Gary Lynch, Esq.

Gary Lynch, Esq. Governmental policies designed to curb unfair business practices are ineffective unless they are enforced. I assist in that enforcement process. Gary F.

Gary is a founding partner of Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter, a law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and California. Lynch was born and grew up in Western Pennsylvania. He worked his way through college, graduating in 1986 from Penn State University with a degree in Accounting and a dual minor in English and Business Logistics. Gary then earned his law degree from the University of Pitts

burgh School of Law, where he graduated in 1989, having served as an Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Gary began his career with the law firm of Reed Smith, then the largest firm in Pittsburgh. Since leaving Reed Smith in 1991, he has consistently represented plaintiffs in various employment and consumer lawsuits. Gary now has a national plaintiffs’ class action practice in the areas of employee wage rights and consumer protection litigation. As a founding partner of Carlson Lynch, Gary has handled more than 100 class actions, in numerous federal and state courts throughout the country involving federal and state wage and hour laws, as well as various consumer protection and mortgage lending statutes. Gary has achieved numerous multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of plaintiff classes and has obtained significant favorable court decisions in the wage and hour area. He served as Counsel of Record in the United States Supreme Court case captioned Symczyk v. Genesis, which was argued to the Court in December, 2012. Gary is a frequent local and national lecturer on wage and hour issues. In Gary’s words: “These days, individual citizens entering the American marketplace, whether as employees or consumers, often find themselves in a completely powerless bargaining position. While governmental policy makers have attempted, in many instances, to level the playing field on which goods, services and labor are traded, these governmental policies, which are intended to restrain business from acting in a fundamentally unfair manner, remain ineffective unless and until they are meaningfully enforced. In my practice, I view my role as assisting that enforcement process. I represent the “little guy” in the American marketplace. Given that my one grandfather worked in a steel mill and the other in a coal mine, my job is consistent with both the heritage of my family and the region of our country where I was born and raised, and where I am now living and raising my children. I believe in what I do.”

When not practicing law, Gary usually can be found working on his 30-acre farm in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. Gary is also active in a number of community non-profit organizations, including past President and current board member of the Human Services Center, Inc. (an outpatient behavioral healthcare provider), board member of the Highland House, Inc. (a halfway home for women recovering from addiction), and board member of the Lawrence County Historical Society.

12/25/2020

Have a safe and happy holiday season from Carlson Lynch LLP.

04/10/2019

Today, The Legal Intelligencer named Carlson Lynch LLP Partner, Gary Lynch Attorney of the Year Finalist for his landmark work in the cybersecurity and data privacy cases involving UPMC & Equifax

Lynch is helping shape the emerging area of corporate
data breach case law through his work on Target, Home Depot, UPMC, Equifax and Wendy's. He was co-lead counsel for the financial institutions suing Home Depot, following the home improvement retailer’s 2014 data breach and on the five-person executive committee overseeing the prosecution of nationwide litigation against Target for its 2013 breach.

Congratulations to Gary Lynch and his team for their relentless pursuit for justice. Gary Lynch, Esq.

Student's Are Footing the Bill for Poor & Negligent Oversight - to the tune of millions of dollars.A critical new report...
02/14/2019

Student's Are Footing the Bill for Poor & Negligent Oversight - to the tune of millions of dollars.

A critical new report from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General finds the department's student loan unit failed to adequately supervise the companies it pays to manage the nation's trillion-dollar portfolio of federal student loans. The report also rebukes the department's office of Federal Student Aid for rarely penalizing companies that failed to follow the rules.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/14/694477547/federal-watchdog-issues-scathing-report-on-ed-departments-handling-of-student-lo

The department's own inspector general says student loan companies aren't following the rules, and that the government isn't doing enough to hold them accountable.

Congratulations to Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter rising star & Senior Associate, Jamisen Etzel for his success...
04/19/2018

Congratulations to Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter rising star & Senior Associate, Jamisen Etzel for his success in convincing the United States for the Eleventh Circuit to vacate the district court’s decision denying party-plaintiff status to three of our clients, challenging their status at an . Addressing an issue that it dubbed “a question of first impression in every circuit,” the Eleventh Circuit held that “filing a written consent . . . is sufficient to confer party-plaintiff status.” Mr. Etzel held primary responsibility for the briefing on the appeal and oral argument on behalf of our clients. This was his third before a .

I had the pleasure to go before the of this week to urge the justices to allow UPMC to face potential for a that...
04/12/2018

I had the pleasure to go before the of this week to urge the justices to allow UPMC to face potential for a that the names, birthdays, Social Security Numbers, address, salaries and bank and tax information of some 62,000 current and former . Plaintiffs allege that the stolen information was then used to file fraudulent tax returns and steal tax refunds.

New York Post coverage of our jury verdict against the Penthouse Club in Philadelphia. We are glad to see this case rec...
03/28/2018

New York Post coverage of our jury verdict against the Penthouse Club in Philadelphia. We are glad to see this case receiving so much attention, in hope that it will help change this exploitative industry.

A federal judge is making it rain at a Philadelphia strip club – forcing the establishment to pay $4.6 million in lost wages to its dancers. The judge ruled that st*****rs for the Penthouse Club in…

As a founding partner of Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter, LLP our mission has always been to fight for your empl...
03/26/2018

As a founding partner of Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter, LLP our mission has always been to fight for your employment rights – no matter your industry.

Drivers in their own vehicles who ferry people and deliver packages in Pittsburgh for Uber, Lyft and Amazon. Sports officials who memorize and enforce a ...

Carlson Lynch Partner, Kelly Iverson speaks to KDKA about our involvement with the wrongful death lawsuit of a local tee...
03/20/2018

Carlson Lynch Partner, Kelly Iverson speaks to KDKA about our involvement with the wrongful death lawsuit of a local teen. Full story below. Kelly K. Iverson Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter, LLP

The parents of a 13-year-old boy who died after he was accidentally shot by his friend have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

We are honored to be working with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence on this very important issue.
03/20/2018

We are honored to be working with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence on this very important issue.

The parents of a 13-year-old Westmoreland County boy who was killed in an accidental shooting two years ago are suing the gun manufacturer and store where ...

03/03/2018

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement this week that he had commissioned a team to eye direct involvement in the opioid litigation was made just as the DOJ was ordered to turn over Drug Enforcement Agency data to plaintiffs' lawyers.

02/28/2018

A Georgia federal judge on Monday tapped attorneys from several firms to serve as co-lead counsel for consumers and financial institution plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation stemming from the massive Equifax data breach.

Honored to have been chosen to help lead the Equifax data breach litigation . . .
02/28/2018

Honored to have been chosen to help lead the Equifax data breach litigation . . .

For Gary Lynch a 2013 data breach involving millions of Target customers marked a practice turning point.

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