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Pittsburgh, PA

Three Gateway Center
401 Liberty Ave.
22nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222 - 1005

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Phone: 412-288-4005

Fax: 412-281-4499

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Hours: M - F, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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