Joyce Novotny-Prettiman

Joyce Novotny-Prettiman is an associate at the firm. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the Westmoreland, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.  She is also a member of the Ned J. Nakles American Inn of Court and serves on the Board of Directors for the Inn.

Ms. Novotny-Prettiman earned her B.A. in 1997 from Seton Hill College (summa cum laude) and her law degree from Duquesne University in 2000. 

Ms. Novotny-Prettiman has a unique legal background. She was a legal secretary before obtaining her paralegal certification from St. Vincent College in 1989, and she worked in the capacity of legal assistant until her admission into law school. While attending law school, Ms. Novotny-Prettiman worked as a law clerk at QuatriniRafferty. 

Ms. Novotny-Prettiman began practicing with the firm after her admission to the practice of law and is currently active in the areas of plaintiff personal injury litigation, school law, and general civil litigation. 

Joyce is a member of the following committees of the Westmoreland Bar Association:  Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation and Lawyers Assistance Committee.  In regard to alternative dispute resolution matters, she has had mediation training and has been trained in the collaborative law process.  She is a member of the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania (CLASP).  This area of legal practice empowers clients to work to resolve their legal issues without going through the traditional litigation process.   You can learn more about this process by visiting www.clasplaw.org.

A lifelong resident of Unity Township, Ms. Novotny-Prettiman currently resides in the Latrobe-Greensburg area with her husband, Daniel.