Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC, founded in Pittsburgh in 2003, represents injured individuals, families, businesses, and public entities across Western Pennsylvania. Its principal practices include personal injury, medical malpractice, commercial litigation, and complex civil disputes. Founding attorneys Stephen J. Del Sole and Patrick K. Cavanaugh bring substantial trial backgrounds, alongside senior trial attorney Arthur H. Stroyd Jr., whose courtroom experience spans more than four decades.
Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC handles surgical errors, birth injuries, delayed diagnosis, anesthesia and medication mistakes, and hospital negligence. Its injury caseload also spans car and truck collisions, electrocution, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, product liability, slip and fall accidents, and wrongful death. Attorneys examine medical records, consult qualified physicians, secure witness testimony, and prepare claims for settlement negotiations or trial, with particular attention to proving negligence and damages.
Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC has handled significant business and government disputes beyond injury litigation. The firm represented whistleblowers in UPMC's $38 million settlement of allegations involving physician compensation, the Stark Law, and the False Claims Act. Other reported matters include a $13 million federal award concerning fiduciary breaches and a government agency's $20 million airport construction defect claim involving a multideck parking garage.
Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC advises on contract disputes, business litigation, construction claims, appeals, First Amendment and Right to Know Law matters, class actions, and whistleblower litigation. Its attorneys have also secured appellate affirmance of a hospital's trial victory and defended an industrial machinery manufacturer against multiple product liability suits without findings of liability. The firm's casework spans Pennsylvania state and federal courts, involving complex legal and factual questions.
Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC includes attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Stephen J. Del Sole belongs to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Arthur H. Stroyd Jr. is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a past president of the Academy of Trial Lawyers. The firm also identifies affiliations with the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.
