Pittsburgh-based Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot announced that construction and alternate dispute resolution chairman and litigator Scott Cessar will succeed Timothy Hudak as the firm’s CEO, effective May 1.
Selected by his fellow members of the executive committee to helm the firm, Cessar has been a part of Eckert Seamans for the entirety of his more than 35-year-long legal career, where he has served as partner, vice chair of litigation, and headed the firm’s Pittsburgh office at various points.