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Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
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Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Marshall Dennehey, P.C.

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

Landmark Center One, 315 East Robinson Street, Suite 550, Orlando, Florida 32801-1948

Established: 2001

Practice Areas

  • Accountants' Professional Liability
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
  • Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice
  • Architectural, Engineering and Construction Defect Litigation
  • Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Automobile Liability
  • Aviation and Complex Litigation
  • Behavioral Health Risk and Liability
  • Birth and Catastrophic Injury Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Injury Litigation
  • Consumer Financial Services Litigation & Compliance
  • COVID-19/Coronavirus
  • Disciplinary Board Representation
  • Electronic Medical Record and Audit Trail Litigation
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Fraud/Special Investigation
  • General Liability
  • Health Care Liability
  • Hospitality and Liquor Liability
  • Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
  • Intellectual Property, Technology and Media Litigation
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
  • Long-Term Care Liability
  • Maritime Litigation
  • Medicare Set-Aside
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • New York Construction and Labor Law
  • Non-Profit D&O
  • Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Litigation
  • Premises and Retail Liability
  • Privacy and Data Security
  • Product Liability
  • Property Litigation
  • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
  • Real Estate Errors & Omission Liability
  • Rideshare Liability
  • School Leaders' Liability
  • Securities and Investments Professional Liability
  • Social Services & Human Services Liability
  • Telehealth and Telemedicine
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • White Collar Crime
  • Workers' Compensation

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About Us

Unparalleled Growth

Marshall Dennehey, P.C., was founded in 1962. We are very gratified that our growth, much of which has been client-driven, enables us to make available to our clients more than 500 lawyers working out of 20 offices throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Florida and New York.

Exclusively Defense

We are exclusively a defense litigation firm with our professional practices encompassing a broad spectrum of litigation matters.

Complex Litigation Experience

Members of our firm have considerable experience handling high-profile and complex litigation, including class actions and mass tort matters.

Regional Presence

The regional presence of our firm affords many advantages to our clients. One client detailed some of these advantages in the publication Of Counsel, where he expressed appreciation of our firm's strategic locations in areas where his company has stores. He praised our ability to handle a wide variety of claims, ranging from fall downs and car damage claims to complex product liability matters. In addition to the six states in which we maintain our offices, we handle many litigation matters in West Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky.

Regional Office Statistics

Nearly 60 percent of our attorneys work in our 19 satellite offices. This statistic underscores the importance of our regional offices to our clients, as well as to our firm. Clients report to us that they are comfortable entering into region-wide arrangements for our representation knowing that we are well staffed in these offices. All of our offices are linked via an Intranet and a firm-wide file management system and library. The attorneys at these locations are native to the area, have a good rapport with and knowledge of local judges and opposing attorneys, and are familiar with the population of potential jurors.

Attorneys Selected by Clients

With more than 500 attorneys on staff, clients have a great deal of legal talent from which to choose. As one of the firm's clients said in Of Counsel, "Their attitude is tremendous. If I say I want a particular attorney on a matter, I have that attorney. If I say I want a conference with the attorney, a conference is arranged."

Minority Hiring

In surveys conducted by The National Law Journal and The Legal Intelligencer, our firm was identified, both on a national and a regional level, as one of the leading large law firms in the categories of minority hiring and advancement. We are especially proud of our minority shareholders and their vitally important roles in the management of our firm.

Peer Ratings

The experience of our firm and our attorneys has been recognized by our peers. At the present time, we have a significantly large number of peer-review rated attorneys as recognized by Martindale-Hubbell, a LexisNexis company. The lawyers of our firm are also recognized in Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys, as published by AM Best Company. We also have in our ranks lawyers who have been elected as Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Fellows of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. In addition, many of our lawyers appear in the Super Lawyers publications in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, New York and Florida. As well, a number of our lawyers have also been listed in Best Lawyers in America.

Regional & National Coordinating Counsel

We are privileged to serve as Regional Coordinating Counsel and National Coordinating Counsel for a number of major corporations.

