Bordas & Bordas is proud to announce that four of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition. This prestigious honor, which highlights the top 5% of practicing lawyers in the United States,recognizes legal professionals based solely on peer review by their colleagues within the same practice areas and geographic regions.
“We are incredibly honored to have four of our attorneys recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®,” said Jamie Bordas, Managing Partner at Bordas & Bordas. “This recognition is a testament to our firm’s dedication, expertise, and commitment to providing exceptional legal representation to our clients.”
The Bordas & Bordas attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition are:
- Jamie Bordas: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Scott Blass: Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Geoff Brown: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Tom Anderson: Employment Law – Individuals, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jamie Bordas, managing partner of Bordas & Bordas since 2005, has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for the past 10 years. He spearheads Bordas & Bordas’ operations across multiple states and jurisdictions. An extremely accomplished litigator, Bordas has concentrated on the negotiation and resolution of the firm’s most complex and significant cases, including mass tort settlements of $36,500,000 and $18,500,000 and a single plaintiff settlement of over $18,000,000. In 2019, he served as lead counsel for a plaintiff at trial and presented the Oral Argument before the West Virginia Supreme Court in a case that resulted in a $16,922,000 verdict against Walmart. The verdict is believed to be one of the largest, if not the largest, verdicts in the history of Wood County, West Virginia, on behalf of a single plaintiff. He has also obtained a $10 million verdict in an insurance bad faith case in Belmont County, Ohio.
Bordas works on cases involving diverse areas of law, including insurance bad faith, toxic torts, personal injury, medical malpractice, oil and gas cases, business litigation and more. He has frequently been invited to speak to groups of attorneys on techniques applicable to trial skills, negotiation, mediation and resolution of cases because of his reputation for getting the best possible results for his clients. He has led the firm’s expansion into Pittsburgh and the rest of Western Pennsylvania and the opening of the firm’s Gateway Center offices in Pittsburgh.
Geoff Brown, a partner at Bordas & Bordas, also celebrates his tenth consecutive inclusion to The Best Lawyers in America® list. He concentrates his work on the firm’s complex litigation and medical malpractice cases. He has obtained major jury verdicts not only in medical malpractice, but also in cases of stockbroker negligence, workplace injury, and wrongful death. Brown has earned a reputation for comprehensive preparation and attention to detail in theses demanding areas of law. He has obtained multi-million-dollar verdicts in West Virginia and Ohio. Brown has also been involved in Bordas & Bordas’ business litigation department and has handled multi-jurisdictional contract disputes involving Fortune 500 companies and representation of individuals before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel.
Scott Blass has been on The Best Lawyers in America® for 14 consecutive years. Blass has been litigating complex civil cases for over 30 years. He has obtained seven-figure verdicts on behalf of his clients in diverse areas of the law, including verdicts of over $4 million in a product liability case, $8 million in an auto accident case, $1.4 million in an insurance bad faith case, and $5.7 million in a medical malpractice case. Blass has also represented the families of oil and gas workers killed in fires/explosions and obtained settlements of $19 million and $19.5 million. He has been recognized as one of the foremost insurance bad faith and insurance coverage lawyers in West Virginia.
Tom Anderson has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America annually since 2019. Tom focuses his practice on helping individuals who have been injured or discriminated against in violation of state and federal laws, as well as matters of employment law, personal injury, medical malpractice, premises liability, and commercial law including seven-figure verdicts in cases of racial discrimination and retaliation, wrongful discharge and invasion of privacy, along with cases of product and premesis liability.
This past April, Tom served as trial counsel in a trial that saw a jury in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania return a verdict of $20,500,000 against American Home Patient/Lincare in a racial discrimination case arising out of its State College, Pennsylvania location.
The law firm of Bordas & Bordas has a long history of serving communities in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The firm’s team of experienced attorneys offers a wide range of legal services, including those recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®.
“We remain committed to providing our clients with the highest quality legal representation possible,” said Jamie Bordas “Being recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® is a reflection of our continued commitment to excellence.”
