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Elaine Specter
Elaine Specter has been associated with SSEM since January, 1977. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where she was Order of the Barristers and a member of the school’s National Appellate Moot Court Team. Elaine was graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. degree in 1968 and from the University of Pittsburgh with an M.L.S. degree in Library Sciences in 1975.
Elaine is a member of ATLA, the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Western Pennsylvania Law Librarians Association. Her background in library sciences enables her to provide valuable assistance as a member of a complex litigation team in conducting and directing investigative projects and analyses in areas of litigation such as this involving industry practices, standards and esoteric research and investigation.
Elaine has extensive experience in class action and other complex litigation. She was actively involved in the representation of classes in numerous of the cases set forth below:
- Wetzel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company., 508 F.2d 239 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 1011 (1975); 511 F. 2d 199 (3d Cir. 1975) vacated on jurisdictional grounds, 424 U.S. 737 (1976); 449 F. Supp. 397 (W.D. Pa. 1978)
- In re: L.E. Lay & Company Antitrust Litigation, MDL Docket No. 187 (E.D. Tex.)
- In re: South Central States Bakery Products Antitrust Litigation, 86 F.R.D. 407 (M.D. La. 1980)
- McNary v. American Savings and Loan Ass’n, 76 F.R.D. 644 (N.D. Tex. 1977)
- Parker v. Bell Helicopter Co., 78 F.R.D. 507 (N.D. Tex. 1978)
- Parker v. Anderson, 667 F.2d 1204 (5th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 103 S.Ct. 63 (1982)
- In re: Potash Antitrust Litigation, MDL Docket No. 272 (N.D. Ill.)
- State of Arkansas v. Borden, Inc., No. LR-C-77-126 (E.D. Ark.)
- Hull v. Celanese Corp., 73 Civ. 3725 (S.D.N.Y.)
- In re: Folding Carton Antitrust Litigation, 75 F.R.D. 727 (N.D. Ill. 1977)
- Merola v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 493 F. 2d 292 (3d Cir. 1974); 515 F. 2d 165 (3d Cir. 1975)
- Markel v. Greater Pittsburgh Board of Realtors, Civ. A. No. 72-504 (W.D. Pa.)
- In re: Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation, 80 F.R.D. 244 (S.D. Tex. 1978)
- In re: Water Heater Antitrust Litigation, Master File No. MdL 379 (E.D. Pa.)
- In re: Nissan Motor Corp. Antitrust Litigation, 82 F.R.D. 193 (S.D. Fla. 1979)
- Wheaton v, Cessna Aircraft Co., Civ. A. No. 76-77-C5 (D. Kan.)
- Marchwinski v. Oliver Tyrone Corp., 83 F.R.D. 606 (W.D. Pa. 1979)
- Karran v. Nabisco, Inc., Civ. A. No. 75-1356 (W.D. Pa.)
- Sobel v. Yeshiva University, 75 Civ. 2232 (S.D.N.Y.)
- Brown v. Central Liquor Co., No. CIV-80-480-W (W.D. Okla.)
- Kirkwood v. Taylor, Civ. A. No. 3-82-92 (D. Minn.)
- Nemo v. Astrotech International Corporation, Civ. A. No. 85-982 (W.D. Pa.)
- Steiner v. Equimark, Civ. A. No. 81-1988 (W.D. Pa.)
Elaine is admitted to practice before the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.