Attorney Profiles

Regis J. Moeller is a shareholder in the firm. He is licensed to practice in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Nevada. He is a 1995 graduate of the Duquesne University's School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Moeller's practice spans a variety of fields including insurance defense litigation, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, commercial litigation, corporate law, liquor law, collections and subrogation.

Mr. Moeller also acts as general counsel for a national restaurant chain as well as for car dealerships and a regional construction company. His clients include Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held businesses.

He is a member of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) where he serves as co-chair of the organization's Amicus Committee and as a board member of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter.

He practices in a variety of state and federal courts, including the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, United States District Court for Nevada as well as the Third and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also routinely appears in front of Administrative Law Judges.

Through his practice Attorney Moeller has argued before numerous state and federal appellate courts. His reported decisions include:

• Transport Insurance Company, et al v. Enterprise Rent a Car of Pittsburgh, 146 P.L.J. 378 (1998), affirmed, 320 PGH 1998 (Pa. Superior. December 3, 1998) (A self-insured is not other insurance under an excess insurance clause of an automobile insurance policy.)
• Sign Innovation v. WCAB (Ayers), _____ A.2d. _____ (Pa. Cmwlth. 2006) (Employer can rebut a presumption of total disability with evidence of earning power under Section 306 (b)(2) of the Workers' Compensation Act. If an employer has evidence that a claimant has earning power, the employer is free to prove the claimant's earning power through a Modification Petition.)
• Riddle v. WCAB (Allegheny City Electric, Inc.) _____ A.2d. _____ (Pa. Cmwlth. 2008) (Employer is not precluded from attempting to establish job availability through a Labor Market Survey utilizing the area where the claimant resided, rather than the location of the injury.)

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Defense Litigation
• Workers' Compensation
• Unemployment Compensation
• Commercial Litigation
• Business Law & Litigation
• Liquor Law
• Collections and Subrogation
• Franchising
• Licensing

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1995
• West Virginia, 1996
• Nevada
• U.S. District Court District of Nevada
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Education

• Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1995
  
  
• Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1990
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), Western Pennsylvania Chapter
  Amicus Committee, Co-Chair