Peter J. Weber, Esq. Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, Philadelphia Since 1981, Mr. Weber has been a member of the course planning committee, the team that plans and presents the biennial PBI program Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Practice & Procedure, and writes the manual. Since 1974, he has concentrated his practice in representing employers and insurance carriers in Pennsylvania workers’ compensation litigation. Since 1988, he has served on the Workers’ Compensation Rules Committee, appointed by the Secretary of Labor and Industry, and its predecessor, the Committee for Referees’ Rules and Procedures. He has also authored the “Annual Survey of Significant Developments in Workmen’s Compensation,” published in the Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, and taught a course in Workmen’s Compensation Practice and Procedure at the Graduate Studies Division of the Temple University School of Law. He has taught numerous other programs for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Mr. Weber is the co-recipient of the prestigious Irvin Stander Award, 2002, from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Law Section. He is a member of that section as well as the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Committee (former co-chair), and the American Bar Association. Mr. Weber is a fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. He has been listed continuously in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward & White, since 1996, was named in the Best American Lawyers in Workers’ Compensation, and has been selected as a Super Lawyer in the field of workers’ compensation. He is a graduate of Villanova University undergraduate and law schools. A founding partner in the Philadelphia-based firm of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, Mr. Weber can be reached by phone at 215-972-7901, and by e mail at pweber@wglaw.com. The firm’s website is http://www.wglaw.com.