Specialties
Jay Hornack concentrates his private law practice in the area of employee rights and benefits. Specifically, he represents employees in claims involving workers' compensation, Social Security disability benefits, unemployment compensation, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge and pension benefits. Mr. Hornack graduated from Rutgers-Newark School of Law in 1981 where he won the J. Skelley Wright Prize for contributions to civil rights, civil liberties and human affairs. He graduated with honors from Miami University in 1978. Mr. Hornack is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and is past Chair of the ACBAs Law and Disability Committee. He is also a Legal Committee member of Disability Rights Pennsylvania and is a past Board member of DRP. In 1983 Mr. Hornack was appointed Special Counsel by Pittsburgh City Council to defend its plant closing notification ordinance. Since 1986 he has served as the Solicitor for the Steel Valley Authority, a joint municipal authori