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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH PERSONAL Born: February 5, 1942, Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Married to the former Barbara Jarick, a Certified Public Accountant. The father of two children, a daughter who is a physician in the Philadelphia area and a son, a marketing executive, in Washington, D.C. EDUCATION Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, J.D. 1969 Widener University, Chester Pennsylvania, B .A. 1963 EMPLOYMENT Managing Partner in the Law Firm of Laputka, Bayless, Ecker & Cohn, P.C., 1995-- Present; Principal in the Law Firm of Laputka, Bayless, Ecker & Cohn, P.C., 1973 - Present; with an extensive practice in the field of workers’ compensation and occupational disease for over 30 years, including litigation before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court; the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals. Has lectured extensively in workers’ compensation matters on behalf of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association and is the author of numerous articles dealing with workers’ compensation issues which have been published statewide and is listed in Who’s Who in American Law. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Was recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a " PA Super Lawyer" in 2005. Admitted to Pennsylvania Supreme Court; United States District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania; United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; United States Supreme Court. Member American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Wilkes-Bane Law Library Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association. Vice Chairman, 1985 to 1993 and Chairman, 1993 to 1997, Workers’ Compensation Con American Bar Association, General Practice Section. Member, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Workers’ Compensation Law Advisory Committee, 1999--. Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section, Medicare Committee. Member, National Association Workplace Injury Litigation Group, 1997-- present. Panel of Arbitrators -- American Arbitration Association. Member, Investigative Division, Pennsylvania Judicial Evaluation Commission, 1996 -- Present. Author: “Rights of a Claimant Who Returns to Work with a Functional Impairment -- Lay Off for Economic Reasons vs. Termination for Cause”, 19 Pennsylvania Law Weekly 1141, 1996; “Litigation State Workers’ Compensation Claims”, Law Notes American Bar Association -- The Complete Lawyer Volume 14 Number 3, 1997; “Employer Funded Job Referrals -- Trends in the Law, Workers’ Compensation”, 21 Pennsylvania Law Weekly Number 435 (1998); Do Employer-Funded Jobs Constitute “Productive Employment?", Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Workers’ Compensation Newsletter Issue 3 (1998). MILITARY First Lieutenant, United States Army, Active Duty, 1963 to 1966. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Member--Board of Directors, Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Chair and Member of the Board of Directors of Public Broadcasting for Northeastern Pennsylvania -- WVIA T.V./FM.; Secretary-- Sugarloaf Township Planning Commission; formerly Chair of Local Board 98 Selective Service System; Formerly the President of Hazleton-Nanticoke MHMR, Inc.; Chair of Hazleton City Government Study Commission; President of Hazleton Kiwanis Club; Recipient of Citizens of the Year Award, Hazleton Lions Club; and Distinguished Service Award, Hazleton Jaycees; Trustee and Elder, First Presbyterian Church of Hazleton
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BART E. ECKER, ESQuire