PITTSBURGH, PA, May 24, 2011 --  Grogan Graffam, P.C. announced that shareholders Vincent J. Grogan, Joseph A. Macerelli, Ronald J. Brown, John A. Bass and Bethann R. Lloyd were named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2011 by Law & Politics and Philadelphia Magazine, an honor awarded to the top 5% of attorneys in the state.

Mr. Grogan, one of the founding shareholders of the firm, has been a trial attorney for over 50 years and is widely known and respected in commercial litigation matters, real estate law and professional liability defense.  He served as President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1997 and as President of the Allegheny County Bar Association in 1989.  He currently chairs the Pennsylvania Bar Association Trust and is a past chair and member of the PBA's Professional Liability Committee.  Mr. Grogan also serves as chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association Lawyers Fund.  He is a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission's Advisory Committee on Real Property Law.  Mr. Grogan received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1960.

Mr. Macerelli chairs the Professional Liability practice group and has been a member of the firm's Board of Directors since 1986.  He is an experienced trial attorney who concentrates his practice in medical malpractice and other professional liability defense.  Mr. Macerelli is President of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.  He is also the Pennsylvania State Representative for the Defense Research Institute and a Past President of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.  Mr. Macerelli is Chairman of the Board of Canonsburg General Hospital and a director of West Penn Allegheny Health System.  He received his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1981.

Mr. Brown has been a shareholder since 1993 and chairs the Business Transactions practice group.  He concentrates his practice in municipal law and municipal finance, including government bond issues and economic development project finance.  Mr. Brown serves as solicitor to several municipal authorities.  He also provides legal services for offerings of privately-placed securities and legal guidance to small business entities.  Mr. Brown is a member of the Pennsylvania Security Commission Attorney Advisory Committee, as well as the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association.  He received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976.

Mr. Bass has been a shareholder since 1994.  He is an experienced trial attorney and concentrates his practice in medical malpractice and long term care litigation defense.  Mr. Bass is a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.  He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Defense Research Institute.  Mr. Bass received his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1988.

Ms. Lloyd is a shareholder in the Litigation practice group and a member of the firm's Board of Directors.  She concentrates her practice in the areas of insurance defense, professional liability defense including defense of legal malpractice cases, commercial litigation, employment litigation, maritime law and civil rights matters.  Ms. Lloyd is a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and is an appointed member of the Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee.  She is also on Council for the ACBA Civil Litigation Section.  As a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Professional Liability Committee, Ms. Lloyd lectures frequently on risk avoidance and ethics for lawyers.