Eugene Roth

Position: Of Counsel

Address: 15 South Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0075

Email: E-Mail Me

Direct Dial: (570)826-5651

Direct Fax: (570)821-4714

Vcard:

Assistant's Name: Paula K. Pagliarini

Assistant's E-Mail: E-Mail

EDUCATION

• Wilkes University (B.S., Business Administration, 1957)
• Dickinson School of Law (L.L.B., with honors, 1960)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Pennsylvania

PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

• Roth quoted in Boston Globe article

HONORS

• Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2005)
• Who's Who in Finance & Industry (Current)
• Who's Who in American Law (Current)
• Who's Who in the World (Current)
• United Hebrew Institute – Shofar Award (2000)
• National Society of Fundraising Executives – Outstanding Volunteer Fund Raiser (1993)
• B'nai B'rith – Community Service Award (1994)
• Northeast Pa. Council of the Boy Scouts of America – Distinguished Citizen Award (1998)
• Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce – Distinguished Pennsylvania Award
• Wilkes University Ancestral Colonels – Lifetime Achievement Award (2009)
• Wilkes University – John Wilkes Society's Eugene S. Farley Memorial Achievement Award (2009)
• AV® Peer Review Rating by Martindale Hubbell - This rating attests to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflects the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary. The AV® rating is a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for those practicing law for more than 10 years.

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Luzerne County Bar Association (Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association)
• American Bar Association – Sections on Corporate, Banking & Business
• Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. – Former Director and Compensation Committee Chair (through 2007)
• Wachovia Bank, National Association – Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional Board Member (through 2006)
• RCN Corporation – Director and Compensation Committee Chair (through 2004)
• First Fidelity Bancorporation – Director (through 1996)
• Merchants Bancorp – Director (through 1991:
• Wyoming National Bank – Director (through 1988)
• Jewelcor, Inc. – Director (through 1988)
• Greun Marketing Corporation – Director (through 1988)
• Geisinger Northeastern Advisory Council – Director and Chairman
• Wilkes University – Board of Trustees (Past Chairman and currently Trustee Emeritus)
• Wyoming Valley Retirement Community, Inc. – Past Director and Chairman
• Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development (a consortium of Wilkes University and Northeast Regional Colleges & University) – Director and Member of the Executive Committee
• Jewish Community Center – Director, Trustee and Past Chairman
• United Hebrew Institute – Director, Trustee and Past Chairman
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry – Director and Past Chairman
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership, Inc. – Director and Past Chairman;
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial Fund – Past President
• Committee for Economic Growth – Director and Past Chairman
• Congregation Ohav Zedek – Director and Past Chairman
• B'nai B'rith S.J. Strauss Lodge – Trustee and Past President
• Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre – Director and Past President
• United Jewish Appeal – Past Chairman (1978 & 1992)
• United Way of Wyoming Valley – Past Chairman (1983)
• Wilkes-Barre City Transition Committee – Chairman (2004)
• Osterhout Library – Campaign Chairman (1998)

PRACTICE AREAS

• Business & Finance
• Business Succession Planning
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions