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Jim Carroll named Best Lawyers 2015 Pittsburgh Employment Law – Individuals “Lawyer of the Year”

August 27, 2014

Pittsburgh, PA – Rothman Gordon attorney James W. Carroll, Jr. has been named 2015 Pittsburgh Employment Law – Individuals “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).Best Lawyers designates a “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in their surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Mr. Carroll has practiced exclusively in the area of employment law for over thirty years. His practice generally focuses on representing individuals in a wide range of employment law matters. His clients include executives, professionals, as well as salaried and hourly employees. Mr. Carroll has been active in the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and is presently chair of the Western Pennsylvania Employment Lawyers Association (WPELA).

Mr. Carroll is a partner at the Pittsburgh law firm of Rothman Gordon, P.C. and is a past-president of the Allegheny County Bar Association.  He received his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University and his law degree from Villanova University.  Mr. Carroll is married to Attorney Lisette “Mimi” McCormick, and they have three children.

About Rothman Gordon

Rothman Gordon is a Pittsburgh-based law firm that has been advocating its clients’ interests since 1954. Rothman Gordon has created a suite of services for individuals, organizations, and closely-held and family businesses. Our areas of practice include alternative dispute resolution; business and corporate law; commercial real estate; business and commercial litigation; white collar criminal investigation; estate planning and administration; taxation and employee benefits; financing and commercial loans; employment and labor law; employment litigation; oil & gas for landowners; workers’ compensation; and social security disability.