Thomas Hollander

Background

Hollander, Thomas was born on March 9, 1936 in Monessen, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward and Edith (Bergstein) Hollander.

Education

Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1961).

Career

Worked at Evans • Ivory P.C. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice. Personal Injury, Negligence, Products Liability, Maritime, Railroad, Malpractice and Tort Law, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Pennsylvania.

1963, United States. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. 1967, United States. Supreme Court. 1970, United States. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania.

Omicron Delta Kappa. Lecturer and Course Planner, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1966-1979. Faculty Member, University of Pittsburgh, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1979-1990. President, Board of Directors, Neighborhood Legal Services Association, 1974-1977.

Delegate, Third Circuit Judicial Conference, 1982, 1988. Member: Allegheny County (President, 1988), Pennsylvania (Delegate, House of Delegates, 1984—) and American Bar Associations. Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (President, 1981-1982).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation.

Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. The firm's predecessor was Evans, Ivory & Evans, a partnership, founded in 1948. In 1981, the firm reorganized as a professional corporation under the name Evans, Ivory & Evans, P.C., and subsequently underwent a change of name.

The firm and its predecessors have been continuously in the practice of civil litigation, representing, for the most part, plaintiffs in tort suits, including actions under the Jones Act and the Federal Employers' Liability Act and is designated counsel for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and American Train Dispatchers Department IBLE.

Achievements

• Bar: Pennsylvania 1962, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1970, United States Court Appeals (3rd circuit) 1981, United States District Court (western district) Pennsylvania 1963, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania 1970, United States District Court (middle district) 1993.

Membership

President Neighborhood Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Pittsburgh, 1971-1977. Member Pennsylvania Lawyers Trust Accountant Board, Pennsylvania, 1988-1989. President Penn State Alumni Association, State College, 1995-1997.

Fellow American Bar Foundation (life), Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (life), American College Trial Lawyers. Member Allegheny County Bar Association (president 1988), Academy Trial Lawyers (president 1981-1982).

Interests

• Avocations: boating, skiing, tennis, photography, jogging.

Connections

Married August 8, 1960 (deceased September 1993). Children: Scott, Leslie Hollander Smith, David.

Father:

Edward Hollander

Mother:

Edith (Bergstein) Hollander

Spouse:

August 8

child:

Leslie Hollander Smith Hollander

child:

David Hollander

child:

Scott Hollander