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Anthony P. Picadio 
4710 U.S. Steel Tower
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-2702

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Phone: 412-288-4010 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (412) 288-2405
E-mail: picadio@psmn.com
Web site: http://www.psmn.com

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Anthony Picadio is a business lawyer and litigator and environmental lawyer who has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for many years. He currently holds a rare triple listing in the fields of Business Litigation, Environmental Law and Personal Injury Litigation.  Mr. Picadio has represented business clients in significant cases presenting issues involving corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent conveyance, securities fraud, trademark protection, insurance coverage, construction litigation, legal malpractice, commercial real estate and contract matters. Mr. Picadio also has acted as outside general counsel to a publicly-held real estate development company, to a construction company and to an international manufacturer of commercial lighting fixtures.  His environmental law practice has involved contribution and cost recovery actions under CERCLA and related state statutes, air pollution regulatory enforcement and private damages actions, and water pollution issues.

Mr. Picadio is a former Pennsylvania Assistant Attorney General specializing in environmental enforcement matters and former chairman of an administrative tribunal charged with administering air pollution control regulations in the Pittsburgh region. He has served as an adjunct Professor of Law at Duquesne University School of Law and as a speaker at seminars on various litigation and environmental law topics. He has served on the boards of a number of non-profit corporations engaged in conservation and information technology projects.

Selected Cases

Representation of manufacturer of commercial lighting product in an action against competitor for patent infringement and in an action brought by competitor for misappropriation of design and unfair competition.

Class counsel for class of investors in litigation alleging fraudulent securities and life insurance sales practices. 

Representation of owner of 40 story granite-clad office building in litigation against architect, general contractor and structural engineer arising out of failure of granite facade anchoring system. 

Representation of manufacturer of industrial, ultra-sonic flow meter in an action against a competitor for unfair competition.

Representation of publicly held company in litigation against former officers and bank arising out of misappropriation of corporate assets.

Defense of corporate managing general agent in litigation brought by insurer alleging negligence in insurance underwriting and claims management activities.

Representation of multi-plant manufacturing company in legal malpractice litigation against major law firm arising out of pension plan termination.  

Defense of securities broker-dealer firm in series of cases brought by company alleging misapplication by a company officer of funds deposited in company bank accounts. 

Representation of institutional and high net worth individual investors in securities fraud claims against broker-dealer and investment advisor.  

Representation of real estate developer in litigation against municipality and state environmental regulatory agency to enjoin continuation of ban on sewage connections.  

Defense of National Banking Association in series of cases brought by company alleging misappropriation by a company officer of funds deposited in company bank accounts. 

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Year Joined Organization:

1985

Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation

Environmental Litigation

Business Law

Bar Admissions:

Pennsylvania, 1970

U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1970

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1971

U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

Education:

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1969 - 1970

University of Pittsburgh, 1966
B.A.
Major:  Economics

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Allegheny County Air Pollution Variance Board

Former Chairman

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources

Former Legal Counsel, State Air Pollution Control Program

Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act

Principal Drafter

Central Regional Office of Enforcement

Director

Past Employment Positions:

Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1975 - 1985

Birth Information:

1941, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Case Summaries

Intellectual Property

[11/25] Bd. of Supervisors for La. State Univ. Agric. & Mech. Coll. v. Smack Apparel Co.
In a trademark dispute alleging that defendant infringed trademarks by selling t-shirts with several universities' color schemes and other identifying indicia referencing the games of the schools' football teams, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where: 1) the color schemes had secondary meaning and, although unregistered, were protectible marks; 2) there was a likelihood of confusion connecting the marks and the universities themselves; 3) the marks at issue were nonfunctional and thus subject to Lanham Act protection; 4) defendants' use of the marks was not a nominative fair use; 5) the defense of laches did not apply; 6) actual confusion was not a prerequisite to an award of money damages; and 7) plaintiffs were not entitled to attorneys' fees.

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Insurance Law

[12/02] Love v. Dell Inc.
In a suit arising from the denial of health benefits under a plan subject to ERISA, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where two separate decisions by defendant-plan administrator to deny coverage as not medically necessary were supported by substantial evidence in the record, and were therefore not abuses of discretion.

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Environmental Law

[11/28] Albany Eng'g Corp. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n
In a case involving the reimbursement by downstream licensees of upstream dam operators for "headwater benefits" conferred by those dams, petition for review of a FERC order allowing state regulation of the reimbursements is granted, and order reversed in part, where section 10(f) of the Federal Power Act preempts state law over compensation for headwater benefits, and FERC's interpretation to the contrary was unreasonable.

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Commercial Law

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