Our Team

Diane E. Vanassa

Diane is one of our paralegals and the office manager. She completed the Penn State Paralegal Certification Program with highest distinction in April 1995. She passed the Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam administered through the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc.^® in May of 1997 and is a PACE^® Registered Paralegal.  Diane has been a Pennsylvania Certified Paralegal through the Keystone Alliance of Paralegal Associations since May 2011 and a member of the Pittsburgh Paralegal Association since 1992. She has been with the firm since December 1991.

Margaret J. Navarra

Peggy is one of our paralegals. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1983, and received a legal assistant certification from Robert Morris College in 1984.  She has been a paralegal since 1984. Peggy has been with the firm since October of 2000.

Kimberly S. Salem

Kim is our bookkeeper and has been with the firm since June of 2009.

Jamil Palladino

Jamil has been a legal secretary since 2002.  She has been with the firm since December of 2015.

Melissa Smith

Melissa has been a legal secretary since 2000.  She has been with the firm since May of 2017.