J. Scott Leckie

Born: Washington, Pennsylvania, 1951

Education: Washington & Jefferson College, B.A., 1973;
Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1976

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation (85%); Occupational Disease; Social Security (15%)

Membership: American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Washington County Bar Association

Admissions: Pennsylvania, 1976; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1977; U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1981

Biography:
J. SCOTT LECKIE is a 1976 graduate of Dickinson School of Law. His primary focus has been Workers Compensation with an emphasis on occupational lung diseases. Mr. Leckie is a nationally recognized authority on Federal Black Lung law and regulations. He has lectured to bar associations in several states on this topic. He served as Chairman of the Workers Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association from 1993 – 1994.

He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Washington County Bar Association. The publication Best Lawyers in America lists him as a recognized Workers Compensation litigator.