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Biography
Attorney Cynthia Danel has an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating based on legal ability and general ethical standards. She made the list of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, an honor awarded to the top five percent of state-wide lawyers, from 2005-2017. Attorney Danel has also been honored on the Super Lawyers list of Top 50 Women Attorneys in Pennsylvania from 2008-2017. In addition, she was included on the list of Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2011-2017 and the list of Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh from 2009-2017.
She was voted for inclusion in the 2011-2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®, an honor based on rigorous peer review, and was selected as their 2012 "Pittsburgh Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year." Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
Attorney Danel is a Charter Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers, limited to fewer than 3,500 Fellows. Membership is by invitation only.
Attorney Danel has tried numerous cases to verdict before a jury and has tried numerous insurance arbitration cases in Allegheny County and counties in Western and Central Pennsylvania. She has mediated and settled hundreds of cases, resulting in substantial recoveries for her clients. She has also successfully argued appellate (relating to appeals) cases before both the Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania.
Presentations
Attorney Danel is a frequent lecturer for both local and state trial attorney organizations and has lectured on numerous topics including changes in the law on automobile insurance, demonstrative evidence, and uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage issues. She also has traveled to local high schools to talk about driving dangers and injury prevention.
Community Involvement
Attorney Danel participates in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, and the Pennsylvania State University Career Counseling Panel.
She has also served as a judge participant in the Allegheny County High School Moot Court Competition, the University of Pittsburgh Moot Court Competition, and is a former chairperson of the High School Essay Contest run by the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Practice Areas
12
Practice Areas
Animal and Dog Bites
9%
Animal Law
9%
Appeals
9%
Car Accident
9%
Fees and Rates
Cost
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in Pennsylvania for 44 years
State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 1981
No misconduct found
Licensed in West Virginia for 36 years
State: West Virginia
Acquired: 1990
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Cynthia M. Danel
Edgar Snyder & Associates, 600 Grant Street - US Steel Tower - 10th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219
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Posted by Timothy Milton Vales | October 26, 2014 | Personal Injury
Nothing but the best....
Ms. Danel treated me like a human being. Her and the entire legal team she assembled provided exceptional, quality, and effective legal representation with regard to my personal injury case. Her understanding, thoughts, comments, suggestions, advice, and very skilled keen knowledge not only helped ...
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2017
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh, Super Lawyers
2017
Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2017
Top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2017
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh, Super Lawyers
2016
Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2016
Top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2016
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2016
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2015
Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh, Super Lawyers
2015
Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2015
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2014
Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2014
Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh, Super Lawyers
2014
Top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2013
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2013
Top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania, Super Lawyers
2013
Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh, Super Lawyers
2013
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2013
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2012
Pittsburgh Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2005
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2004
Outstanding Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University
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Named an Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
N/A
Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
N/A
Top 100 Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers
N/A
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
N/A
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
N/A
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
1983 - Present
Partner, Edgar Snyder & Associates
1900 - Present
Of Counsel, Edgar Snyder & Associates
Associations
Litigation Counsel of America
Fellow
Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
President's Club Member & Past President
National Board of Trial Advocacy
Member
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
Member
Allegheny County Bar Association
Member
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Board of Governors
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Member
American Association for Justice
Member
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member
Wage and Hour Defense Institute of the Litigation Counsel of America
Fellow
Education
1981
Duquesne University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1971
Pennsylvania State University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
N/A
Pennsylvania State University
MA - Masters
Languages
English