Ms. Applegate is a Senior Associate and member of the firm's Corporate Services Group. She practices in the areas of corporate law and real estate, including matters such as mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and entity formation, dissolution, and reorganization.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Applegate worked as a systems analyst and as a supervisor of the administration of class action claims for the Center for Claims Resolution, a non-profit corporation created to provide for the administration, defense, payment and disposition of asbestos-related personal injury claims and lawsuits of its member corporations.

Areas of Law/Focus

Business Formation/Structure

General Corporate

Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions

Employment Issues

Real Estate

Education

J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2000

Managing Editor, Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy

B.S., Information and Decision Systems, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1993

Professional & Community Activities

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member, Allegheny County Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.