Marc D. Daffner, Esq.
Founding Member / Managing Attorney

Mr. Daffner is the founding member of the firm, and serves as the Managing Attorney.  He has personally handled thousands of legal matters in a wide variety of jurisdictions, and is a highly-respected member of the defense bar.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Daffner serves as a specially-appointed Arbitrator in the Civil Division of the Court of Common Pleas, as well as in the United States District Court, and recently presided over a trial involving an aggregate $8,000,000.00 claim in a contract action brought by one of the world's largest steel producers.  In addition, Mr. Daffner is currently serving his third term as an elected County Committeeman, and has been a candidate for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. 

A firm believer that the key to success is knowledge, Mr. Daffner is also a certified instructor for the Supreme Court mandated Continuing Legal Education program, and has authored a variety of legal texts and teaching materials including the Criminal Practice for the General Practitioner series and Essentials of Pennsylvania Criminal Trial Practice.

Mr. Daffner is active in a variety of charitable and community organizations, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the WEAE Missing Children Campaign, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout mentor).  He additionally serves the community as a duly sworn special Deputy of the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office.  Having been nationally-ranked as a martial artist (2003 National All Martial Arts Invitational, Men's 30-39 Div.), Mr. Daffner also serves as an instructor in the areas of traditional martial arts as well as close-quarters unarmed combat, and assisted in the formation of an after-school karate program directed toward inner-city youth developed by internationally-renowned Grandmaster Chun Sik Kim.

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Attorney Profile - Marc D. Daffner

Education

            University of Rochester

            Rochester, NY

            B.A. Political Science / Minor, Applied Economics, 1990

           University of Pittsburgh School of Law

           Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

           Juris Doctorate, 1993

Bar Admissions / Admissions to Practice

            Supreme Court of Pennsylvania                        

            U.S. District Court, Western District of PA           

            U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

            U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

            United States Court of International Trade

            United States Tax Court

Professional Organization Memberships and Activities

            American Bar Association

            Pennsylvania Bar Association

            Allegheny County Bar Association

            Federal Bar Association

            National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

            Association of Federal Defense Attorneys

            Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

            Association of Trial Lawyers of America

            ACBA Criminal Litigation Section

            ACBA Small Firm & Sole Practitioner Section

            Founding Member, ACBA Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

            Commercial Law League of America

            PBA Judicial Administration and Professionalism Committees

            ABA Sections on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Law Practice Management

            Author, Criminal Practice for the General Practitioner (CLE, 1999)

            Author, Essentials of Criminal Trial Practice (CLE, 2003)

            Judicial Candidate - Court of Common Pleas (2001)

            Who's Who in Executives and Professionals