
Stephanie is an associate attorney at East End Trial Group, where she helps litigate individual and class action cases involving debt collection harassment, unfair lending, consumer fraud, wage and hour violations, and disability and credit discrimination.
Before beginning her career as an attorney, Stephanie worked as a certified legal intern in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Elder Law Clinic and served as a judicial extern to Magistrate Lisa Pupo Lenihan (ret.) of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Stephanie was a Managing Editor of the Pitt Law Journal of Law & Commerce. Upon graduation, Stephanie accepted a fellowship position working for the Hon. Kim Eaton in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
Since joining East End, Stephanie has assisted the firm in prosecuting class actions related to the unlawful collection of sales tax on consumer products; unlicensed debt collection efforts; the misuse of individuals’ personal information; defective medical equipment; and the discrimination of high school student athletes with disabilities. Stephanie has also been appointed as class counsel in cases concerning the rights of consumers, including:
- Haston v. Phillips & Cohen Associates, LTD, No. 2:20-cv-01069, Doc. 45 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 11, 2021) (Stickman, J.)
- Murphy v. The Hundreds Is Huge, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-00204, Doc. 41 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2022) (Lanzillo, J.)
- Butela v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc., 341 F.R.D. 581, 598 (W.D. Pa. 2022) (Stickman, J.)
- Douglass v. Optavia LLC, No. 2:22-cv-00594, Doc. 38 (W.D. Pa. Jan. 23, 2023) (Wiegand, J.)
- Howard v. LVNV Funding, LLC, No. 3:19-cv-00093, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52294, at *26 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 22, 2023) (Gibson, J.)
- Douglass v. P.C. Richard & Son, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-00399, Doc. 55 (W.D. Pa. June 27, 2023) (Kelly, J.)
- Murphy v. Le Sportsac, Inc., No. 1:22-cv-00058, Doc. 57 (W.D. Pa. July 6, 2023) (Lanzillo, J.)
- Douglass v. Mondelēz Global LLC, No. 2:22-cv-00875, Doc. 26 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 19, 2023) (Hardy, J.)
- Douglass v. iFit Inc., No. 2:23-cv-000917, Doc. 29 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 11, 2024) (Horan, J.)
- Haston v. Resurgent Cap. Servs., Inc., No. 20-cv-01008, Doc. 72 (W.D. Pa. May 2, 2024) (Hardy, J.)
When Stephanie isn’t working to protect the rights of consumers, she enjoys watching Bravo, playing tennis, and traveling the world with her husband.
Licenses
- Pennsylvania State Court
- Western District of Pennsylvania
- Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- Northern District of New York
Associations
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Academics
- J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2020
- Law Fellow, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Judicial Intern, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Certified Legal Intern, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- B.S.B.A., University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration, 2017
- Kennedy Catholic High School, 2013

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