Background
Perer, Alan Harvey was born on March 30, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of Herbert Leonard and Beatrice (Taper) Perer.
Perer, Alan Harvey was born on March 30, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of Herbert Leonard and Beatrice (Taper) Perer.
Washington and Jefferson College and University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Swensen & Perer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in Civil and Criminal Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Plaintiffs" Health Care Insurance Claims, Plaintiffs" Personal Injury, Negligence, Products Liability, Breast Implant, Commercial Litigation, Toxic Torts, Worker"s Compensation, Medical Malpractice and White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. President, Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Hearing, Speech and Deaf Services, Incorporated., 1982-1985.
Director, 1979-1993.
Member, Plaintiffs" Company-Liaison Counsel for the Pennsylvania Coordinated Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implant Litigation appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Director, WYEP Radio, 1992. Member: Allegheny County and Pennsylvania ( Council Member, Civil Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
Pittsburgh Law Alumni Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1986).
Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. American Trial Lawyers Association.
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. In 1980, January C. Swensen and Alan H. Perer formed Swensen & Perer after previously serving with a long established Pittsburgh law firm.
In 1990, J. Alan Johnson, the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania joined the firm, and the firm"s name was changed to Swensen, Perer & Johnson.
President, board directors Pittsburgh Hearing Speech and Deaf Services Inc., 1979-1986. Member Pennsylvania Bar Association (chairman person injury committee 1986-1987), Allegheny County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Defense Institute (board directors 1979-1985), University Pittsburgh Law Alumni Association (board directors 1984-1986), Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Rivers Club.
Married Diane Wilson, February 26, 1977. Children: Langley Wilson, Abby Rose.