Alec Wright Email & Phone Number

Contact Information:abw@obrienlawpgh.comwww.obrienlawpgh.comAlec advises clients at the trial and appellate level on civil rights issues that include employment, housing and individual and organizational constitutional violations. Such representation includes, among others, litigation arising out of claims concerning employment discrimination, searches and seizures, false arrest, malicious prosecution, excessive force and substantive and procedural due process violations. Alec also represents clients in prisoner’s civil rights litigation arising out of claims concerning solitary confinement, failure to treat serious medical needs, and prison conditions.Alec also serves as pro bono counsel in prisoner’s civil rights litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and as outside pro bono counsel to the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh, a Homewood-based non-profit organization whose mission pertains to prisoner reentry and reintegration through the teaching of trade certifications.Alec started his career at Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, LLC where he represented clients in commercial and complex litigation. During law school, Alec was the recipient of CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Complex Litigation and Class Actions and a member of the law school’s wrongful convictions clinic.Court Admissions:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania U.S. Court of Appeals, Third CircuitU.S. District Court, Western District of PennsylvaniaU.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania