Lawyer : Pittsburgh PA

Joshua M. Bloom

Joshua Bloom and his wife Anna have two children named Maya and Matthew. Mr. Bloom was raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania and also spent his teenage and college years living on a farm in Claysville, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Bloom always had a passion for pursuing the rights of working people. He received his undergraduate degree in history with a concentration in the labor movement during 1993 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. During law school, he focused his studies on the rights of working people and graduated with honors from the Capital University Law School during 1996.

Mr. Bloom is well known for his representation of the rights of labor organizations and individuals who have been wronged or injured. Collectively, he has handled hundreds of jury trials, bench trials, arbitration trials, and federal and state administrative hearings. He is faculty to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and he frequently lectures nationally and locally to attorneys on the subjects of overtime compensation, union rights, litigation, and free speech. Mr. Bloom is admitted to the Pennsylvania state and federal courts and has been admitted to practice in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jonathan Colton

Joshua M. Bloom & Associates, P.C. is very proud to have landed attorney Jonathan Colton. Mr. Colton's devotion to representing, protecting, and understanding the rights of workers is rooted in his family history. Mr. Colton's grandfather worked as a union welder in and around Philadelphia for many years; his great uncle participated in one of the longest strikes in labor history — a 156-day strike of Westinghouse in 1955-56; and his father, a retired teacher of thirty-five years, was an active member in the PSEA and NEA, serving as his local union's President, Treasurer, and Chief Negotiator.

Mr. Colton was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Drexel University in 1997. As required by Drexel's cooperative education program, Mr. Colton worked full-time in the computer field for two, six-month periods during his last three years of schooling. While at Drexel, Mr. Colton also taught high school mathematics as a student teacher within inner-city Philadelphia and received certification in secondary education.

In 2000, Mr. Colton attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor degree and Certificate of Advanced Study in Civil Litigation in 2003. Mr. Colton is admitted to practice in the Federal and State courts of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Allegheny County Bar Association.

Email: Colton@bloomlawyers.com

TIFFANY R. WASKOWICZ

Joshua M. Bloom & Associates, P.C. is very proud to have added attorney Tiffany R. Waskowicz to its legal team. Ms. Waskowicz was born and raised in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania where she entertained dreams of becoming a writer. She wanted to give people a voice who had been silenced by tyranny and injustice. At Joshua M. Bloom & Associates, P.C., Ms. Waskowicz is giving those people a very powerful voice. She has concentrated her practice on representing victims of employment discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, and other work place injuries.

Ms. Waskowicz graduated cum laude from Amherst College in 2000 receiving her Bachelor of Arts in English/Creative Writing. She was awarded the Stonewall Prize for writing and scholarship. At Amherst College, she was captain, most valuable player, Regional All-American, and National All-Academic for Amherst’s Field Hockey Team. The competitive nature Ms. Waskowicz developed on the athletic fields has translated well in the court room. Her experience teaching children English and coaching college sports has given her the temperance and compassion to become an outstanding advocate and legal counselor.

Ms. Waskowicz graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with Honors including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award. Ms. Waskowicz was an editor for theUniversity of Pittsburgh Tax Law Review. Ms. Waskowicz is admitted to practice in the Federal and State Courts of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Email: tiffw@bloomlawyers.com