Internal Auditing

In 1985, the firm started an internal auditing program that draws upon the expertise of former claims managers and senior attorneys. This program received national attention in an article about innovative law firm management practices appearing in The National Law Journal.

Successful Business Model

In an article appearing in The Legal Intelligencer dealing with the challenges and opportunities for insurance defense firms, it was stated that our firm has clearly dominated the Philadelphia marketplace. In support of that statement, it was noted that the firm has grown dramatically in the past decade and has maintained a healthy shareholder-associate ratio. It was further discussed that major insurance carriers are attracted to our firm through its extensive use of technology as well as the numerous offices we have established throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and Florida. A noted legal consultant with Altman Weil, recommended in this article that some other defense litigation law firms "need to adopt the Marshall Dennehey model" in response to the changing needs and expectations of the insurance industry.

Central Diary System

All of the litigation files entrusted to us are on an electronic diary system that is designed to ensure that action has been taken by the handling attorney on all of his or her files within the past 90 days. Our monthly monitoring of this program discloses a 97-percent compliance rate, and any need for updated attorney reporting or action is immediately addressed. We have further refined this system o provide alerts to our attorneys when a certain percentage of the agreed-to litigation budget has been reached, affording the client and the handling attorney the opportunity to consider the options open to them at that juncture.

Legal Research Supervision

We have a very focused and cost-efficient approach to legal research. Our Manager of Legal Research and Legal Information Services is a practicing attorney well-versed in law firm technology and efficient research techniques.

Measured Performance

It is significant to note that our firm's Case Disposition Program enables us to develop statistics reflecting levels of performance in such areas as case cycle times, indemnity payments made, litigation expenses and case outcomes, which can be broken down by law type and jurisdiction.

Breaking Legal Developments

Since 1992, we have provided our clients with our firm's comprehensive newsletter, Defense Digest. During that time, we have never missed a deadline, ensuring that our clients can consistently rely upon us for advice about legal developments, as well as giving them the benefit of our analysis and practical recommendations. We also advise our clients of breaking legal developments through our quarterly electronic newsletter Law Alerts, and provide our workers' compensation clients with a monthly update, What's Hot in Workers' Comp.

ADR Commitment

We are strongly committed to alternative dispute resolution vehicles. We are an original signatory to the Law Firm Policy Statement of the Center for Public Resources, Inc.'s Initiatives on Alternatives to Litigation.

Published Works

The expertise and professional commitment of our attorneys is evidenced by the fact that they have had hundreds of articles published in such publications as For The Defense, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, The Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, The PLUS Journal, Pennsylvania CPA Journal, The Florida Bar News, New Jersey Law Journal, Hospital & Healthcare News, Daily Business Review, Financial Advisor Magazine, Litigation Management, New Jersey Defense, National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Ohio Lawyer, Orlando Medical News, The Florida Defender, Risk & Insurance and Risk Management. To see more of our published articles, visit our Publications page.

Alternative Fee Arrangements

Significantly, the several large annual contract fee and global contract fee arrangements into which we have entered with some of our larger clients have been renewed on an annual basis, clearly evidencing that these arrangements are beneficial to our clients and sufficiently profitable for our firm. Other forms of alternative pricing are also available.

