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Attorney William Caroselli is a partner in the Pittsburgh law firm of Caroselli, Beachler, McTiernan & Conboy, LLC. He concentrates his practice on personal injury law, toxic torts and complex litigation, as well as arguing complex matters before the Pennsylvania appellate courts. Attorney Caroselli is a member and Past President of the Allegheny County Academy of Trial Lawyers, a member and past President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers, The American Board of Trial Advocates, and is also a member of the American Association for Justice, where he served on its Executive Committee. Attorney Caroselli is Executive Trustee of LAWPAC, a past Chair of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and also served as a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Civil Procedural Rules Committee. He has participated in many continuing legal education programs for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.
Attorney Caroselli has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America since 1987 and is presently listed in six categories: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability( Pittsburgh Litigator of the Year-2010) and Workers' Compensation. In 1999, he was a finalist for the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year award for his work in the Apollo, Pennsylvania nuclear radiation cancer litigation. In 2009, Attorney Caroselli had two of the fifty largest verdicts and settlements in Pennsylvania. In 2004 - 2006, the Pennsylvania Law Journal named him as one of Pennsylvania's 100 Super Lawyers. He graduated with a B.A. from Brown University and received his J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University where he is a member of the Board of Counselors
About William Caroselli
Law School: Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law
Admitted: 1966, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: www.cbmclaw.com/Attorneys/William-R-Caroselli.shtml
Honors and Awards:
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Board of Directors, 1999)
- Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1998-2003)
- Pennsylvania Top 100 Super Lawyers, 2004-2006
- Best Lawyers in America, Bet- The- Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Workers Compensation, 1987- 2009
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2004-2010
- The American Trial Lawyers Association
- Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Lawyers for Public Justice, Finalist, 1990
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Governor's Health Reform & Medical Malpractice Committee, 2002
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Special Ad Hoc Medical Malpractice Rules Committee, 2003
- Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University, Board of Counselors
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Member 1996-2002; Chair 1999-2000
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 1988-1994
- Lawyers for Consumer Rights, President, 1986-1988
- American Bar Foundation
- Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, President 2007-2008
- Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1983
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Trustee LAWPAC, 1980-Present
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice, President, 1985-1986
- American Association for Justice, State Committeeman, 1978-1980, 1985-1986; Executive Board 1999
- American Association for Justice, Member; Board of Governors 1986-1988
- American Association for Justice, Member; Executive Board, 2000-2001
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, Special Tort Reform Committee
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workmens' Compensation Section, Chairperson, 1986
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference, Chairperson, 1970
- Allegheny County Bar Association Judiciary Committee, Chairperson, 1988 and Member 1981-1988
- Allegheny County Bar Association Ethics Committee, Member, 1983-1986
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1966
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1966
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1966
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1966
- Pennsylvania, 1966
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1985), 1987
Educational Background:
- Brown University, A.B., 1963
- Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law, 1966
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