Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC has named Attorney Annemarie Harr Eagle  as the Chair of the firm’s Special Education Law practice. In addition to her role as an Associate Attorney , she will now lead a team of attorneys specializing in special education law. Ms. Harr Eagle joined WBK in 2015 and has focused on special education, student services and general solicitor assignments, including school employment law.

Ms. Harr Eagle also serves as the Solicitor for Career and Technology Centers and school districts across Western Pennsylvania where she routinely represents school districts in special education matters including Section 504  litigation, employment matters, and Federal Civil Rights litigation. She also serves as an adjunct professor of Special Education Law at Duquesne University School of Law.

“Annemarie has become one of the region’s leading counselors advising clients and litigating special education matters for the past seven years,” said Managing Partner Aimee Zundel. “While in law school, Annemarie supported our firm’s special education lawyers as a law clerk. Now, she will provide oversight and guidance to our team of attorneys who practice Special Education Law.”

Attorney Harr Eagle is admitted to practice in in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and is Chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s School and Municipal Law Section.

Weiss Burkardt Kramer is widely acknowledged as one of Pennsylvania’s leading public sector law firms focusing exclusively on education and municipal law. The firm also operates a delinquent tax collection service for municipalities and school districts throughout Western Pennsylvania.

For many years, WBK has advised municipalities and school districts on matters relating to general school and municipal law, public sector finance, special education, labor and employment, zoning, real estate tax assessment litigation, construction litigation, legislative enactments and general litigation.

Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC is pleased to announce that Michelle E. Gannon has joined the firm as an Associate. Michelle will focus her practice on a range of school and municipal law matters.

Gannon graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duquesne University School of Law in 2015, where she was 3^rd in her class.  Michelle earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh with dual majors in Psychology and Administration of Justice.

Michelle brings a wealth of experience from her prior practice of family law and positions with the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County where she served as the Child Custody Department Supervisor and a Domestic Relations Officer.

“We are very excited that Michelle has joined our firm.  Michelle’s experience and passion for public service make her uniquely capable to advise WBK’s clients,” said Managing Partner Aimee Zundel.

Gannon is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, and the School and Municipal Section.

Weiss Burkardt Kramer is widely acknowledged as one of Pennsylvania’s leading public sector law firms focusing exclusively on education and municipal law. The firm also operates a delinquent tax collection service for municipalities and school districts throughout Western Pennsylvania.

For many years, WBK has advised municipalities and school districts on matters relating to general school and municipal law, public sector finance, special education, labor and employment, zoning, real estate tax assessment litigation, construction litigation, legislative enactments and general litigation.

Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC (WBK) has announced its Managing Partner, Janet Burkardt, will retire after a 22-year career at the firm, starting as an Associate and completing her tenure as the firm’s Managing Partner since 2014.

Ms. Burkardt’s second career as an attorney began with WBK, formerly the Law Offices of Ira Weiss, and during the past two decades she was instrumental in managing the firm’s growth to become one of the region’s top municipal and educational law firms. She led the firm’s name change resulting from it becoming a fully women-owned law firm staffed by over twenty-three professionals who are vital to the firm’s work.

“As I enter my next chapter and reflect on completing my legal career, I am grateful to my partners, including Jocelyn Kramer and founder Ira Weiss, for enabling our firm’s female-focused staffing orientation that has helped us attract many talented attorneys to our firm,” says Ms. Burkardt.