Meet Our Attorneys

Jonathan Altman is the Chair of the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, and an active member of the Firm’s Corporate and Banking Practice Groups. He specializes in counseling companies, private equity funds, family offices, banks, and individuals with respect to a broad range of transactional matters. Jon has particular expertise in mergers, acquisitions, commercial real estate transactions, and financing transactions. Jon is recognized[...]

Nkechi is an Associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. She assists clients with a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and general corporate counseling. She works closely with senior attorneys to help navigate clients through complex deal structures across various industries. Her experience includes assisting on both buy-side and sell-side transactions for privately held businesses. Nkechi[...]

Joshua Baker has a diverse practice and represents individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses, and corporate clients in all types of business disputes. His vast experience includes: breach of contract and warranty, real estate matters, product liability, shareholder disputes and oppression claims, and directors and officers liability. He has significant experience representing employees and employers in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters. Josh is also involved[...]

Stephen (Rick) Ban's practice ranges from estate planning and administration to antitrust litigation, and includes mergers and acquisitions as well as estate and commercial litigation. His niche at Metz Lewis is his estate work, and he finds it especially rewarding helping worried people solve their tough problems. Throughout his career, Rick has counseled individuals, families, and businesses in the creation of succession plans.[...]

Linda Barent's practice consists primarily of commercial real estate matters including acquisitions and sales, leasing and development. Linda has significant experience with negotiation and documentation of acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, subleasing, development and due diligence, and was previously engaged for over 10 years as Vice President and Senior Real Estate Counsel at one of the largest post-secondary education providers in the country with over[...]

John's years of experience in representing management covers employer/employee disputes, equal employment arguments, unions, labor contracts, negotiations, and worker's compensation. After considering architecture, marine biology, and teaching as professions, he wound up in a corporate human relations department, which led quite naturally into the legal field. Being a labor and employment attorney yields satisfaction "in achieving goals for employers and doing what I[...]

Zachary Bell is an Associate in our Real Estate Practice Group. His real estate experience includes acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing for various asset classes. He has represented many types of clients including educational institutions, REITs, and public and private companies in the retail industry.

Larry Blair, an attorney and Certified Public Accountant, practices tax, business, estate and financial planning law, providing counsel to corporate executives, high net worth individuals, and businesses and their owners. He has extensive experience in the complex tax and wealth preservation situations facing high net worth individuals who are corporate executives or business owners. He represents both individuals and businesses in a broad[...]

Matthew Borges is a Patent Attorney in the firm's Intellectual Property and Corporate groups. Matthew focuses his practice in the areas of general intellectual property law and related corporate matters. He has experience prosecuting patent applications regarding mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, life sciences, and medical devices. Matthew gained practical experience with molecular biology research during college, focusing on heme transport mechanisms in[...]

Eric Bradley is a commercial real estate attorney and a member of the firm. Eric's practice consists of commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions; commercial real estate finance (construction, permanent, and refinance); commercial real estate development; commercial real estate leasing (office, retail, and industrial); and commercial real estate title insurance.

Christopher Brodman is a founding member of Metz Lewis. He is the President of the Firm, a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and a member of the Corporate Group. His diverse client base values him as a dedicated, practical, and experienced business advisor and general counsel. He has a wealth of business experience which allows him to help clients identify and achieve[...]

Leilani is one of the founding lawyers of Metz Lewis.  She is the firm’s Transaction Director and brings over 20 years of experience to the Corporate Group, with a focus on our Mergers and Acquisitions Practice.   Leilani also has Big Four experience, having previously worked as a CPA for Deloitte’s Pittsburgh Office in the tax and audit departments. Leilani concentrates her practice on[...]

Nelson Crichton is an attorney in the firm’s Banking Group. He thinks it’s a good day in the office when he solves a difficult problem for a client that at the beginning of the day seemed impossible. Regional and national financial institutions appreciate his head for numbers and business acumen. Nelson’s responsive, efficient, and reasonable approach to transactions makes him an ideal choice[...]

Melanie is a member of the firm’s Tax, Trusts, and Estates Group. Her primary practice focus is estate planning and estate administration for a variety of clients, with a focus on high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and families regarding tax planning, intergenerational wealth transfers, and asset protection. Melanie recognizes that every client is different, implementing an individualized approach to the[...]

Matthew D’Ascenzo is a Member of the firm's Corporate Transactions and Securities Practice. He draws from his extensive practical legal experience and knowledge to structure transactions that facilitate clients’ business goals. During his over 20 years of practice, Matt has assisted clients in numerous private securities offerings (including for private equity and venture capital clients), mergers and acquisitions, and recapitalizations and restructurings. Matt[...]

Adam Diaz delivers creative and pragmatic legal counsel to clients on a wide range of complex commercial real estate transactions. Adam represents commercial and institutional clients in connection with the purchase, sale, development, leasing and financing of mixed-use, office, commercial, retail, and industrial properties. He has particular expertise in drafting and negotiating build-to-suit and triple net office, industrial and retail space leases on[...]

