Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Potter and Gefsky & Lehman have combined to form Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky

With roots dating to 1908, Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky is one of the oldest and most respected law firms in Pittsburgh.

The firm has established a national reputation for quality and personal service through a distinctive culture characterized by deep experience, lasting relationships with clients and exacting standards.

Capabilities
The firm has distinguished itself in a diverse range of practice areas including Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Estates & Trusts, Labor Law, Municipal Law, Personal Injury, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Banking Law and Criminal Defense.

Having combined with Gefsky and Lehman on April 1, 2008, the firm has enhanced its Business Law capabilities to provide general counsel, business acquisition, sales and financing and other transactional advice and services to entrepreneurs in technology and other aggressive growth oriented businesses, as well as family-owned and closely held businesses. The firm also focuses on estate planning and administration, strategic tax planning, business dispute resolution and workouts, and real estate matters.

Our Approach: Building Effective Relationships That Get Results
We develop close relationships with our clients that help us understand their goals, for both the matter at hand as well as the long term. We work with our clients as partners, using our legal skills, broad-based training, experience, business judgment and network of contacts to help them achieve their goals.

Because each client comes to the firm with a unique set of issues, constraints and objectives, we work to understand their perspective before we establish a strategy. Once we fully understand their goals, the risks they are willing to take and budgetary considerations, we help them understand the legal issues, details and ramifications of the matter. In doing so, we create a more effective relationship and tailored strategy that enhances our ability to achieve their objectives.

Known as aggressive litigators and negotiators, our attorneys get results for clients. We develop creative strategies to capitalize on opportunities and manage problems.

Communication and ongoing feedback are hallmarks of our representation. We make sure our clients understand the strategy and each step we take on their behalf. We are always available, returning calls promptly and providing home and mobile phone numbers to ensure our clients can reach us.

Experience
We pride ourselves on having the depth of knowledge and resources to handle large, complex matters, while still being small enough to act quickly and nimbly on clients’ behalf and provide them with the personal service they deserve. Many of our attorneys have experience with major law firms or corporations, allowing us to provide large-firm experience with small-firm attention to our clients.

Our clients get attention from highly experienced attorneys, many of whom have business experience and advanced degrees that complement their legal knowledge and skills.

We are proud of the respect shown by our peers in the legal profession, welcoming many referrals from other attorneys for clients who need our skill, level of resources and experience.

Integrity
Clients come to the firm because of what we do. They stay because of how we do it.

We take seriously our responsibility to clients and the larger community. We know that clients have limited resources, and we make every effort to use those resources as efficiently as possible.

Our lawyers have served the larger community as educators, judges and leaders in their respective fields. We have helped to draft laws. Cases we have argued on a pro-bono basis have resulted in important legal precedents.

Our reputation and experience allow us to be selective in the legal matters we take on, so we can commit ourselves fully to its successful resolution, and we can devote our time to building a long-term relationship with the client. We work with our clients to establish priorities and we pride ourselves in being responsive.

Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky. Building relationships. Getting results.