Cynthia Danel

Attorney Cynthia Danel has an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating based on legal ability and general ethical standards. She was selected as a 2018 Woman Leader in The Law, based on The Martindale AV Rating System. She made the list of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®, an honor awarded to the top five percent of state-wide lawyers, from 2005-2018. Attorney Danel has also been honored on the Super Lawyers list of Top 50 Women Attorneys in Pennsylvania from 2008-2018. In addition, she was included on the list of Top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2011-2018 and the list of Top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh from 2009-2018. She was voted for inclusion in the 2011-2019 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®, an honor based on rigorous peer review, and was selected as their 2012 "Pittsburgh Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year." Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice." Attorney Danel is a Charter Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers, limited to fewer than 3,500 Fellows. Membership is by invitation only. Attorney Danel has tried numerous cases to verdict before a jury and has tried numerous insurance arbitration cases in Allegheny County and counties in Western and Central Pennsylvania. She has mediated and settled hundreds of cases, resulting in substantial recoveries for her clients. She has also successfully argued appellate (relating to appeals) cases before both the Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Cynthia Danel included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®, 2005 - 2017 AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Outstanding Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University, 2004 - Present Best Lawyers in America®, 2011 - 2018 One of Super Lawyers'® top 100 Attorneys in Pennsylvania, 2011 - 2012 One of Super Lawyers'® top 50 Female Attorneys in Pennsylvania, 2008 - 2017 One of Super Lawyers'® top 50 Attorneys in Pittsburgh, 2009 - 2017 Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America "Pittsburgh Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year", 2012 - Present Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University Other Sources of Feedback About Cynthia Danel Included on the 2026Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2006 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

• Of Counsel

• Frequent lecturer for both local and state trial attorney organizations on topics including changes in the law on automobile insurance, demonstrative evidence, and uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage issues

• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council
• Pennsylvania State University Career Counseling Panel
• Judge participant in the Allegheny County High School Moot Court Competition
• Judge participant in the University of Pittsburgh Moot Court Competition
• Former Chairperson, High School Essay Contest, Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
• Representative Clients
• Personal Injury Clients

• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia
• Specialties and Certifications
• Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy

• Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Past President & President's Club Member)
• Allegheny County Bar Association (Member)
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Board of Governors)
• West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)
• Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
• Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
• Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (Member)