Additional Locations

  • New Haven, Connecticut
  • Granite Square, Suite 303
  • 700 State Street
  • New Haven, Connecticut 06511
    • Telephone: 203-714-4560
  • Wilmington, Delaware
  • Nemours Building
  • 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 600
  • P.O. Box 8888 (19801)
  • Wilmington, Delaware 19801
    • Telephone: 302-552-4300
    • Fax: 302-552-4340
  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 2400 East Commercial Boulevard, Suite 1100
  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
    • Telephone: 954-847-4920
    • Fax: 954-627-6640
  • Jacksonville, Florida
  • 200 West Forsyth Street, Suite 1400
  • Jacksonville, Florida 32202
    • Telephone: 904-358-4200
    • Fax: 904-355-0019
  • Tampa, Florida
  • 201 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1100
  • Tampa, Florida 33602
    • Telephone: 813-898-1800
    • Fax: 813-221-5026
  • Mount Laurel, New Jersey
  • 15000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 200
  • P.O. Box 5429 (08054)
  • Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054
    • Telephone: 856-414-6000
    • Fax: 856-414-6077
  • Roseland, New Jersey
  • 425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 302
  • Roseland, New Jersey 07068
    • Telephone: 973-618-4100
    • Fax: 973-618-0685
  • Melville, New York
  • 175 Pinelawn Road, Suite 250
  • Melville, New York 11747
    • Telephone: 631-232-6130
    • Fax: 631-232-6184
  • New York, New York
  • Wall Street Plaza
  • 88 Pine Street, 21st Floor
  • New York, New York 10005-1801
    • Telephone: 212-376-6400
    • Fax: 212-376-6490
  • Westchester, New York
  • 287 Bowman Avenue, Suite 404
  • Purchase, New York 10577
    • Telephone: 914-977-7300
    • Fax: 914-977-7301
  • Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 312 Elm Street, Suite 1850
  • Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
    • Telephone: 513-372-6800
    • Fax: 513-372-6801
  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • 127 Public Square, Suite 3510
  • Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1291
    • Telephone: 216-912-3800
    • Fax: 216-344-9006
  • Erie, Pennsylvania
  • 717 State Street, Suite 701
  • Erie, Pennsylvania 16501
    • Telephone: 814-480-7800
    • Fax: 814-455-3603
  • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • 100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 201
  • Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
    • Telephone: 717-651-3500
    • Fax: 717-651-9630
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • The Union Trust Building
  • 501 Grant Street, Suite 700
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
    • Telephone: 412-803-1140
    • Fax: 412-803-1188
  • Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • 50 Glenmaura National Boulevard
  • Moosic, Pennsylvania 18507
    • Telephone: 570-496-4600
    • Fax: 570-496-0567

Personnel Information

Managing Attorney


Bradley P. Blystone

Shareholder; Supervising Attorney, Healthcare Liability Group - Florida Offices

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
  • Long-Term Care Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • General Liability
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 1991
  • U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine, Top Lawyer, Health Care Law, 2011; The Best Lawyers in America©, Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2023; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Legal Roundtable Discussion on Safety in the Industry," Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers (AIMS) Conference, 2012; "Winning the Battle of the Experts," Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council, 2012; "Surviving a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit," Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council, 2010; "The Attorney-Client Privilege: An Impenetrable Shield?," American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, 2010; "To Be or Not to Be? - Advance Directives and End of Life Issues," Village on the Green, 2010; "Legal Implications of Charting," Orlando Health, 2010; "Power of Attorney," Village on the Green, 2009; "Risk/Liability Issues in the Front Office," Physician Office Managers Association of America, 2009; "Ediscovery," Orlando Health, 2009; "Informed Consent," Orlando Health, 2008

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council
  • Florida Bar Speakers Bureau
  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Reported Cases:
O'Leary v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, 757 So.2d 624 (Fla. 5 DCA 2000); Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Inc. v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, 33 Fla. L. Weekly D2563
Education:
  • University of Miami, B.A. (cum laude), 1988
  • University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1991
Fraternity Information:
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi
Honors:
Golden Key Honor Society

Born: 1966

Special Counsel


Peggy Smith Bush

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Automobile Liability
  • Premises and Retail Liability
  • Product Liability
  • General Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
  • Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; The Best Lawyers in America©, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2023); Florida Elite-Civil Trial by Florida Trend Magazine (2013); Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010-2012); Litigation Management Institute, Graduate 2013 (CLMP); Classes/Seminars Taught: "Rules of the Trucking Industry: Staying on Track!," Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) Annual Conference-Virtual, June 24, 2021

