Arthur H. Stroyd, Jr.

Mr. Stroyd has committed his career to representing clients and as a consultant in a wide range of complex civil matters throughout the country. Following a clerkship with the late Honorable Joseph F. Weis, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, he spent
much of his career with the international law firm, Reed Smith LLP, where he was one of its Managing Partners also serving as Head of its Litigation Group, as the Practice Leader for its Products Liability and Insurance Coverage Group, as its Recruiting Partner and
more. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in six (6) categories for more than twenty (20) years and where he has been repeatedly named Lawyer of the Year, in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers including Pittsburghs Top 50 Super Lawyers, in The Best Lawyers in Pittsburgh and with an AV Preeminent Rating, the highest mark for ethics and professional excellence from Martindale-Hubbells Peer Review Ratings, for more than 35 years.
Throughout Mr. Stroyds career, he has managed a wide array of sophisticated matters involving commercial disputes, trust and estates disputes, class actions, contract negotiations, intellectual property/patent litigation, the formation and dissolution of businesses, breaches of contract, corporate waste, the sale and disposition of properties, restrictive covenants, the valuation of assets and business opportunities, product liability
litigation, construction disputes and more. Mr. Stroyd is an adviser to various businesses, is certified as a Mediator, Arbitrator and Early Neutral Evaluator in Federal Court and has
been repeatedly appointed by courts to serve as a Special Master for discovery and other aspects of complex cases. He has planned and lectured at various seminars relating to commercial litigation, civil procedure, construction law, products liability as well as trial
and appellate practice and was in charge of training attorneys at Reed Smith.
He serves on the Board of the Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security and has been on the Advisory Committee for Pennsylvania Bar Associations Commission for Justice Initiatives, was a member of the Jury Service Committee of the Pennsylvania
Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial & Ethnic Fairness and is General Counsel of the Material Handling Industry, a trade association of 700 manufacturers in North Carolina.
He is the past President of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and of the Allegheny County Bar Association, where he also served as Chair of its Judiciary Committee and its Civil Litigation Section as well as Co-chair of a Task Force for its
Gender Initiative. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee and of the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, where he also chaired a Task Force reviewing its subsidies, and was the solicitor for Pennsylvanias Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice serving on a pro bono basis.
Active in the community, Mr. Stroyd has been a director of various civic and nonprofit organizations including service as President of the Mt. Lebanon School Board and of the Center for Theater Arts Board as well as Chair of the Mt. Lebanon Hospital Authority and its Zoning Hearing Board. He was elected to the Alumni Council of his alma mater. He has been on the Board of Neighborhood Legal Services Association and the Solicitor for the Republican Party of Allegheny County, where he was on its Executive Committee for ten (10) years. He was Chair of the Board of Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. and is on the Board of the Material Handling Industry Education Foundation. He also completed service on the boards of the Senator John Heinz History Center and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
After graduating from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, with an A.B. in economics, Stroyd entered the School of Law of the University of Pittsburgh. He received his J.D. after serving as a U.S. Naval Officer during the Vietnam War.
Practice Areas:
Business Consultation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Education:
A.B. Kenyon College – Economics
J.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Affiliations:
American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Past-President & Board of Governors
Allegheny County Bar Association Past-President; Board of Directors; Judiciary Committee (former Chair) & Civil Litigation Council (former Chair)
Federal Mediation Program Certified Mediator, Arbitrator & Early Neutral Evaluator
Pennsylvania Bar Association Advisory Member, Commission for Justice Initiatives
Pennsylvania Supreme Courts Civil Procedural Rules Committee Past Member
Material Handling Industry (trade association – Charlotte, NC) – General Counsel
Recognition:
Recognized in 6 Practice Areas since 2003 and Lawyer of the Year (2013 2025)
The Best Lawyers in America
Pittsburghs Top 50 Super Lawyers
The Gregg Cup (Kenyon College’s highest alumni accolade)
The Aradhna Award (Leadership Pittsburghs recognition for Community Service)
AV Preeminent Peer Rating – Martindale Hubbell for more than 40 years