Ramsay, Dana L.

Gary G. Gentile obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1968 from Washington and Jefferson College and his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1971 from the University of Pittsburgh.  He was admitted in 1971 to the Pennsylvania Bar and to the United States Supreme Court in 1978.

Attorney Gentile began his legal career in 1971 as Assistant Public Defender for Allegheny County and went on to serve as the Director of the Juvenile Division and later as Chief Counsel for the Homicide Division.  While working in the Public Defender’s Office, he was a constitutional law and trial tactics instructor with the City of Pittsburgh Police Academy.  He later served as Executive Director of the Allegheny County Housing Authority and was the youngest Executive Director of a major housing authority in the United States.  He has been selected Lawyer of the Year - Family Law in 2012 by Best Lawyers in America.  He has continuously been listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law, Best Lawyers in America, is a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and his peers selected him as one of the top 50 lawyers in Pittsburgh, top 50 in Allegheny County, top 100 in Pennsylvania, along with numerous other Granfalloons!

Mr. Gentile was Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Rules Committee.  He chaired a hearing committee for the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board and was elected to the Board of Governors of the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA).  He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Pennsylvania Chapter Board of Examiners.  He is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.  Mr. Gentile was appointed to the 12-member Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Disciplinary Board and served as Vice-Chairman and Chairman in the year 2006-2007.

Mr. Gentile is also a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Family Law Section and the Family Law Council of the ACBA.  He is a former Chairperson of the Program Committee of the Family Law Section and Chairperson of the Bench Bar Program Committee.