Background
SHOSTAK, ROBERT was born on July 30, 1946 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
SHOSTAK, ROBERT was born on July 30, 1946 in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Bowling Green State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1971). Moot Court Honors, University of Pittsburgh.
Recipient, German Marshall Fund Environmental Fellowship, 1990-1991.
Spoken languages: Russian, Ukrainian.
Working as a partner of SOWASH, CARSON & SHOSTAK. ROBERT J. SHOSTAK, bom Aschaffenburg, Germany, July 30, 1946. Admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and United States. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.
1972, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
1979, United States. Supreme Court. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circut.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1984, California; 1985, United States. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California.
1986, United States. Tax Court. 1987, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1990, Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968).
University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1971). Moot Court Honors, University of Pittsburgh.
Recipient, German Marshall Fund Environmental Fellowship, 1990-1991.
Author: The Pit & Pendulum—The Senate and South. 1403," 82 West Virginia Law Review 1221. Company-Author: "Valid Existing Rights in SMCRA," Journal of Mineral Law & Policy, University of Kentucky, 5:585. Lecturer: Litigation of Environmental Disputes and Environmental Law, Ohio University, 1989-1990.
Clean Water Law, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 1977- 1978.
Environmental Aspects of Business Law, Chatham College, 1976. Environmental Policy Law, University of West Virginia School of Law, since 1989.
Pennsylvania Special Assistant Attorney General, 1971-1974. Assistant District Attorney, Allegheny County, 1974-1975.
Member, Pennsylvania Governor's Select Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Legislation, 1977-1980.
Member, Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee, 1981. Member, Board of Trustees, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1990 1991. Member, Technical Advisory Comittee, Appalachian Ohio Public Interest Campaign, since 1990.
Member, Mining Regulations Drafting Committee and Plenary Committee on Regulatory Programs, West Virginia Department of Energy.
Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1971, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and United States. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.
1972, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 1979, United States. Supreme Court.
1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circut.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1984, California; 1985, United States.
District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California.
1986, United States. Tax Court. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1990, Ohio.
Allegheny County, Orange County (Member, Toxic Torts/Environmental Law Section), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.