Edward Jaffee Abes, Attorney

Ed Abes, the managing shareholder of ABES BAUMANN, first begin practicing law in 1969. He is a 1965 graduate of Penn State University and a 1969 graduate of Duquesne University School of Law, where he was President of the Student Bar Association. His first position as an attorney was with the State Workers Insurance Fund. In 1978 he decided that the injured worker was his primary concern and established his own firm. For over thirty (30) years, he has represented only injured workers. Admitted to practice in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, he helps workers on both the trial and appellate levels. Ed is a member of the Workers' Compensation Panels of the National Football League Players' Association, the National Hockey League Players Association, and the Professional Hockey Players Association representing injured professional athletes.

Ed's memberships also include the Allegheny County Bar Association (Fee Dispute Committee, Workers' Compensation Section, and a Trustee for the Louis Little Memorial Loan Fund); the Pennsylvania Bar Association (Workers' Compensation Section, Chair 2001-2002; and Sports and Entertainment Law Committee); the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Workers' Compensation Section, Past Co-Chair); the Workers Injury and Law Advocacy Group (sustaining member); and the American Civil Liberties Union (Pittsburgh Chapter, President 2000 to 2005).