As an associate in the Firm’s Litigation Group, Ms. Ward concentrates her practice on general litigation and bankruptcy matters.  She is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law and was a summer associate at Cohen & Grigsby.

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

• J.D., (cum laude; Order of the Coif; Law Review, Articles Editor; Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award; Murray S. Love Award; Gourley Trial Court Competition, Finalist; Murray S. Love Trial Court Competition, Finalist; CALI, Excellence for the Future Award for Achievement in the Study of Torts and Employment Law), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2006
• B.A. Criminology and English (summa cum laude), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2003

Professional Activities

• Active participant in the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership, Custody Conciliation Signature Project

Prior Experience

• Law Clerk, Weiss & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2004-2005
• Student Intern, District Attorney’s Office of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA, May-August 2002