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The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on April 9, 2024 significant updates to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program regulations that are set to go into effect on May 9, 2024. The rulemaking process began on ...

We are proud to announce that this year marks the highest number of Cohen Seglias attorneys acknowledged by Best Lawyers. 16 Cohen Seglias partners are listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers are selected based on an ...

Lori Wisniewski Azzara, 41, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, Pittsburgh Job title: Partner Practice area: Construction and commercial litigation Law school and year of graduation: Duquesne University School of Law, 2006 How long have you ...

Cohen Seglias is proud to announce that the firm and its attorneys continue to be ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the preeminent legal ranking of attorneys and law firms. The firm continues to increase its rankings ...

Cohen Seglias partners Roy Cohen and Lori Wisniewski Azzara and associates Sydney Pierce, Kelsey Riehle and Mara Stella recently obtained a successful opinion for their client, Broadway Electric Service Corp. (BESCO). The Legal Intelligencer ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Each year, the Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than five percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania, ...

To kick off Women’s History Month, Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that Lori Azzara has been named shareholder and member of the firm’s board of directors. Lori is a construction litigation partner based in the firm’s Pittsburgh and ...

As the construction industry operates within the digital era, the complexity of the sector continues to evolve. Because there are various parties and stakeholders involved on a construction project, there are competing interests with the same goal ...

For their 2022 winter social, the firm’s Women’s Initiative hosted an evening of Painting With a Twist. The Initiative brought the women of the firm together for a fun night of networking and painting, aligning with the ...

The Ordinance In 2019, an inclusionary zoning ordinance was implemented in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Inclusionary ordinances aim to provide affordable housing to low-income families. This ordinance specifically required that at ...

We are pleased to announce that 12 Cohen Seglias attorneys are listed in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and that managing partner George Pallas was selected as a “Lawyer of the Year.” Lawyers are selected based on an ...

In March 2022, Cohen Seglias celebrated Women’s History Month. In addition to our donation drive for Dress for Success, a global not-for-profit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence, we sat down with the women of Cohen ...

Cohen Seglias is proud to announce that Lori Wisniewski Azzara and William Firth have been selected to serve on editorial advisory boards for Law360. The advisory boards, focusing on a variety of practices and industries, provide feedback on the ...

We are pleased to announce that 12 Cohen Seglias attorneys are listed in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Lawyers are recognized based on an exhaustive peer-review process. In addition, a number of associates are included in Best ...

Lori Wisniewski Azzara, chair of the firm’s Women’s Initiative, spoke with The National Law Review about Cohen Seglias’ efforts to support our women attorneys throughout the pandemic. Lori discussed a number of topics, including ...

Whether you are following the financial headlines or reviewing recent supply invoices, one thing is clear: the cost of materials is on the rise and far from slowing down as the rate continues to accelerate. Contractors are under mounting pressure to ...

Lori Azzara commented for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on civil jury trials resuming in Allegheny County. She stated that due to the financial effects of the pandemic, people are eager to move forward in civil cases and get a settlement, “even ...

We are pleased to announce that 12 Cohen Seglias attorneys are included in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, almost doubling the number of recognized attorneys from 2020. Lawyers are selected for inclusion based on an exhaustive ...

While a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion has no direct ties to the construction industry, it still has a wide-reaching impact on Pennsylvania litigants generally, including owners, contractors, and consultants involved in construction ...

Lori Wisniewski Azzara, Partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, is quoted in the September/October edition of BreakingGround‘s Construction Law Update. Lori discusses the rise of technology and how it is changing the legal industry and ...