John E. Lienert

John E. Lienert is an Associate in the firm’s Pittsburgh office and concentrates his practice in the area of mass tort litigation. Prior to joining Rawle & Henderson, Mr. Lienert was an associate with a local Pittsburgh law firm and he also worked in the Labor Relations Department at U.S. Steel Corporation.

Mr. Lienert is licensed to practice law in all courts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of West Virginia. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Mr. Lienert is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the West Virginia Bar Association. He is an active member of the ACBA's Sports Law Committee.

Mr. Lienert received his law degree from Ohio Northern University – Claude W. Pettit College of Law in 2006. He served as Associate Editor for the Law Review and published the article “Case Study: State v. Lozier, 101 Ohio St. 3d 161, 31 Ohio N.U.L.Rev. 552 (2005).” During law school, Mr. Lienert interned for the Honorable Walter H. Rice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He graduated summa cum laude from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in 2003 with a B.A. in Philosophy. 

Mr. Lienert lives in the South Hills with his wife, Gina, and enjoys playing golf and exercising.

• Environmental Torts
• Product Liability

• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Ohio Northern University - Pettit College of Law, J.D. (2006)
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, B.A. (2003)

Allegheny County Bar Association (Sports Law Committee)
Pennsylvania Bar Association
West Virginia Bar Association