Background
Beard, Philip E. was born on October 27, 1934 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States.
Beard, Philip E. was born on October 27, 1934 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States.
Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1960).
Worked at Stonecipher, Cunningham, Beard & Schmitt, Professional Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice. Bankruptcy, Corporate, Reorganization, Creditors Rights, Commercial, Oil and Gas Law and Estate Planning and Administration. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Pennsylvania.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Professor, Bankruptcy Debtor/Creditor Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1980. Author: Contributing Editor, Commercial Law Journal.
Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Chairman, Rules Committee, Bankruptcy Section. Chairman, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 1977-1979).
American Bankruptcy Institute American Judicature Society.
Commercial Law League of America. Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law League of America Academy of Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Specialists).
The firm began in 1908 as Stonecipher & Ralston.
In the early years the firm"s concentration was in commercial work. Over the next decades, the emphasis shifted to bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, while the firm maintained its substantial commercial and corporate practice.
In this present transitory legal environment, the firm has remained stable for 34 years with the same senior Beard and Schmitt Officers and the third generation Cunningham.
Member: Allegheny County Bar Association (Chairman, Rules Committee, Bankruptcy Section. Chairman, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 1977-1979). American Bankruptcy Institute American Judicature Society.
Commercial Law League of America.
Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law League of America Academy of Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Specialists).