Bio
Leo Gerard Daly is Senior Counsel in the firm's Casualty Litigation Department and is an experienced trial attorney whose practice includes toxic tort litigation, product liability, commercial litigation, and environmental matters, and insurance coverage issues. His experience includes complex multiparty lawsuits involving both personal injury and property damage. Mr. Daly also has an extensive background in general liability and class action work including lead paint class action defense for western Pennsylvania housing authorities.
Mr. Daly has an active toxic tort practice in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio and has handled hundreds of asbestos injury cases in all three jurisdictions since the late 1980s. He has served as national coordinating counsel for several clients with litigation pending in Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Maryland, and New Jersey. He also has served as regional counsel since the late 1980s for a number of defendants whose status ranges from target to peripheral asbestos litigation.
In its 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions, The Best Lawyers in America© recognized Mr, Daly in the categories of Insurance Law, Litigation-Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. For information about this selection and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and list methodologies, click here.
Education
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J.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1981
Case Western Reserve Law Review, Editor - B.A., University of Michigan, 1978
Bar Memberships
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
- Ohio
- South Dakota
- Minnesota
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Affiliations
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Former Chair
- Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Member
- Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania, Zoning Hearing Board, Chair
- Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania, Public Library, past member of Board of Trustees
Representative Matters
- Successfully resolved class action lawsuits brought against three separate Allegheny County housing authorities regarding lead paint inspection and injury claims.
- Was part of the team of attorneys who acted as counsel for the trustee of a prominent local mortgage brokerage firm and worked out a dissolution strategy that dealt with fraud and mismanagement claims.
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Education
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J.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1981
Case Western Reserve Law Review, Editor - B.A., University of Michigan, 1978
Bar Memberships
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
- Ohio
- South Dakota
- Minnesota
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Affiliations
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Former Chair
- Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Member
- Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania, Zoning Hearing Board, Chair
- Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania, Public Library, past member of Board of Trustees