Gary F. Lynch

glynch@carlsonlynch.com

Gary has been engaged in the practice of complex litigation on behalf of plaintiffs for the last thirteen years. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1989, after obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at Penn State University in 1986. While at Pitt Law, he was the Topics Editor of the Law Review.

After graduating from law school, Gary was initially employed by the largest law firm in Pittsburgh. After working at that firm for several years and focusing primarily on litigation defense, he decided that he wanted to start his own practice, representing plaintiffs rather than defendants. Initially, he specialized in employment litigation on behalf of plaintiffs, and in that context, successfully handled both individual cases and class actions. Gary's practice grew rapidly. From 1994 through 1999, he served as the managing partner of a four-attorney "boutique" firm, focusing on plaintiff employment litigation, complex personal injury, Workers' Compensation and Social Security disability. During this time, Gary began to focus his practice on class litigation, at first solely in the context of employment discrimination litigation.

Over the past five years or so, Gary has continued his practice in plaintiffs' employment litigation and, at the same time, has increasingly worked on consumer class actions with Bruce Carlson, his friend from law school. In collaboration with Bruce, Gary has been successful in expanding his class action practice. Gary is currently spearheading nationwide litigation against several retail clothing stores for various wage and overtime violations. Additionally, he is serving as primary lead counsel in, and overseeing the settlement of, an age discrimination class action against the United Steelworkers of America, a settlement which has been represented by the defendant to be the largest litigation settlement in its history.

It became apparent to Gary and Bruce that they share a common vision with respect to the practice of law, and that vision reached fruition with the formal creation of the Carlson Lynch law firm, effective June 1, 2004.

Gary is admitted to practice in the state courts of Pennsylvania, the United States District Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Northern District of Ohio, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Third and Eleventh Circuits.

He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association.

He is president of the board of directors for the Human Services Center, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a past President and current director for the Lawrence County Learning Center.

Gary lives on a forty-acre farm with his wife and four children in Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania.