Allison Park, PA

Trent Echard

Trent is known for being a versatile lawyer that goes to bat for his clients. His experience includes: whistleblower cases, class actions, labor & employment suits, estate litigation, and complex business disputes. Trent has extensive experience with personal injury cases, including numerous death lawsuits, brain injuries, death cases, burns, and industrial accidents. Trent has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients, with notable results including Washington v. EDMC ($95.5 Million whistleblower suit) and McLaughlin v. Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg ($1 Million class action). He has also helped his corporate clients solve all types of business problems in an efficient and practical way.

Matt Marquette

Matt is a founding partner of EM Law. For many years he was the head of the personal injury/medical malpractice department of a large Pittsburgh Law Firm. Matt focuses on injury/medical malpractice and death cases and uses his experience and hands-on approach to help his clients get their lives back on track. He has recovered millions and millions of dollars for his clients both at trial and through negotiated settlements. When you hire Matt, he will be at your kitchen table and in your living room meeting you where you are most comfortable so that he can understand what you are going through. Matt believes that the only way to approach an injury case is to treat the client like you would your own family. He has taken on insurance companies, hospitals, big corporations and the biggest law firms to get his clients what they deserve.

Anthony J. Erlain

Attorney Erlain concentrates his practice in plaintiff’s personal injury representation. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Alfred G. Yates, Jr.

Alfred G. Yates, Jr. is an attorney admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the College of William and Mary, and a U.S. Army veteran.

Christine Hilliard

Attorney Christine Hilliard is an associate at Anthony J. Erlain, Esquire & Associates, LLC. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Gerald L. Rutledge is an attorney admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. He is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and Carnegie Mellon University.