Memberships:
  • American and Orange County (In-House and General Counsel Committee, Professionalism Committee, Mentorship Program) Bar Associations
  • The Florida Bar (Standing Committee on Mental Health & Wellness of Florida Lawyers, Senior Lawyers Committee (2017-2019), Animal Law Section)
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers (Awards Chair, 2019-2020)
  • Florida Association for Women Lawyers
  • International Association of Defense Counsel (In-House and Law Firm Management Committee; Product Liability Committee)
  • National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms
  • The George C. Young First Central Florida American Inns of Court (Master Level)
  • Transportation Lawyers Association (Co-Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee)
  • Public Risk Management Association
Publications:
  • Author: "How to Get Your Business Relationships - And Yourself - Back on Track After a Year of Isolation," Orlando Business Journal, February 23, 2021
Certifications:
  • Certified Circuit Court Mediator, Florida Supreme Court
Education:
  • The University of North Alabama, B.S., 1984
  • Barry University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2002
Honors:
Barry University School of Law Outstanding Achievement Alumni Award, 2017

Thomas J. Slogar

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Premises and Retail Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Employment Law
Admitted
  • Florida, 1999
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Additional Biographical Details:

Classes/Seminars Taught: "Legal Issues in NY CT FL & DE," Marshall Dennehey Client Presentation, February 16, 2023

Education:
  • University of Central Florida, B.A., 1986
  • The University of Akron School of Law, J.D., 1999

Resident Shareholders


Thomas F. Brown

Co-Chair, Rideshare Liability Practice Group

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Rideshare Liability
  • Property Litigation
  • General Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Construction Injury Litigation
Admitted
  • Florida, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2008
Additional Biographical Details:

The Best Lawyers in America©, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2023); Classes/Seminars Taught: "Sharing Economy: Carshare and Rideshare Litigation," Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA) Webinar, February 9, 2023; "The Complexity of Rideshare Claims," AM Best Insurance Law Podcast, June 2021; "Defending Catastrophic Injury Claims - How to Stack the Deck in Your Favor," Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - Casino Royale, Tampa, FL, September 20, 2018; "Legal RoundTable," Amusement Industry Manufacturers & Suppliers International Conference, Orlando, FL 2015; "Blitz on Damages: Challenging Medical Bills, Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - The Best Defense is a Good Offense," Orlando, FL, September 17, 2014; "Analyzing Slip and Fall Claims," Gallagher Bassett Services, April 2014, Co-Presenter; "Legal Round Table," IAAPA Convention, 2012; "Reducing The Risk & Severity of Claims," Athletic Business Conference, 2011; Roller Skating Association and Internation Laser Tag Association Convention, 2011; "Legal Round Table," IAAPA Convention, 2011

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar (Workers' Compensation Section)
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • International Amusement and Leisure Defense Association, Inc.
Publications:
  • Author: "Defending Ride-Hailing and Car-Sharing Claims: Handling Accident-Related Lawsuits in a Shared Economy," CLM Magazine, January 2022
Reported Cases:
Edwards v. Cornelius, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79587 (M.D. Fla. June 8, 2012); O'Rourke v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 65 So.3d 529 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011)
Education:
  • Rollins College, A.B., 1998
  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2001
Honors:
Dean's Certificate of Achievement Award, University of Miami School of Law, 2000; C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award, 2000

Andrea L. Diederich

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • General Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2008
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2011
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2013
Memberships:
  • American and Orange County Bar Associations
  • The Florida Bar
  • Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council, Inc.
Publications:
  • Author: "Effective Communication Strategies For Deaf Patients," Healthcare Business Today, September 12, 2017
  • "Florida's Apparent Increase on Caps for Damages Recoverable in Cases Against Providers of Foster Care Services Is Misleading," Defense Digest, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 2015
  • "New Change to Florida Law Affects Physicians' Ability to Retain Out of State Experts to Defend Medical Malpractice Suits," South Florida Hospital News, Vol 8 Iss 6 December 2011
  • Regular Contributor: Case Law Alerts, 2013-Present
Education:
  • Rollins College, B.A., 2001
  • Florida A&M University College of Law, J.D., 2007
Language:
  • Spanish

