Darth M. Newman is a skilled trial attorney and a certified mediator with more than a decade of litigation experience in complex commercial and plaintiff’s side whistleblower cases. He has tried shareholder disputes, fraud, insider dealing, and fiduciary duty matters worth millions of dollars. He has also represented whistleblowers from across the country helping to shed light on all manner of fraud against the government from dangerous healthcare systems, devices, and doctors to government contracting and loan fraud.

Darth’s trial experience includes a federal jury trial, a Delaware Chancery Court trial, and a range of other state court trials and arbitrations. He has briefed and argued motions and appeals in various federal and state courts and helped secure an en banc Federal Circuit decision striking down a portion of the Lanham Act as unconstitutional; that decision was later unanimously affirmed by the United States Supreme Court. Darth is also a skilled negotiator with a lengthy record of resolving otherwise intractable disputes short of trial.

Darth has been recognized by his peers and clients as an exceptionally capable and ethical lawyer. He has earned the highest possible peer rating of AV Preeminent from Martindale-Hubble and the Client Champion Gold rating. He is also among the small percent of Pennsylvania lawyers selected as a “Rising Star” and “Super Lawyer” by SuperLawyers. He was also selected to the National Trial Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in Pennsylvania.

An active member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, Darth is a past Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee and is Chair of the Federal Court Section. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Professional Ethics and Federal Practice Committees. Darth serves as a Hearing Committee Member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Darth is a member of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania and is listed as an approved mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator by the Western District of Pennsylvania. He serves as a pro bono mediator for the EEOC and the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations.

Nationally, he is a member of the TAF Anti-Fraud Coalition, a public interest nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting fraud against the government. Darth was a soccer referee long before he was a lawyer. He has officiated around the country, is still a referee and referee coach/mentor, and previously served as the Western Pennsylvania State Youth Referee Administrator and an ex-officio member of the Pennsylvania West Soccer Association Youth Board.