Sarah is an Associate in the Banking group, where she assists clients with a broad range of financing transactions. She brings a strong foundation in corporate law, having previously advised on mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals, commercial contracts, reorganizations, and startup matters. Sarah has worked with clients across a variety of industries on matters ranging from local transactions to complex international deals.[...]

Margaret ("Maggie") is an Associate in the Firm’s Tax, Trusts, and Estates Group. Maggie assists clients with a broad range of Tax, Trusts, and Estates matters, including developing customized estate plans and tax planning strategies. She provides strategic advice to clients for family wealth transfers, asset protection, and federal estate tax planning. Prior to joining the firm, Maggie worked as an Associate in[...]

Tom Freyvogel is an experienced corporate and securities transactional attorney, specializing in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and general corporate matters. Tom advises clients on sophisticated private equity-sponsored and strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. He represents private equity and venture capital funds, corporate venture capital groups, family offices and angel investors, as well as founders and emerging growth companies,[...]

Barry Friedman is a patent and technology lawyer specializing in the acquisition, distribution, licensing and protection of digital technologies and related business assets. His practice includes a focus on the ongoing transformation of business systems, processes and software, including remote information processing services, data security and privacy, as well as traditional Intellectual Property concerns. Building upon over thirty years of experience relating to the development[...]

Jay Ginsburg's practice primarily consists of real estate leasing, real estate financing, and real estate acquisitions and sales throughout the United States and Canada in various industries. Additionally, Jay provides clients with general corporate guidance.

Brian Golias counsels lenders and banking clients with respect to structuring and closing asset-based and leverage-based loans, workouts, and restructuring of non-performing loans, including advising clients of Uniform Commercial Code and secured transaction issues. Brian has extensive experience representing clients in complex operational and joint venture projects in both the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. He represented a trading company in connection[...]

Mike Herzog is a Member in the firm’s Corporate Group. He concentrates his practice on a variety of tax matters and employee benefits counseling. His tax practice is informed by his experience as a CPA. Prior to practicing law, he served as a tax consultant for a Big Five accounting firm. He assists clients with the tax implications of business restructurings, international transactions,[...]

Nicholas Holland is a member of the firm's Executive Committee, the firm's Chief Financial Officer, and Practice Group Leader of the Tax, Trusts, and Estates Group at Metz Lewis. His primary practice focus is individual tax planning, estate planning and estate administration for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals. Nick concentrates his practice on providing practical advice with the goal of[...]

David Horvitz became extensively involved in loan documentation near the outset of his career, and he's been in that arena ever since. His banking practice involves secured lending, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and other business transactions. Working with lenders and borrowers, Dave provides advice and representation in a wide variety of finance transactions. He routinely represents commercial lenders in the[...]

Michael Hutter is a corporate associate in the Pittsburgh office of Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe LLC. Michael’s practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, equity investments and general corporate matters. He has transactional experience across a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, banking, medical device, healthcare, automotive, transportation and insurance.  

David Jaffe is a business transactions lawyer whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, growth capital investments, corporate finance, corporate governance, private placements and distressed company transactions. For more than 20 years, he has counseled middle market businesses, emerging growth companies, public corporations and boards of directors in these transactions and has served as an advisor on general corporate and commercial matters. His[...]

Brian is the Practice Group Leader of the firm's Energy Group, and members of the Real Estate and Litigation practice groups. He primarily focuses on counseling multiple energy, oil, gas and mineral-related clients on transaction matters as they relate to high-volume transactions, title issues, opinions and division order title opinions in the Appalachian Basin. Some of Brian’s experiences include: facilitating due diligence and[...]

Luke is an Associate in the firm’s Tax, Trusts, and Estates Group. Before earning his law degree, Luke worked as a Certified Public Accountant in Ohio specializing in tax compliance, tax planning, and financial statement attestation. While attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Luke clerked for two summers as a tax associate at Metz Lewis. In school, Luke served as the[...]

Allyson Kreps is a corporate lawyer who focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and advising clients on strategic and regulatory matters. Allyson started her career in private practice as a mergers and acquisitions attorney. She then served as Senior Attorney for ATI Inc. where she led negotiations of long term agreements with key aerospace and defense customers, and[...]

Diana Leech is a member of the firm's Corporate Group. Diana focuses her practice in the areas of business transactions, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and business and succession planning. She also has a wide range of experience in drafting and negotiating transactions and agreements and advising clients on general corporate matters.

John has dedicated his career to advising and problem solving for high net worth clients and businesses. His expertise often involves solving business ownership and succession problems, assisting clients with formulating their estate, tax and insurance planning, and developing and implementing strategies for wealth preservation.  John also is counsel for private equity firms active in M&A, particularly around financial services businesses. John has[...]

Charles Lipp is an Associate Attorney in the firm's Corporate group. Charles focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, private equity, and in the areas of general corporate law and related corporate matters. Charles represents clients in multiple industries and of varying sizes in connection with their acquisitions and divestitures and other corporate matters. He has experience representing private companies and[...]

Meghan is an Associate in the firm’s Real Estate Group. Her real estate experience includes acquisitions and dispositions for various asset classes and leasing of mixed-use, office, commercial, retail, and industrial properties. While earning her law degree, Meghan served as a law clerk and summer associate at Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe LLC and as a legal intern with the Nashville Predators. Meghan[...]