D. Terrance Hill

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Fraud/Special Investigation
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Premises and Retail Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2009
Additional Biographical Details:

Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2019; Legal Aid Service Award, 2015

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Broward County (Young Lawyers Division, 2010-Present) and TJ Reddick (President, 2014-2015) Bar Associations
  • National African American Insurance Association
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Education:
  • University of Florida, B.S., 2005
  • Florida Coastal School of Law, J.D., 2008

Janice L. Merrill

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Long-Term Care Liability
  • Health Care Liability
  • Electronic Medical Record and Audit Trail Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Additional Biographical Details:

The Best Lawyers in America©, Litigation - Health Care (2023); Classes/Seminars Taught: "The Pitfalls of Pressure Injury Litigation," Nursing Client Presentation, February 21, 2023; "Adversity in the World of Adverse Incident Reporting: A Panel Discussion on Reporting Requirements and Addressing Related Discovery," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety Annual Meeting & Education Conference, Orlando, FL, August 13, 2021; "Risky Business: Transitions of Care and Avoidable Hospital Admissions and Readmissions," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety webinar, November 19, 2019; "Case Law Update," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety 2019 Conference, Orlando, FL, August 16, 2019; "Looking Under the Hood: Is It Time for an Admission and Arbitration Agreement Tune-Up?," Florida Assisted Living Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 7, 2019; "Strategies for Optimizing Risk Management & Patient Safety in Long-Term Care," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety, Orlando, FL, March 8, 2019; "Risky Business: Transitions of Care and Avoidable Hospital Readmissions," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety 2018 Conference, Tampa, Florida, August 16, 2018; "EDs, EMRs & E-Discovery, Oh My! Addressing Related Concerns While Maintaining Optimal Provider Communication," Best Care Practices in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Continuum, Lake Buena Vista, FL, October 13, 2017; "EDs & EMRs & E-Discovery, Oh My! How to Stay on the 'Yellow Brick Road' When the Threat of Litigation Arises," FALA 2017 Annual Conference & Tradeshow, Orlando, FL, August 15, 2017; "The Defense Bar Strikes Back: EMRs & eDiscovery Risk Management," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety Annual Meeting & Education Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, August 10, 2017; "EMR & eDiscovery: Managing It, Tools to Generate It, and the Most Effective Ways to Fight It," American Conference Institute's 6th Annual Forum on Long-Term Care Litigation & Risk Management Strategies, Miami, FL, January 22, 2016; "You Must Remember This: Memory Care Units and Acuity Creep," DRI Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, September 11, 2015; "Lessons Learned: How to Prevent and Minimize Liability in Long Term Care Cases," Clear Choice Health Care Annual Meeting of Directors of Nursing, June 2015; "Outsmarting Smart Technology: Legal Ramifications in the Assisted Living Setting," Florida Assisted Living Association (FALA) Annual Conference and Tradeshow, August 11, 2014; "Documentation in the Age of Corporate Negligence," Lifespace Communities Administrator and Director of Nursing Conference, Celebration, FL, May 2, 2013

Memberships:
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety
  • Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Counsel
Publications:
  • Author: "Senate Bill 72 May Be Effective 'Vaccine' Against COVID-19-Related Claims," Orlando Medical News, April 7, 2021
  • "Protecting Your Facility From Responsibility for Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers," South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report, August 2012
  • "Board of Contributors: Florida Supreme Court Invalidates Arbitration Provisions in Nursing Home Admission Agreements," Daily Business Review, December 23, 2011
  • Regular Contributor, Case Law Alerts, 2010-Present
Reported Cases:
Vucinich v. Ross, 893 So. 2d 690 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005); Certified Marine Expeditions v. Freeport Shipbuilding, 914 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005); Butterworth v. Assi, 824 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002); Spindler v. Staton, 827 So. 2d 998 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002); Lynx Transp. v. Atkinson, 720 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998)
Education:
  • University of Southern California, B.A., 1981
  • Loyola Law School, J.D., 1984
Law Review:
International & Comparative Law Journal, 1982-1984
Language:
  • Spanish

