Attorney Biographies

R. Brandon McCullough 
Four Gateway Center
444 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1105
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-1220

Communication Center 
Phone: 412-288-4008
Fax: 412-288-2405
E-mail: bmccullough@psmn.com
Web site: http://www.psmn.com

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Position	Areas of Practice	Education
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Mr. McCullough is an associate with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. and focuses his practice in the areas of commercial, products liability, environmental, and insurance coverage litigation. Mr. McCullough previously worked as an associate at a litigation firm in Pittsburgh where his cases involved a variety of areas, including commercial litigation, insurance coverage, bad faith, employment, products liability and personal injury actions. Mr. McCullough received his Juris Doctorate degree from Duquesne University School of Law in 2008 and graduated cum laude. While in law school, Mr. McCullough was a student attorney for the Duquesne University School of Law Securities Arbitration Practicum, representing low income investors in resolving disputes with investment professionals, as well as a Staff Writer/Editor for the Duquesne Business Law Journal. During his law school career, Mr. McCullough also completed judicial internships with the Honorable Joy Flowers Conti of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Honorable John A. Zottola of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Mr. McCullough obtained a B.S. in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2005 and graduated magna cum laude.

Current Employment Position(s):

Associate, since 2011

Areas of Practice:

Commercial Litigation

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Products Liability Litigation

Toxic Tort litigation

Environmental Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Pennsylvania, 2008

U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2008

Education:

Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008
J.D.

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2005
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  Information Science

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Allegheny County Bar Association, 2008 - Present

Member

American Bar Association , 2006 - Present

Member

Pennsylvania Bar Association , 2006 - Present

Member

Defense Research Institute

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Levicoff, Silko & Deemer, P.C., 2009 - 2011

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Birth Information:

1983, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

 

 

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