Roger J. Ecker

Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Roger J. Ecker attended Gettysburg College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1965. He was a member of Phi Alpha Theta, an honors fraternity. Roger then attended Dickinson School of Law, where he served as Associate Editor to the Law Review and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1968.

Shortly after beginning his legal career, Mr. Ecker served as Assistant District Attorney in Washington County. The interest in litigation that he developed during that period has continued, and he now serves as head of the firm's litigation section. Mr. Ecker remains active in civil and criminal litigation and business related matters. He served as legal counsel in Stevenson v. Comm. of Pa., a class action which successfully challenged in the Supreme Court certain practices of the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission.

Roger has defended clients in state and federal courts in civil rights actions filed against boroughs, counties and other municipal corporations. He has also served as legal counsel in the prosecution of class action lawsuits and has been employed to defend similar class actions in state and federal courts.

A member of the Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar associations, Mr. Ecker served in 1989 as President of the Washington County Bar Association and was President of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Washington County in 1995. He was elected a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. He has been selected by his peers as one of Pennsylvania's "Super Lawyers" in the field of Civil Litigation.

He is admitted to practice in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and all state courts, as well as the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Roger is married to Diane Shalosky; they and their sons, Nathaniel, Jeffrey, and Zachary reside in Washington, Washington County. Roger's interests include golf, skiing, basketball, and the fine arts.

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