Stanley A. Marciniak, III

How Stan Helps Clients

Stan’s practice encompasses a variety of corporate matters across several industries, but focuses upon securities law, financing matters, and corporate governance for entities of all sizes.

Prior to joining Buchanan, Stan worked at a local financial services corporation where he engaged with the entity’s commercial real estate portfolio, drafting documents to facilitate the acquisition, disposal, and continuing operation of bank properties. Furthermore, Stan drafted the entity’s first formal policies and procedures for real estate transactions.

While earning his J.D. at Duquesne, Stan exhibited academic excellence, graduating #1 in his class. Stan is a recipient of 12 CALI Excellence for the Future Awards, given to the student with the top grade in a particular law school class, earning them in subjects such as Legal Research & Writing; Corporate Governance, Compliance & Risk Management; Federal Income Taxation; Civil Procedure; Criminal Law; Property; Torts; and Advanced Constitutional Law. In May of 2021, Stan was awarded the John & Liz Murray Award for Excellence in Student Scholarship, presented to a graduating student whose published Duquesne Law Review article is deemed by faculty advisors to be the most outstanding work of scholarship published in the past year. Stan also interned for the Honorable Judge Robert J. Colville, served as a research assistant to Professor Steven Baicker-McKee, and was actively involved as a member of the law school’s Appellate Moot Court Board and Law Review. Stan’s Appellate Moot Court Board teams won “Best Brief” awards at back-to-back competitions.

What Clients Can Expect 

Stan strives to provide clients with thorough, personal representation characterized by friendly, fair, and forthright communication. Stan creates value for clients by understanding the complex intersections between business problems, regulatory requirements, and legal solutions. Comprehension of the economic and strategic aims of a business clarifies the optimal legal approach.

In addition to a tireless blue-collar work ethic learned from sweeping the floors of his father’s plumbing shop as a teenager, Stan’s active listening to client concerns, attention-to-detail, enthusiasm, and intellectual curiosity are hallmarks of his representation.

Each day, I serve clients by listening carefully, engaging thoroughly, and understanding my role in providing efficient legal solutions to the challenges of 21^st century businesses. It’s not about just 'getting the deal done.' It’s about understanding a client’s business on a personal level.

Outside the Office 

As a lifelong native of Pittsburgh, Stan is a die-hard fan of the Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. He enjoys attending games at Acrisure Stadium, PPG Paints Arena,  PNC Park, and even across the country whenever possible. His passions include cooking, cinema, history, traveling,  pickup sports, and discovering any new experience the Steel City has to offer. Stan also enjoys spending quality time with his  family,  friends, and wife Jamie.

Proof Points

• Assisted in the representation of a long-standing Pittsburgh-based investment advisor and broker-dealer with over $18 billion under management in its acquisition via reverse-triangular merger.
• Assisted a private-equity backed HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services group with the completion of over $281 million in acquisitions spanning several jurisdictions and deal structures as well as post-closing corporate governance and licensing matters.
• Assist in representing a NASDAQ-listed clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cellular therapies for aging-related and life-threatening conditions with periodic SEC reporting and corporate governance matters as well as the completion of over $36 million of capital markets transactions, including registered direct offerings, public offerings, rights offerings, private placements, and warrant transactions as well as a reverse stock split.
• Assist a Pittsburgh-based, NASDAQ-listed developer and marketer of enterprise and consumer-level software and services with periodic SEC reporting and corporate governance matters as well as the completion of over $11 million of capital markets transactions, including registered direct and private placement offerings, as well as a reverse stock split.
• Assist in representing a NYSE-listed omni-channel sporting goods retailer with respect periodic SEC reporting and corporate governance matters.