Kenneth M. Argentieri

is managing partner of the firm's Pittsburgh office . As a trial attorney for over 30 years, Mr. Argentieri has represented individual and corporate clients in complex litigation, including products liability, defamation, toxic tort, environmental, securities, class action, trade secret and commercial law. He has handled significant appeals in the federal circuit courts and the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts. He has served as national coordinating counsel and as regional counsel for clients in toxic tort matters. Mr. Argentieri has also served as a mediator to help resolve contract and securities disputes.

Mr. Argentieri is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Ohio and regularly handles matters in federal and state courts. He is a 1981 graduate of Harvard Law School and a cum laude graduate of Harvard College.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present
- Managing Partner of Pittsburgh Office, 2013 - present
- Partners Board, 2014 - present
•Past Co-Chair, Products Liability and Toxic Tort Division of Trial Practice Group, 2011-2016
•K&L Gates
- Partner, 1990-2007
- Associate, 1984-1990
•Garvey Schubert Adams & Barer
- Associate, 1982-1984
•Clerk, Honorable Frank J. Battisti, Chief Judge
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1981-1982

Honors and Awards

•Named a Lawyer of the Year in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendant: Pittsburgh by The Best Lawyers in America, 2020

•Allegheny County Bar Foundation
- Presidential Merit Award, 2019

•Allegheny County Bar Association
- Special Project Award-Inside Your Courts, 1995
•Allegheny County Bar Association
- Pro Bono Special Achievement Award, 1998

•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2015-2020

•Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2004-2011, 2013-2019

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Neighborhood Legal Services Association
- Board of Directors, 1998-2006
- President, 2002-2004
- Co-chair, Equal Justice Campaign, 2009-2012
•Allegheny County Bar Foundation
- Board of Trustees, 1997-2004, 2007-2017
- President, 2013-2015
- Vice-President, 2011-2013
- Secretary, 2009-2011
- Treasurer, 2000-2004
•Sheldon Calvary Camp
- Chancellor, 2002-present
•Alan I W Frank House Foundation
- Secretary/Treasurer, 2008 - present
•Duquesne University School of Law
- Adjunct Professor, 1998-1999
•Leadership Pittsburgh XVI

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Co-Author, “MLRC Model Brief on Newsgathering Claims”, Media Law Resource Center, November 2019

•Co-author, Second Circuit Addresses Requirements and Considerations for Sealing (and Unsealing) Allegedly Sensitive Documents Filed in Lawsuits, Duane Morris Alert, July 15, 2019

•Quoted, It Just Got a Lot Easier to Sue Out-Of-State Companies in Pa. The Legal Intelligencer, October 4, 2018

•Co-author, Georgia Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissing Libel Claims Against Reporter Who Questioned Plaintiff's Military Service Record, Duane Morris Alert, December 14, 2017

•Co-Author, Palin's Suit Against The New York Times Dismissed by Federal Court Weighing in on Defamation and Political Editorials, Duane Morris Alerts, September 6, 2017
•Co-author, Third Circuit: First Amendment Protects Those Recording Police in Public, Duane Morris Alert, July 18, 2017
•Co-author, United States Supreme Court Addresses Due Process Limits on the Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporate Defendants, Duane Morris Alert, June 21, 2017
•Co-author, Federal Arbitration Act Preempts State Laws Discriminating Against Arbitration Clauses, Duane Morris Alert, May 24, 2017
•Co-author, Supreme Court of Georgia Clarifies Constitutional Protections for Commenting on Public Controversies, Duane Morris Alert, September 15, 2016
•Author, After Prevailing in the Pa. Superior Court, Why Should I File a Cross-Appeal in the State Supreme Court? Duane Morris Alert, June 17, 2016
•Co-author, Demystifying the Law on Opinion and Embracing Milkovich, Communications Lawyer, Winter 2016
•Co-author, Can Foreign Banks Be Forced To Freeze Accounts?, Law360, February 5, 2016
•Co-author, The State of General Personal Jurisdiction After 'Daimler', The Legal Intelligencer, January 26, 2016
•Co-author, Eastern District Predicts Bare Metal Defense Available Under Pennsylvania Law, Duane Morris Alert, June 9, 2015
•Co-author, Pa. Justices Adopt New Standards for Strict Liability Claims, The Legal Intelligencer, February 10, 2015
•Author, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Adopts New Standards for Strict Liability Claims, Duane Morris Alert, December 22, 2014
• New Pittsburgh Leader at Duane Morris, Pittsburgh Business Times, June 26, 2013

•Co-author, Preparing Your Witness for Trial, Chapter 6, Section 2 of Trying a Case in State Court, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2012

•Co-author, Products Liability Defendants Must Plead Highly Reckless Conduct as an Affirmative Defense, Duane Morris Alert, December 5, 2012

•Co-author, Post Trial Issues, Chapter 7 of Trying a Case in State Court, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2012

•Co-author, Another Waive of Silicosis Claims May be on the Horizon, Law360, October 3, 2012

•Co-author, Are You Controlling Your Workers' Exposure to Silica?, energypulse.net, October 30, 2012

•Co-author, Pa. Courts to Consider All Potential Uses of Product in Design-Defect Cases, Duane Morris Alert, May 31, 2012; republished in Law360, June 21, 2012
•Co-author, Judge Corporate-Funded Studies on Their Merits, National Law Journal, August 16, 2011
•Co-author, Pa. Supreme Court to Address Exclusivity of Pa. Workers' Compensation Act in Asbestos Cases, Duane Morris Alert, June 9, 2011
•Co-author, In Stricker Case, District Court to Dismiss Medicare's Suit Seeking Reimbursement from Defendants, Insurers and Attorneys, Duane Morris Alert, September 22, 2010
•Co-author, The Importance of U.S. v. Stricker, Law 360, September 21, 2010
•Co-author, Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Medicare's Recovery Practices Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute, Duane Morris Alert, September 21, 2010
•Co-author, Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting and Repayment Obligations: Is Relief on the Way? Duane Morris Alert, April 22, 2010
•Co-author, Medicare Secondary Payer Statute: Reporting Obligations Delayed, but Uncertainty Remains, Duane Morris Alert, March 12, 2010

•Co-author, Contacting Corporate Employees, Chapter 37 of Product Liability Litigation: Current Law, Strategies and Best Practices, Practising Law Institute, 2009 (updated 2012)

•Co-author, Have You Registered Under MMSEA? New Reporting Obligations and Penalties for Medicare Secondary Payers, Duane Morris Alert, October 15, 2009
•Co-author, Equity, Injunctions and Emergency or Provisional Remedies, Chapter 8 of Fundamentals of Pennsylvania Civil Practice and Procedure, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2003
•Co-author, U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Constitutional Limits on Punitive Damage Awards, Product Liability Alert, April 2003
•Co-author, The RICO Amendment of Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Why it Applies Retroactively, Civil RICO Report, December 25, 1996

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Strategic Use of Lone Pine Motions in Fracking Litigation, Webinar, September 17, 2013