Artemas Lawyers

I joined Reager & Adler following the completion of a clerkship position with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Before going to law school, I served honorably in the United States Air Force as an Electronic Warfare Avionics Technician for the B-1B Bomber. My focus areas are real estate transactions, business law and advisory services, estate planning and administration, land use, zoning, and municipal law. I live in the Harrisburg area with my wife and children, and I enjoy hiking, wood working, and metal detecting.

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Chapter 13; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Contract Litigation; Business Litigation; Small Business Law; General Representation; Contract Law
Admitted: 1973, Pennsylvania; 1974, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Other Admissions: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education: Dickinson College (A.B., 1970); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1973)
Bar Association Memberships: Dauphin County (Member, Committees on: Bankruptcy; Client Relations; Alternative Dispute Resolution) and Pennsylvania...

B.A., York College of Pennsylvania M.A., Atlantic University M.A.R., Liberty University Diploma, Squadron Officer School, Air University M.B.A., Universidad San Juan de la Cruz D.B.A., Apollos University Ed.D., Charisma University Certificate in English Law, London Metropolitan University J.D., Widener University Delaware Law School LL.M. (Labor), Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law Ph.D., American Christian College and Seminary Scholar, Oxford Society of Scholars, Omega Graduate School D.C.L., International University for Graduate Studies Licensed Real Estate Instructor, Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission Fellow, The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Fellow, The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Fellow, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Fellow, The Royal Statistical Society Fellow, The Royal...

Mr. Ernsberger was a founding partner of the law firm of Behrend and Ernsberger, and is now a shareholder in its successor, Behrend and Ernsberger, P.C. with offices in the City of Pittsburgh. Mr. Ernsberger has been engaged primarily in trial practice for twenty years, having in that time tried approximately 50 civil jury trials of various types and degrees of complexity and settled many others. The claims litigated include medical malpractice, RICO, ERISA, Fair Labor Standards Act, consumer protection, trademark infringement, patent infringement, patent mismarking, Federal False Claims, products liability, multi-unit construction contracts, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, insurance fraud,...

Since 1976, Melvin L. Vatz has been faithfully providing legal counsel and guidance to clients. As a Pittsburgh lawyer, he handles a comprehensive range of cases. Whether you have been injured on the job, hurt in an accident, charged with a crime, or caught up in an employment law issue, Attorney Mel is there for you. He has tried cases in both federal and state courts and has taken on major appeals. With nearly 40 years of legal experience, Mel is the advocate you want in your corner. As a former Assistant District Attorney in Allegheny County, he brings a...