LeRoy Metz practices tax, business, and estate planning law. He also manages the business end of the firm. He takes pride in working with some of the finest people he knows, people who set the standard for professional ability and ethical conduct. LeRoy is on the Board of Trustees of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. He has seen ballet companies all over the country,[...]

Jessica Hauth Mozingo is an intellectual property lawyer and registered patent attorney. Her practice focuses on the strategic protection of technology and business assets through patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing and agreements, both domestically and internationally. Her practice includes: Preparing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Coordinating with associates outside the United States for obtaining[...]

Brian Must is a founder of Metz Lewis and the chairman of the Commercial Litigation Group, and oversees the firm's litigation practice. Brian’s focus is trying cases.  His own practice concerns a wide variety of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, breach of warranty, shareholder actions, directors and officers claims, corporate and successor liability cases, oil and gas disputes, and employment disputes. Whether[...]

John O'Keefe is involved in two practice areas at Metz Lewis and is the co-chair of the banking group. He has experience in commercial loan documentation, creditor's rights, workouts, bankruptcy and bank litigation, and he is also involved in commercial and business litigation. He provides counsel to clients from the financial, banking, business and real estate sectors in diverse matters. An experienced commercial[...]

Steven Petrikis is in commercial litigation, having represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of commercial and complex civil cases. This civil cases include breach of contract claims, shareholder disputes, merger and acquisition disputes, restrictive covenants claims, civil rights issues, zoning and property disputes, bank-related and financial services claims, and breach of warranty claims. Additionally, Steve has substantial experience in commercial tax[...]

Marisa is an Associate in the Corporate Group. She focuses her practice on corporate and transactional law, working with clients in a wide array of legal matters including contractual drafting and negotiations, capital and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private company securities. She provides strategic business counsel to meet the many needs of these companies, leveraging her business acumen[...]

Doug concentrates his practice in the areas of mineral/energy law and real estate, with a focus on issues related to the development and purchase of oil, gas and other minerals in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. He prepares certified title opinions for E&P companies, manages due diligence projects, assists senior attorneys with litigation, and handles various real estate matters. His real estate experience[...]

Christian Stoffan advises clients on a wide variety of real estate transactional matters. Chris routinely represents purchasers and sellers of commercial real estate assets and a significant part of his practice includes the representation of landlords and tenants in commercial leasing matters (including office, industrial/flex and retail spaces).  Chris also represents borrowers and lenders in finance transactions which are secured by real estate[...]

Neva is a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group focusing on labor, employment and benefits as those matters impact our corporate clients in the their day to day operations and during the acquisition process. She has decades of experience assisting public and private sector employers navigate the challenges that come with having people work for you. Regardless of the number of employees[...]

George serves as the chairperson of the Firm’s Corporate Group. He has a national practice focused on structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. He represents private equity firms and independent sponsors, strategic buyers, and closely held businesses across a wide range of industries, bringing a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to complex transactions. In addition to his deal work, George serves as a trusted[...]

Robert Thompson is a highly motivated litigator who thrives in fast paced environments that call for hard work and creativity. Robert focuses his practice on commercial litigation where he assists clients with complex litigation and handles all stages of the process to and through trial. Robert is currently a commissioned officer in the West Virginia Army National Guard, where he has served since[...]

Prior to joining the firm, Anna worked as a Deputy Attorney General for the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in the civil litigation section. There, Anna represented the Commonwealth and countless public officials and employees against civil rights claims brought under Section 1983. Anna also represented Commonwealth agencies in many employment litigation matters. Before her time as a Deputy Attorney General, Anna served[...]

Justin Tuskan is a Member of the firm’s Banking and Litigation practice groups. Justin provides counsel to banks, credit unions, investors, and other lenders in a wide variety of loan workout, enforcement, and finance matters. He represents creditors in connection with mortgage foreclosures, receiverships, confessions of judgment, replevin actions, loan modifications and forbearances, and Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcies. Justin also[...]

Matt Urso is a Member of the firm's Corporate Group. Matt previously served as Senior Corporate Counsel for ERIKS North America where he provided legal support in the areas of commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment matters, acquisitions and divestitures, and other related activity. Matt and his wife, Kellee, live in the South Hills with their son and daughter.  Matt enjoys spending his free[...]

Alison Viola is a highly motivated and dynamic commercial litigator with experience in a broad range of litigation matters. At Metz Lewis, Ali focuses her commercial litigation practice on breach of contract and warranty claims, business torts, shareholder disputes and oppression claims, directors and officers liability, and litigating restrictive covenant and trade secret matters. Ali is also an experienced Estate & Trusts litigator and is involved[...]

Benjamin Wischnowski is a member of the firm’s Tax, Trusts, and Estates Group. In this capacity, he works with clients to develop customized strategies for intergenerational wealth transfers, business succession, and federal estate tax planning. Prior to joining Metz Lewis, Ben engaged in a diverse transactional and estate planning practice with a firm in the Midwest. In addition to the area of trusts[...]