Associate
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Phone: 412-561-4290
Fax: 412-561-4291
Email: pmayer@fridaylaw.com
Born in McKeesport, PA, Paul started his legal career with a small law firm in his hometown serving the community, including helping laid-off steelworkers file for bankruptcy when the local steel mills were closing. For the last 33 years, Paul has focused on personal injury, workers compensation and social security disability cases. He has tried or settled hundreds of cases involving injuries as a result of auto accidents, slip and falls and defective products or buildings. He represents injured workers who have been denied benefits or medical care in Workers Compensation claims. During his career Paul has done work for the insurance companies that he faces on a daily basis. He understands their tactics and uses that knowledge to his clients’ advantage. Paul is frequently invited to lecture at Continuing Legal Education Seminars for attorneys.
Paul has achieved an AV rating, the highest possible, from the Martindale Hubbell Attorney Rating Service. A peer review attorney stated that Paul is “Always very thorough and well prepared. [He is] very considerate of his clients.”
A former Captain of the University of Dayton hockey team, Paul relaxes by playing in area men’s hockey leagues.
Named to Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury Litigation
Workers Compensation
Litigation Percentage
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania, 1982
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1999
Education
Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania
J.D. – 1982
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
B.A. – 1979
Honors: Dean’s List
Major: English
Classes/Seminars
Lecturer, Advanced Issues in Workers’ Compensation, National Business Institute, April 27, 2017 – April 28, 2017
Lecturer, Workers Compensation Law & Practice
Lecturer, Social Security Disability Bootcamp
Lecturer, Likeable Lawyer Seminar, “Keep Your Eyes On The Prize” Negotiation Tactics
Lecturer, NBI Advanced Workers’ Compensation
Lecturer, NBI Handling the Workers’ Compensation Case from Start to Finish
Lecturer, NBI Damages in Personal Injury
Lecturer, NBI Seminar, Personal Injury from A to Z
Lecturer, NBI Webinar, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury From Start to Finish
Honors and Awards
Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated (Highest Possible) by Martindale-Hubbell, 2014
Professional Associations and Memberships
Allegheny County Bar Association, Member, Civil Litigation Section
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, Civil Litigation Section
Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association), Member, Automobile Law Section
National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), Member
Workers’ Compensation Section of the ACBA , Member
Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Client Reviews & Testimonials
“Dear Paul Mayer, This is to say thank you so much for help. I finally received the check. I appreciate your help from the start of the case till its end. May God bless you. Yours faithfully.”
[J.J., former client, 10/6/20]
“Paul, People like you who go above and beyond make this world a better place for all of us. Thank you so much for all the hard work you and your office has done. I really appreciate your pressuring the insurance company.”
{M.Z., former client, June 2019]