Lawyers / Professionals

 
David P. Pusateri       
Partner
EQT Plaza
625 Liberty Avenue, 23rd Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3142
T: 412.667.7924
F: 412.667.7963
dpusateri@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Pusateri is the deputy managing partner of the firm's Corporate Practice and former managing partner of the firm's Pittsburgh office. Prior to merging with McGuireWoods in January of 2001, he served as managing partner of the Pittsburgh firm of Sable Pusateri Rosen Gordon & Adams, LLC. He was also previously vice president and associate general counsel of Robertson-Ceco Corporation of San Ramon, California.

Concentrating his practice in environmental, real estate, and business law, he covers the spectrum of environmental claims, problems and real estate development issues. He has counseled clients in multimillion-dollar clean-ups, environmental insurance coverage cases, complex superfund matters, and has steered clients through the web of environmental regulation in real estate and commercial transactions.

As environmental compliance counsel, he has worked closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its state equivalents in negotiating permits, consent agreements, Brownfield clean-up plans, and compliance orders for numerous clients. Moreover, in the real estate and real estate development arena, Mr. Pusateri has assisted clients in acquisition, sale, leasing and financing transactions.

He has also represented clients in a variety of corporate and commercial business transactions, ranging from multimillion-dollar acquisitions and divestitures, to smaller contractual matters such as employment contracts, purchase agreements and real estate matters.


Practices & Industries
Firm Management
  • Deputy Managing Partner, 2011-present
  • Former Managing Partner, Pittsburgh Office
  • Diversity Committee

Honors
  • Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009-2012
  • Recipient, International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award

Previous Experience
  • Partner, Sable Pusateri Rosen Gordon & Adams, LLC
  • Shareholder, Sable, Makoroff and Gusky, P.C.
  • Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Robertson-Ceco Corporation
  • Law Clerk, Judge Gustave Diamond, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1984-1986

Directorships and Appointments
  • ACBA Services, Inc.
  • School Board Member, Quaker Valley School District

Professional Affiliations
  • Allegheny County Bar Association
    • Allegheny Bar Foundation Fellow
    • Business Law Section
    • Environmental Law Section
  • American Bar Association
    • The Environment, Energy and Resources Section
    • Business Law Section
    • AIDS Coordinating Committee
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Environmental Mineral & Natural Resource Law Section
 

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, J.D., 1984

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, B.A., 1981

 
 

ADMITTED

Pennsylvania 1984

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 1986

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania