{"id":135,"date":"2015-08-24T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/?p=135"},"modified":"2015-08-24T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:53:25","slug":"duane-morris-robert-l-byer-named-by-best-lawyers-as-lawyer-of-the-year-for-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2015\/08\/24\/duane-morris-robert-l-byer-named-by-best-lawyers-as-lawyer-of-the-year-for-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Duane Morris\u2019 Robert L. Byer Named by Best Lawyers as \u201cLawyer of the Year\u201d for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duane Morris is pleased to announce that partner\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/robertlbyer.html\">Robert L. Byer<\/a>\u00a0has been selected as the &#8220;Lawyer of the Year&#8221; in Pittsburgh Appellate Practice, an honor he previously received in 2011. Only one lawyer in each practice area and city is given this honor. Lawyers are selected based on high marks received during peer-review assessments conducted by <em>Best Lawyers<\/em> each year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Byer is head of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/appellatepractice.html\">Appellate<\/a>\u00a0division of Duane Morris\u2019 Trial Practice Group. His appellate work and legal-issues litigation experience covers a wide variety of legal areas, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/whitecollarcriminallaw.html\">corporate governance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/intellectualproperty.html\">intellectual property<\/a>, administration law, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/tax.html\">tax<\/a>\u00a0cases, Constitutional law, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/insuranceandreinsurance.html\">insurance coverage<\/a>, contracts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/professionalliability.html\">professional liability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/practices\/productsliabilityandtoxictorts.html\">products liability and toxic torts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duane Morris is pleased to announce that partner\u00a0 Robert L. Byer\u00a0has been selected as the &#8220;Lawyer of the Year&#8221; in Pittsburgh Appellate Practice, an honor he previously received in 2011. Only one lawyer in each practice area and city is given this honor. Lawyers are selected based on high marks received during peer-review assessments conducted &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2015\/08\/24\/duane-morris-robert-l-byer-named-by-best-lawyers-as-lawyer-of-the-year-for-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Duane Morris\u2019 Robert L. 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