Pittsburgh Attorney Named Pennsylvania Top 100 Super Lawyers

PITTSBURGH, PA, September 07, 2012

Attorney Samuel J. Cordes, principal in Samuel J. Cordes & Associates, a Pittsburgh boutique labor and employment law firm, has been named one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania for 2012. Cordes is the only Pittsburgh plaintiff's employment lawyer to ever make the Pennsylvania Top 100 list. This year marks the second year for the honor.

He is one of only nine Western Pennsylvania lawyers on the Pennsylvania Top 100 for 2012.

In addition, Cordes was also listed as one of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Pittsburgh for the fifth consecutive year. Super Lawyers is the division of Thomson Reuters that recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in each state as voted by their peers. Since 2004, Cordes has been listed by Super Lawyers as a leader in Employment Law in Pennsylvania. He also has been named a Best Lawyer in America every year since 2003.

Earlier in the year, Cordes was named the Pittsburgh Area Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America. He is an elected Fellow in the National College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, the highest national recognition that can be bestowed on a labor and employment attorney.

Since 1989, Cordes has dedicated his practice to helping employees across Western Pennsylvania.

Cordes graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was an editor of the Journal of Law & Commerce and won awards for brief writing, labor law, employment law and corporate law. He also holds a master's degree in journalism from Point Park University.

In addition to his legal practice, Cordes lectures on employment law topics for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, as well as other local and national organizations, and writes extensively on employment law and legal ethics topics. He has authored or co-authored more than 20 articles on employment law topics for local and national publications.

Website: http://www.cordesemploymentlaw.com/