STEVEN PETRIKIS
Steve has a broad range of experience in all types of civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial litigation. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and complex litigation matters such as breach of contract claims, shareholder disputes, breach of warranty claims, merger and acquisition disputes, covenants not to compete, civil rights issues, property disputes, bank liability claims, and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy.

Additionally, Steve has substantial experience in commercial tax assessment litigation and pursuit of tax exempt status for non-profit corporations. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in both state and federal courts throughout the country, including appellate advocacy.

He also counsels clients as to when a commercial dispute might most appropriately be resolved in an alternative dispute resolution forum, and has represented those clients in mediation and arbitration before the American Arbitration Association.

Steve is certified as a mediator, arbitrator and early neutral evaluator by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and has been selected as a member of the Board of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association.

Practice Areas
• Commercial Litigation
• Alternate Dispute Resolution

Representative Matters
• Obtained favorable verdict for a public utility regarding destruction of a power
facility by a landslide.
• Obtained summary judgment for a software/management corporation in a breach
of contract action involving computer-assisted training programs.
• Obtained favorable settlement in breach of contract action involving valve
performance at a nuclear power facility.
• Obtained directed verdict in suit against major banking institution regarding fraud
and breach of contract claims relating to a customer’s account.

Experience
• 2000  Metz Lewis LLC
• 1981  Rose, Schmidt, Hasley & DiSalle
• 1976-1978  English Teacher

Education
• 1981  J.D., magna cum laude, University of Pittsburgh
              Notes Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review
              University Scholar
• 1976  B.A., magna cum laude, English, Dickinson College

Admissions
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliations and Honors
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Allegheny County Bar Association
• Mercer County Bar Association
• Board of Neutrals, American Arbitration Association
• Recognized as an AV® rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell peer review

Personal Interests and Activities
• Serves as counsel to a non-profit gymnastics booster organization whose mission
it is to foster competitive gymnastics throughout the United States.