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WHAT’S NEWS IN NORTH ALLEGHENY Katelyn Dornburg Edwards TWO LOCAL ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL TRIAL LAWYERS Robert Peirce & Associates announced in September that attorneys Katelyn Dornburg Edwards and Cynthia Howell have been named to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum for having won million and multi-million-dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. Fewer than one percent of U.S. lawyers are members. The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the country. The organization was founded in 1993, and there are approximately 5,000 members located throughout the nation. Forum membership acknowledges excellence in advocacy and provides members with a national network of experienced colleagues for professional referral and information exchange in major cases. Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case in which their client received a verdict, award or settlement in the amount of $1 million or more. “We’re honored that two of our attorneys have been invited to join an elite group of the top trial lawyers in America,” says Robert N. Peirce III. “Both of these women exhibit the utmost compassion and devotion to the justice system and their clients, which is why they have been able to achieve such great success and recognition by the legal industry.” Edwards is an associate attorney at Robert Peirce & Associates and has been with firm for seven years. Drawn to the practice of law after helping take care of her grandmother, she now specializes in nursing home abuse and neglect cases, as well as civil rights, victims of sexual assault and personal injury. Edwards majored in history with minors in Spanish and English at Allegheny College before earning her law degree at the University of Pittsburgh. She volunteers with Neighborhood Legal Services and is a resident of McCandless Township. Howell began her law career with Robert Peirce & Associates as law clerk in 2018. After passing the bar exam last October, she was promoted to associate attorney. She practices nursing home and medical malpractice cases, as well as personal injury, civil rights and class action lawsuits. Howell is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and holds a degree in business administration from Robert Morris University. She is also a volunteer with Neighborhood Legal Services and a resident of Scott Township. To learn more about the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, visit milliondollaradvocates.com. About Peirce & Associates, P.C. Robert Peirce & Associates P.C. has represented the rights of the injured and victimized for nearly 40 years. The practice, which is based in Pittsburgh, Pa., focuses primarily on legal issues involving Social Security disability, nursing home neglect and abuse, personal injury, toxic torts, railroad FELA, prescription drug injuries and class actions. For more information, visit peircelaw.com. ONE-OF-A KIND CAR DONATION PROGRAM Community Auto, a program of The Lighthouse Foundation, is a non- profit, low-income car ownership program that accepts donated cars, and repairs and inspects them if necessary. The car is then sold to qualified, working, low-income people at discounted prices, as compared to a regular used car dealership. This is the only organization of its kind in Western Pennsylvania that puts your car back into the hands of a family in the Greater Pittsburgh area. The used car sitting in the garage that you didn’t sell because it was a hassle, or the car that didn’t get the trade-in value you wanted, or that one the kids used for school and is no longer needed, is the perfect car to donate. Your generous donation is the fuel for the program and is tax deductible. Contact Community Auto today at communityautolico.org or at 724.538.5081 to find out just how easy it is to donate your car and give a family a hand toward self-sufficiency. 8 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ icmags.com