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Erie Workers' Compensation Lawyer
About Peter A. Pentz
Practice Areas
- Workers' Compensation
- Veteran's Benefits
Litigation
- 80%
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1989
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- New York, 2010
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York
Specialties and Certifications
- Certified as Workers' Compensation Law Specialist, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Other Affiliations
- Erie County Bar Association (Member)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
- Lake Erie Claims Association (Member)
- Erie County Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section (Past Chairman)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section (President and Executive Council Member)
- Pennsylvania Self Insureds Association
- Pennsylvania Defense Institute
- PA WCAIS Attorney Focus Group (Member)
- PA Workers' Compensation Bench Bar Panel on Practice and Procedure
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section (Past Chair, Serving as Executive Committee Chair for Statewide Section of 1000 members)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section (Committee Member, Bench-Bar Think Tank)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section (Committee Chair, Executive Nomination Committee)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section (Past Committee Member, Centennial Anniversary of W.C. Act Committee (Treasurer))
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section (Past Committee Member/chair – Fall Section Meeting Committee)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section (Past Committee Member – Workers' Compensation Liaison Committee)
Education
- The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1989
J.D.
Law Journal: Dickinson Journal of International Law, Member - Pennsylvania State University, 1986
B.S.
Honors: Pennsylvania State University Supreme Court, 1985, 1986
Fraternities and Sororities
- Delta Theta Phi
Pro Bono Activities
- United Way, Program Review Committee, Allocation Panel
- Kids' Chance of Pennsylvania, Board of Directors
- Dickinson School of Law, Class Agent
Classes and Seminars
- Bench-Bar Workers' Compensation Seminar, Hershey, PA April, 2017
- PBA Fall Section Meeting, Hershey, PA, November, 2016
- SEAL National Workers' Compensation Symposium, Cape Cod, MA, June, 2016
- PBA Centennial Workers' Compensation Gala/Dinner, Hershey, PA, May, 2015
- PBA Centennial Ethics Forum, Erie, PA, January, 2015
- State Workers Insurance Fund, February 2014
- PA Careerlink of Lawrence County, February 2014
- Annual Workers' Compensation Bureau Conference in Hershey, (multiple including 2017)
- Knox Firm's Workplace Law Forum, November 2013
- Knox Firm's Litigation Law Symposium, multiple
- Workers' Compensation Update, Society of Healthcare Human Resource Professionals of Pennsylvania, 2012
- Managing Workers' Compensation Claims, Keystone Community Education Council, 2012
- Multiple seminars for clients in-house, as well as for industry groups, manufacturing associations and civic groups
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Peter A. Pentz
Included on the 2023 Pennsylvania list
Past Lists
- 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America® (Workers' Compensation Law - Employers), 2013 - 2020
- Included in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®, 2012 - 2020
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Office Information
Address
2409 State StreetSuite A Erie, PA 16503
Phone
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
Mon-Fri: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM, Sat-Sun: Closed
Websites
Publication
Articles
- "The Mujahidin Middleman: Pakistan's Role in the Afghan Crisis and the International Rule of Non-Intervention", Dickinson Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring, 1988
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