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Rebecca Sember is a Pittsburgh native who received her Bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in 1991 in political science and classics from Duquesne University. She received her J.D., cum laude, in 1994 from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana where she was a member of the Inns of Court, the Appellate Advocacy Clinic and was awarded first prize in the Women in the Law writing contest. Her winning article, The Battered Woman Syndrome: A Fictional Story of Realities, was published in the University of Puerto Rico Law Review in 1994. Rebecca served as the judicial clerk to the Honorable Richard Saxton, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, Pennsylvania. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Her practice is devoted entirely to civil litigation with concentration in the areas of premises liability, municipal liability, medical malpractice, automobile liability and insurance practice liability. In addition to her busy litigation practice, Ms. Sember performs pro bono work at Allegheny County�s PFA project, is a frequent lecturer for the Institute of Paralegal Education and has written several legal writing manuals including Effective Legal Writing for Paralegals and Advanced Legal Drafting for Pennsylvania Paralegals. | 