Background
James Rogers, William was born on March 27, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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William James Rogers
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The Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Science, 1974. Master of Science, 1976). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983).
Career
Worked at Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie, Professional Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in Civil Litigation and Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts. Admiralty, Banking, Commercial, Corporation, Employee Benefit, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Healthcare, Hospital, Insurance Defense, Municipal, Real Estate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice Defense, Taxation, Toxic Substance, Transportation and Workers Compensation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Pennsylvania.
1986, United States.
Supreme Court. Managing Editor, The Journal of Law and Commerce, 1982-1983. Law Clerk for the Honorable Marion K. Finkelhor, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1983-1985.
Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), 1991. Board of Directors, Family Services of Western Pennsylvania.
Author: "The Delicate Balance of Fairness in Bankruptcy and Products Liability Law," The Journal of Law and Commerce, 1983.
Professional Psychologist, Pennsylvania, 1981. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie was formed in 1983 when it spun-off from what was then the 12th largest firm in Pittsburgh.
The firm has a long and distinguished history and can trace its ancestry in western Pennsylvania"s legal community to 1838.
Since founding the present firm, we have built upon our heritage while at the same time we have re-engineered our practice to meet the legal needs of corporate America and individuals in the 1990"son
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Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
