Corporate attorney David P. Franklin has joined Pittsburgh-based Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as a member from Pittsburgh-based Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, where he was a partner and co-chair of the business/corporate practice.

Franklin’s departure from Pietragallo Gordon coincides with the departure of his co-chair, Timothy M. Hazel, who left the firm to join Pietragallo Gordon client Millcraft Industries Inc., a Cecil Township, Pa.-based real estate development company.