WILBUR McCoy “JOE” OTTO CURRICULUM VITAE
- Zelienople High School – President, Student Government 1954
- Dickinson College Honors Grad and Regular Army Officer Appointee, met Nancy Ann Fox, Secretary, Dickinson Class of 1961, and married in 1958, now married 68 years plus.
- University of Michigan Law School, 1961 ; PA and DC bar admissions
- Nancy Ann Otto, Secretary, University of Michigan Hospital, President, Sewickley Hospital Auxiliary, President, Women of St. Stephens, owner, Cornerstone Bookstore
- Regular U.S. Army since 1958; Judge Advocate General Corps, 1961-65, (8 Years) (FN)
- Assistant Professor of Law – West Point,1961-1965 – two sons (born in Pittsburgh), two daughters (born at West Point), revised all military Academy regulations permitting admission of women in 1973 – at all Academies, including granddaughter, Kiera Flanigan, West Point Honors Graduate, 2024
- Four children: all lawyers; one Judge in Westmoreland County
- Nine grandchildren, 3 of whom are lawyers, one great granddaughter
- Trial lawyer 1965-2018 (50 years); 300 jury trials – 291 won – helped to build Pittsburgh’s fourth largest law firm from 7 to 200 lawyers; solo practice 2019 to date
- Academy of Trial Lawyers: Allegheny County: President, 1980
- National and International Academies of Trial Lawyers
- Created first captive professional liability insurance and reinsurance carriers for multiple medical providers commencing in and after 1976, in Cayman Islands, Vermont and Pennsylvania
- Created both UPMC and AHN Healthcare Provider Programs
- Faculty – Prof of Law – University of Pittsburgh School of Health Professions, 30 years, plus Law Institute Teaching: Pitt, Duquesne, Michigan
- Legal counsel to 4 churches in Pittsburgh and Somerset
- Sunday school teacher for 30 years+
- Newspaper columnist in Johnstown’s Tribune-Democrat since 2012
- Book author: “Resurrection: Fact or Fiction”
- Solo Law practice since 2018: Otto Law Group, LLC, Nancy Ann Otto, Administrator
FN: Family’s Military Service in every war since Civil War continues through grandchildren to date, including granddaughter Kiera, Honors Graduate from West Point and grandson Joshua, 2013 US Naval Academy Graduate. (Beat Navy!)