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  Peter A. Pentz
 
 
 
 

Mr. Pentz is Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Law Group. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and the Dickinson School of Law, where he was a member of the Dickinson Journal of International Law. He practices in the area of workers' compensation representing employers and insurance carriers throughout Western Pennsylvania. This practice includes representing insured, self-insured, third party administrators and insurance carriers in all aspects of workers compensation and heart and lung law as well as counseling employers in ancillary workplace programs such as return-to-work programs, accident investigation and accident prevention. 

Mr. Pentz is a Council member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section and is active in a number of committees of the Erie County Bar Association, including chairman of the Erie Workers Compensation Section. He regularly speaks on workers' compensation topics at seminars for employers, insurance companies and related groups.

 
 

Practice Concentration
Workers’ Compensation Law
Insurance Law
Litigation

Education
The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, PA, 1989, J.D.
Law Journal: Member, Dickinson Journal of International Law (published)
Pennsylvania State University, 1986, B.S., Finance
Pennsylvania State University Supreme Court, 1985, 1986

Admissions & Certifications
Pennsylvania, 1989
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit

Affiliations
Erie County Bar Association, Member
Erie County Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section, Chairman
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers Compensation Section, Executive Council  Member
American Bar Association, Member
Dickinson School of Law, Class Agent
United Way, Program Review Committee


 
 
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