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For more than twenty years, Mr. Beozzo has been a litigator with the law firm of Marcus & Shapira LLP where he has represented his clients in more than a thousand cases in the areas of workers' compensation and unemployment compensation at the administrative and appellate levels. Mr. Beozzo's clients include one of the top 35 privately owned companies in America, as listed in Forbes.com, with more than 25,000 employees.

In addition to his extensive defense litigation experience, for years, "Sy" had previously devoted a substantial portion of his practice to the representation of members of several labor unions in various areas including workers' compensation and unemployment compensation law.

Mr. Beozzo has served as a speaker in the field of workers' compensation law to both claimant and defense groups. Sy has frequently been invited to discuss various issues in the practice of workers' compensation to law students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and to business students at Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Beozzo also serves as a mentor/advisor to students in the Labor Studies and Employment Relations department at the main campus of Penn State University where he also serves as a member of the Affiliated Program Group Board for this program.

Mr. Beozzo has also served as a workers' compensation instructor before various lawyer organizations including the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and Allegheny County Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section where Sy currently serves as an elected council member.

Mr. Beozzo's competence, knowledge of the law, and his integrity have earned the respect of his fellow workers' compensation practitioners who have recognized and named him to The Best Lawyers in America and Pittsburgh's Best Lawyers. Sy has also been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the practice of workers' compensation, a recognition provided to only five percent of the attorneys in the state. He has been recognized as a top Pennsylvania workers' compensation litigator in several publications including Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh Business Times, and Philadelphia Magazine. Mr. Beozzo is also Martindale Hubbell peer-rated AV, indicative of very high ethical standards, legal ability, and professional excellence.

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Practice Concentration

  • Workers' Compensation
  • Unemployment Compensation

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1977
  • Law firm clerkship 1975 - 1977
  • Pennsylvania State University, two B.A.s Magna Cum Laude (Sociology and Social Welfare), 1974

Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in American (Workers' Compensation) 2006-2010
  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (Worker's Compensation) 2008-2010
  • Pittsburgh's Best Lawyers (Workers' Compensation) 2010
  • Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Societies
  • Eagle Scout, B.S.A.

Admitted to Practice

  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania