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Thomas, Thomas, Armstrong & Niesen Attorney Named 2004 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
July 1, 2004
Thomas, Thomas, Armstrong & Niesen is proud to announce that Charles E. Thomas, Jr. has been selected as a 2004 Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” in a recent survey conducted by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. The annual survey was published in the June 2004 edition of Philadelphia Magazine and in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine.
More than 30,000 attorneys across the state nominated the best lawyers they have personally observed in action for this honor. Nominations for the award were based on criteria including: professional activities; creativity and innovation in the legal profession; years in practice; position within firm; number of cases tried or transactions handled; noteworthy verdicts or settlements; honors; community involvement and volunteer work; professional degrees or training; and academic background. After a rigorous screening and blue ribbon panel review process, the top vote-getters were selected as Pennsylvania “Super Lawyers.” Only 5% of all Pennsylvania attorneys were awarded this distinction.
Charles E. Thomas, Jr. was recognized as a Pennsylvania’s only utilities law “Super Lawyer.” Mr. Thomas has been serving utility and other corporate clients for more than 35 years. He has represented utility clients before state and federal regulatory agencies and courts in numerous gas, telephone, electric, water, steam and liquid pipeline proceedings involving rates, service, certificate applications, and deregulation issues. He also has extensive experience in connection with public and private financings, mergers, acquisitions, and other securities regulation matters, including the preparation of various SEC reports, proxy solicitations materials and blue sky filings. Mr. Thomas currently serves as Chairman on the Board of Directors of North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc.
About Thomas Long…
Thomas Long is a full-service law firm carefully crafted to meet all of the legal challenges facing its clients. We provide personal service and counsel to our clients in the tradition of quality representation that has been the flagstaff of the firm over its nearly fifty year history. Our attorneys have a wealth of experience in the representation of privately-owned and municipal utilities and regulated and non-regulated entities before state and federal regulatory agencies and state and federal courts. Additional practice areas include civil litigation, corporate law, construction and surety law, school and education law, estate planning, real estate, and employment law.
As part of our practice, we handle a diverse array of corporate and civil litigation matters, advocating the interests of our clients in hearings and trials before administrative agencies and in county, state and federal courts. Our attorneys have firsthand experience in transactional and securities regulation matters, construction and surety matters, commercial litigation, contract disputes, insurance coverage matters, product liability cases and civil litigation matters and in the representation of clients in appeals in the state and federal court systems.
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