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Bryan S. Neft

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Pittsburgh, PA

office 412.325.3317

mobile 412.720.4245

Overview

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Distinctions

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Community Involvement

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Mr. Neft’s primary areas of practice are commercial litigation, health care, and toxic tort. His practice is focused on commercial litigation and toxic torts, with experience in antitrust, banking and lender regulatory matters, business torts, competition and trade secrets, consumer protection, contractual disputes, environmental law, ERISA, fair debt collection, false advertising, health care, insurance coverage, medical malpractice, shareholder and corporate control disputes, product liability, accountants’ liability, and insurance bad faith and unfair insurance practices.

Education

University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Boston University School of Law, J.D.

Experience

Representing a large integrated health care system in an antitrust challenge to its merger with a specialty hospital, coordinating all facets of preliminary injunction proceedings, including the coordination of 20 attorneys in extensive document review and production
Representing health care practice groups in antitrust and contractual disputes brought by former practice physicians
Assisting a Fortune 100 company in substantial toxic tort litigation in western Pennsylvania, including the development of litigation and trial strategies
Representing a variety of defendants in asbestos litigation including airlines, tractor manufacturers, school districts, and small family businesses
Representing a Fortune 500 asbestos-coated wire and cable manufacturer in toxic tort litigation, which resulted in the dismissal of all claims in Pennsylvania brought by more than 200 electricians, and trial preparation and participation in the largest toxic tort mass trial in West Virginia, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs
Assisting closed corporations and partnerships in shareholder and business disputes
Representing a purchaser of raw materials against a shipper for contaminating a shipment and making it unusable for its intended purpose
Representing a tax collector in class actions cases alleging improper imposition of fees and costs
Representing a company in a favorable settled trade secret case in which a forensic computer search of a former employee’s hard drive revealed deleted email correspondence of the client’s trade secrets to a new employer
Representing a health maintenance organization in a contract dispute with more than 80 pharmacies for recovery of overpayments under HMO participating pharmacy agreements
Representing insureds in disputes with insurance carriers and third-party payers over mismanagement of workers’ compensation programs and for reclamation of collateral

Asbestos Litigation Battle Group-Litigation Health Care Law Litigation Nursing Homes Product Liability Litigation Toxic Tort Litigation

Distinctions

Distinguished™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and Litigation—Insurance

Admissions

Pennsylvania State Bar
West Virginia State Bar
Ohio State Bar
California State Bar
United States Supreme Court
United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
United States District Court for the Central District of California
United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits

Memberships

Pennsylvania Bar Association: House of Delegates, July 2004 - present; Post Trial and Appellate Practice Committee; Education Liaison, Civil Litigation Section, 2021 - present; Co-Chair, Judicial Administration Committee, 2021 - present
President, Allegheny County Bar Association; Treasurer, 2014 - 2016
- Board of Governors, 2004 - 2007, 2008 - 2016
- Homer S. Brown Division, 2011 - present
- Women in in the Law Division, Gender Bias Subcommittee, 2007 - present
- Young Lawyers Division, 1991 - 2001
- Civil Litigation Section, 2002 - present
- Federal Court Section, 2002 - 2007
- Appellate Practice Committee, 2002 - 2004
- Bench-Bar Committee, 2015 - present, Co-Chair, 2016 - present
- Finance Committee, 2001 - present
- LGBT Rights Committee, 2015 - present
- PAC Committee, 2009 - present
- KD & You & the Law Program, 1991 - present
Fellow and Sustaining Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation, 2002 - present; Treasurer, 2005 - 2007; Trustee, 2001 - 2007; Chair, Attorneys Against Hunger annual charitable campaign, 2001 - 2012; Fellows Subcommittee, 2004 - present; Loan and Scholarship Committee, 2001 - present; Lawyers Fund Committee, 2005 - 2007

Objections: When to Use Them for the Best Results 2021, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Community Involvement

