OUR ATTORNEYS:

MARY KATE COLEMAN

Mary Kate Coleman joined Riley, Hewitt, Witte & Romano, P.C. in 2001.  She brings to the firm a wide range of litigation experience.

Over the years, Mary Kate has handled asbestos, toxic tort, personal injury, property damage, employment discrimination, auto, UM/UIM, civil rights, medical malpractice, breach of contract, and product liability cases.  Currently, she assists with the management of litigation on a nationwide basis for a company involved in asbestos litigation.  Mary Kate has tried cases in state and federal courts and has been responsible for appeals in both court systems.  She is admitted to the practice of law in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

Mary Kate is a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the West Virginia State Bar Association, and the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Mary Kate is a trained mediator and arbitrator for various organizations and panels and a frequent lecturer on ADR-related topics.  Mary Kate is the Chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee.  She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania. 

Mary Kate is a Master of the Bench in and Past President of The W. Edward Sell American Inn of Court.  She is the recipient of the Inn’s 2011 Eric W. Springer Professionalism Award.

As a Senior Staff Member of the St. Louis University Law Journal, Mary Kate published “The Impaired Physician: An Old Problem Creates the Need for New Legislation,” 26 St. Louis U.L.J. 727 (1982).  She authored “West Virginia As a Model: The Value of Mediation Training,” published in The Pennsylvania Lawyer (March/April 2003) and reprinted in The West Virginia Lawyer (April 2003).  She also authored “Mediator Ethics: A Primer for Attorneys and Judges,” published in The Bencher (March/April 2010).