Jeffrey M. Stacko

Bar / Professional Activity

• Former Member of the American Inns of Court, Hay-Sell Chapter.  I served as website coordinator, updating the Inns' website on a monthly basis to include updates on Inn and its members activities.
• Former board member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.  I served as the Chair of the Young Lawyers Committee, and coordinated events for the Committee.  I also made CLE presentations regarding Construction Defect Litigation and FCRA Litigation.  I was named PDI's Young Lawyer of the Year for 2022.

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Mechanics Lien and Payment Act Matter Dinsmore represented an electrical and instrumentation services subcontractor in a mechanics’ lien and Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA) matter.  Following the provision of services for the construction of a natural gas pipeline, the subcontractor was not paid in accordance with the parties’ contract in an amount in excess of $1,000,000.  Dinsmore noticed and filed mechanics’ liens, along with a complaint alleging CASPA violations, and, following protracted litigation, recovered approximately 99% of the amount contractually due.  , 2024
• Obtained dismissal, with prejudice, of consumer's West Virginia Consumer and Credit Protection Act and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act claims via dispositive motion., 2025
• Second-chaired non-jury trial representing subcontractor in payment dispute with general contractor.  Following a three day trial, judgment was entered in favor of subcontractor., 2023
• Second chaired a bench-trial matter wherein our client, general contractor, brought suit against one of its subcontractors, alleging that the subcontractor failed to complete its work in a timely and workmanlike matter.  The subcontractor counterclaimed pursuant to Pennsylvania's Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA), seeking its attorney fees.  Following a 2.5 day bench trial, the court awarded our client $108,787.36, plus its reasonable attorney fees incurred in defending the subcontractor's unsuccessful CASPA claim., 2022
• Second chaired a AAA arbitration on behalf of our client, claimant general contractor who contracted with a governmental body for the completion of roadway improvements.  We alleged delay damages in the amount of $163,463.56 as a result of the governmental body's failure to timely secure a highway occupancy permit.  The arbitrator awarded the full amount to the client., 2022

Representative Clients

• Voted Co-Solicitor of Fox Chapel Authority.  , 2025
• Since 2023, I have served as national coordinating counsel for Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.'s breach of warranty cases., 2023

Transactions

• Served as co-counsel with several Dinsmore & Shohl LLP attorneys on a $118 million asset purchase in which client acquired utility locating services division of another entity., 2025

Pro bono / Community Service

• Served as pro bono counsel in a pro se prisoner case, pursuant to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania's request for appointment of counsel.  Reached a confidential settlement with the defendant department of corrections., 2018

Educational Background

• Pennsylvania State University - B.S., Finance, 2009
• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 2012

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Named Pennsylvania Defense Institute's Young Lawyer of the Year., 2022
• Named Partner with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP., 2024
• Named Best Lawyers "One to Watch" for Oil and Gas Law for 2021 - 2025.

• Automotive
• Banking
• Oil And Gas
• Retail