Mr. Chaban practices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a member of AlpernSchubert, P.C.. He received his BA (1977) and JD (1980) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, both with honors. Mr. Chaban has also written a number of amicus briefs for PAJ Amicus Committee on important workers’ compensation topics before the PA Supreme and Commonwealth Court. For this work, he has been awarded the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award in 2007 by PAJ. Mr. Chaban served as the Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of PAJ from 2005-2007 and served as chair of its Amicus Committee from 2009-2011. He sits on the council for the PBA Worker’s Compensation Section, serving as Chair in 2011-2012. Mr. Chaban was appointed to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council in October 2015 and serves as Employee Co-Chair. He assumed the position of Zone 12 Governor on the PBA Board of Governors in May 2021.