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Salpietro and Ramage Johnston named to Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

August 4, 2012

Pittsburgh, PA – August 14, 2012 – Frank G. Salpietro and Colleen Ramage Johnston have been certified as life members of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards, and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 4,000 members located throughout the country. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members. Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case in which their client received a verdict, award, or settlement in the amount of one million dollars or more.

Members of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum must be Life Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case which has resulted in a multi-million dollar verdict, award, or settlement. Mr. Salpietro and Ms. Ramage Johnston have been approved for membership in both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Ms. Ramage Johnston is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law. She primarily represents plaintiffs in litigation of employment matters involving age, gender, disability, and retaliation discrimination, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Equal Pay Act, and related Constitutional claims.

Mr. Salpietro is a graduate, magna cum laude, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. His practice over the last 26 years has centered on civil litigation and class action lawsuits.

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