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Attorneys
Michael J. Betts 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
phone (412) 967-0464
fax (412) 967-0465
email Email Me

Mr. Betts, a native of Indiana, Pennsylvania, has been practicing law since 1980.  Mr. Betts graduated from Dickinson College in 1977 and he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1980 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.  Mr. Betts was a lawyer with one of Pennsylvania's largest firms, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, from 1980 to 1994, and he was a partner in Reed Smith's Litigation Department from 1988 to 1994.  In 1994 Mr. Betts left Reed Smith to establish the firm of Betts & Perry, the predecessor of Betts Law Offices.

Mr. Betts has handled matters in many different courts throughout the United States, as well as before various arbitration panels and administrative agencies. Mr. Betts has over twenty years' experience in handling securities fraud cases and other complex litigation matters. Mr. Betts's practice is focused on the representation of individuals and entities in the pursuit of claims to recover investment-related losses. Mr. Betts is an active member of the Public Investors Arbitration Association, a national bar association whose member attorneys are dedicated to the representation of investors in disputes with the securities industry. Mr. Betts is admitted to the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Betts may be contacted by phone at 412-826-8550, 888-BETT-LAW (toll free) or by e-mail at mbetts@bettslaw.com.

Areas of Practice:
Administrative Law
20% Business & Commercial Law
Business Organizations
Contracts
Discrimination
15% Employment Law -- Employee
Employment Law -- Employer
Litigation & Appeals
Mergers & Acquisitions
50% Securities Law
Sexual Harassment
Whistleblower/Qui Tam
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 1980
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1980
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Member


Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1977
B.A.
Major:  Economics


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
Member


Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member


Allegheny County Bar Association
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Attorney, 1980 - 1994


Litigation Department, Reed Smith, Partner, 1988 - 1994



Representing clients in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania area, including communities of Fox Chapel, Sewickley, Mt. Lebanon, Wexford, Oakmont, Bridgeville, Monroeville, and Crafton, and throughout Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Beaver, and Butler counties.

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