The Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County

Litigation partner Wendy West Feinstein was a program planner and panelist at the 2024 Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Federal Practice CLE program. Wendy’s panel was titled Rules, Rules, Rules: Changes to Western District of PA Local Civil and Criminal Rules, Recent Amendments to FRCP/LRCivP 7.1 and LLCs, Look Back at FRE 702 One Year Later. She and fellow panelists US District Court Judge William Stickman and Professor Steven Baicker-McKee discussed the proposed changes to the local rules of court and the recent amendments to the federal rules. Wendy also provided practice pointers for expert challenges under FRE 702, including “Don’t say Daubert.”

The Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County began in 1959 as an organization to promote the highest standards of integrity, civility, and competence in the legal profession; to cherish the camaraderie among its members; and to foster a close working relationship with the judiciary in matters of judicial administration, an objective and mission that it strongly adheres to and pursues today. Membership is limited to Allegheny County lawyers who are actively engaged in trial practice, following an application and interview process.