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Attorneys

Hugh F. McGough

Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas

Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Employee Benefits; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law; Employer Counseling and Employee Relations; Internal Investigations; Legal Compliance



Admitted 1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Law School University of Pittsburgh, J.D.
Member Allegheny County (Member, Labor and Employment Section and Federal Court Section) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Society of Human Resource Management, Senior Professional in Human Resources.
Biography Order of the Barristers. Law Clerk, Glenn E. Mencer, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Pennsylvania 1992-1994. Associate Attorney, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP, 1994-1998. Assistant Solicitor and Labor Relations Manager, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998-2007. Intern, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Pennsylvania. Adjunct Professor: Journalism, University of Pittsburgh; Prison Outreach Program, Western State Penitentiary. Former News Reporter and Producer, WPXI and KDKA. City's Negotiator, Collective Bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police and in Interest Arbitration. Represented: Public Officials including Pittsburgh's Police Chief and Fire Chief, Litigation of Labor-Management Disputes at the Trial Level; Appellate Courts; City of Pittsburgh in Traditional Labor Matters such as Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining. Litigated Cases: Workforce Reductions; Discrimination; Employee Misconduct; Wage and Hour Disputes; Workplace Torts; Unfair Labor Practices. Defended: City of Pittsburgh, Litigation Arising from its Designation as a "Financially Distressed" Municipality; Connection with a Federal Court Consent Decree Requiring Reforms to the City's Police Operations. Handled, Constitutional Litigation for the City and Civil Service Proceedings. Authored, Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy Governing the City's workforce of 3,500 Employees. Trained Managers and Supervisors: Fair Employment Practices; Oversaw Internal Investigations of Employee Complaints.
Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ISLN 900401662



Office Hours

Mon - Fri / 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Areas Of Practice

  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Fraud
  • Criminal Law
  • White Collar Crime Federal and State

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