Attorney Profiles

Robert P. Walter is a Shareholder in the firm, and a 1991 graduate of Duquesne University School of Law. He concentrates his practice in the defense of employers and insurance carriers in the areas of workers' compensation, unemployment compensation and Heart and Lung Act litigation, as well as in workers' compensation subrogation.

Mr. Walter counsels employers on a wide range of issues designed to avoid litigation including employee discipline and discharge. He has authored many employee handbooks for clients. His clients include Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held businesses. Mr. Walter has successfully defended every manner of injury claim as well as psychological claims. He is an active member of the firm's Subrogation and Recoveries practice and oversees the protection and, where necessary, the litigation of workers' compensation subrogation issues.

Mr. Walter is a member of the bar in all Pennsylvania state courts and United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is member of the National Counsel of Self-Insurers.  Mr. Walter is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Multicultural Arts Initiative, a supporting branch of The Pittsburgh Foundation.  In 2006, he was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, an honor awarded to the top 5% of Pennsylvania lawyers.  

Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation Defense
• Unemployment Compensation
• Heart and Lung Act Litigation
• Workers' Compensation Subrogation

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1992
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

• Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991
  
  
• Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988
  
  

Published Works

• Employee Handbooks for Clients

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Counsel of Self-Insurers
  
  
• Multicultural Arts Initiative
  Member, Board of Directors