Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Dodge is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University (with high distinction) and Duquesne University School of Law (cum laude), where she was a member of the Law Review.

She was a civil trial lawyer throughout her thirty-eight years in private practice. In 1992, she joined the firm of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott as a partner. She served as the firm’s managing partner between 2012 and 2018 while continuing to maintain an active trial practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, employment disputes and oil and gas matters. She was frequently engaged as a mediator and early neutral evaluator and served as an arbitrator in private disputes as well as matters before the American Arbitration Association. Magistrate Judge Dodge is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers, as well as the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, where she served on its Board of Governors and as its President.

Professional Accomplishments

• Selected by Lawdragon as one of the 500 leading lawyers of America
• Pittsburgh Lawyer of the Year – Best Lawyers in America – 2019
• Distinguished Service Award – The Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
• Woman of the Year – The Legal Intelligencer
• Lifetime Achievement Award – The Legal Intelligencer
• Joseph F. Weis, Jr. Distinguished Service Award – the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County – 2017
• Professionalism Award – Civil Litigation Section of the ACBA