Rivers Club Board of Governors, 2010 - present
Beth El Congregation of the South Hills: Board of Trustees, 2008 - present; Assistant Financial Secretary, 2014 - present; Treasurer, 2016 - present
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh: Board of Directors, 2002 - 2008, Audit Subcommittee, Facilities Subcommittee and Human Resources Subcommittee
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh: Jewish Community Life Commission, 2007 - 2016; UJF Funding Committee, 2009 - present; Young Adult Division
Shady Side Academy Alumni Council, 1991 - 1995, 2000 - 2004
Vice President, Hunger Services Network Board of Directors, 2002 - 2004

Other

Foreign Languages: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese (rudimentary)

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Experience

Representing a large integrated health care system in an antitrust challenge to its merger with a specialty hospital, coordinating all facets of preliminary injunction proceedings, including the coordination of 20 attorneys in extensive document review and production

Representing health care practice groups in antitrust and contractual disputes brought by former practice physicians

Assisting a Fortune 100 company in substantial toxic tort litigation in western Pennsylvania, including the development of litigation and trial strategies

Representing a variety of defendants in asbestos litigation including airlines, tractor manufacturers, school districts, and small family businesses

Representing a Fortune 500 asbestos-coated wire and cable manufacturer in toxic tort litigation, which resulted in the dismissal of all claims in Pennsylvania brought by more than 200 electricians, and trial preparation and participation in the largest toxic tort mass trial in West Virginia, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs

Assisting closed corporations and partnerships in shareholder and business disputes

Representing a purchaser of raw materials against a shipper for contaminating a shipment and making it unusable for its intended purpose

Representing a tax collector in class actions cases alleging improper imposition of fees and costs

Representing a company in a favorable settled trade secret case in which a forensic computer search of a former employee’s hard drive revealed deleted email correspondence of the client’s trade secrets to a new employer

Representing a health maintenance organization in a contract dispute with more than 80 pharmacies for recovery of overpayments under HMO participating pharmacy agreements

Representing insureds in disputes with insurance carriers and third-party payers over mismanagement of workers’ compensation programs and for reclamation of collateral

Memberships

Pennsylvania Bar Association: House of Delegates, July 2004 - present; Post Trial and Appellate Practice Committee; Education Liaison, Civil Litigation Section, 2021 - present; Co-Chair, Judicial Administration Committee, 2021 - present

President, Allegheny County Bar Association; Treasurer, 2014 - 2016

Board of Governors, 2004 - 2007, 2008 - 2016
Homer S. Brown Division, 2011 - present
Women in in the Law Division, Gender Bias Subcommittee, 2007 - present
Young Lawyers Division, 1991 - 2001
Civil Litigation Section, 2002 - present
Federal Court Section, 2002 - 2007
Appellate Practice Committee, 2002 - 2004
Bench-Bar Committee, 2015 - present, Co-Chair, 2016 - present
Finance Committee, 2001 - present
LGBT Rights Committee, 2015 - present
PAC Committee, 2009 - present
KD & You & the Law Program, 1991 - present

Fellow and Sustaining Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation, 2002 - present; Treasurer, 2005 - 2007; Trustee, 2001 - 2007; Chair, Attorneys Against Hunger annual charitable campaign, 2001 - 2012; Fellows Subcommittee, 2004 - present; Loan and Scholarship Committee, 2001 - present; Lawyers Fund Committee, 2005 - 2007

Community Involvement

Rivers Club Board of Governors, 2010 - present

Beth El Congregation of the South Hills: Board of Trustees, 2008 - present; Assistant Financial Secretary, 2014 - present; Treasurer, 2016 - present

Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh: Board of Directors, 2002 - 2008, Audit Subcommittee, Facilities Subcommittee and Human Resources Subcommittee

United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh: Jewish Community Life Commission, 2007 - 2016; UJF Funding Committee, 2009 - present; Young Adult Division

Shady Side Academy Alumni Council, 1991 - 1995, 2000 - 2004

Vice President, Hunger Services Network Board of Directors, 2002 - 2004

Admissions

Pennsylvania State Bar

West Virginia State Bar

Ohio State Bar

California State Bar

United States Supreme Court

United States District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania

United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio

United States District Court for the Central District of California

United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits

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