Ms. Straub’s recent experience includes

• Serving as a key member of the defense team for the manufacturer of a “less than lethal” weapon used by the Boston Police Department during public disturbances following the Boston Red Sox defeat of the New York Yankees in 2004, which resulted in various claims and cross claims before independent investigating bodies and the judicial system, at both the federal and state levels

• Representing defendants of numerous silicosis claims alleging product manufacturer liability and toxic tort liability in class action suits

• Serving as Counsel to auditors of client healthcare entities, including the status of pending or threatened litigation, unasserted claims and assessments against said entities, providing auditors the information necessary for properly accounting for loss contingencies required by the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

During law school, Ms. Straub served as the President of the Family Law Society at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. 

She was also employed as a law clerk at the Beroes Law Center, a Pittsburgh-based general practice law firm with a specialty in family law, where she prepared pleadings and assisted in case preparation for divorce and custody litigation.

During her first year of law school, Ms. Straub gained experience as a law clerk at Weiss & Associates, a personal injury law firm located in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.