Born: 1959

Chanel A. Mosley

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Additional Biographical Details:

Florida Legal Elite "Up and Comers," 2014; Florida Super Lawyer Rising Star-Health Care, 2016-2019; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Adversity in the World of Adverse Incident Reporting: A Panel Discussion on Reporting Requirements and Addressing Related Discovery," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety Annual Meeting & Education Conference, Orlando, FL, August 13, 2021; "Risky Business: Transitions of Care and Avoidable Hospital Admissions and Readmissions," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety Webinar, November 19, 2019; "Case Law Update," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety 2019 Conference, Orlando, FL, August 16, 2019; "Strategies for Optimizing Risk Management & Patient Safety in Long-Term Care," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety, Orlando, FL, March 8, 2019; "Risky Business: Transitions of Care and Avoidable Hospital Readmissions," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety 2018 Conference, Tampa, FL, August 16, 2018; "Electronic Records and Discovery in Litigation," Central Florida Paralegal Association, April 28, 2018; "The Defense Bar Strikes Back: EMRs & eDiscovery Risk Management," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety, Webinar Series, October 26, 2017; "EDs, EMRs & E-Discovery, Oh My! Addressing Related Concerns While Maintaining Optimal Provider Communication," Best Care Practices in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Continuum, Lake Buena Vista, FL, October 13, 2017; "EDs & EMRs & E-Discovery, Oh My! How to Stay on the 'Yellow Brick Road' When the Threat of Litigation Arises," FALA 2017 Annual Conference & Tradeshow, Orlando, FL, August 15, 2017; "The Defense Bar Strikes Back: EMRs & eDiscovery Risk Management," Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety Annual Meeting & Education Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, August 10, 2017; "Discovery in the Age of Social Media and Wearable Technology - What Your Data Really Reveals," Central Florida Paralegal Association, May 21, 2017; "Daubert: Dead or Alive?," Co-Presenter with House Reprsentative Larry Metz, Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council Meeting, May 18, 2017

Memberships:
  • American (VITA Lieutenant Governor, 2007-2008) and Orange County (YLS Board of Directors, 2011-2015; Communications Coordinator, 2014-2015) Bar Associations
  • Central Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council
  • Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety (Co-Chair, Education Committee, 2019-2020)
Publications:
  • Author: "COVID-19 and Telehealth: Issues for Florida Providers on the Horizon and Beyond," Orlando Medical News, April 29, 2021
  • "Stemming Long-Term Care Losses: Strategies for Mitigating Exposures and Reducing Claims," CLM Magazine, April 2019
  • "Amendment 7 Broadens Again: Florida Supreme Court Tolls the Death Knell on Work Product Privilege and External Peer Review Records Concerning Adverse Medical Incidents," Defense Digest, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 2018
  • "Court Tolls Death Knell on Work Product Privilege Over Records Related to Medical Incidents," Daily Business Review, January 9, 2018
  • "Patient Privacy Concerns in Our Social Media World," Florida Health Industry Communications, March 6, 2017; South Florida Hospital News, March 16, 2017 and Medical News, (Page 8) April 2016
  • "CMS Overhauls Regulations Pertaining to Long-Term Care Facilities," Law Alert, October 4, 2016
  • "Opening the Floodgates for Runaway Jury Verdicts? Florida Supreme Court Declares Caps on Noneconomic Damages Unconstitutional in Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Litigation," Defense Digest, Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2014
  • "Arbitration Agreements In The Setting Of Long-Term Care In Florida: Enforceable Or Unconscionable?," Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012
  • Regular Contributor: Case Law Alerts, 2012-Present
Education:
  • University of Central Florida, B.S. (cum laude), 2006
  • Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, J.D., 2009
Fraternity Information:
Phi Alpha Delta

Amanda J. Podlucky

Co-Chair, Premises and Retail Liability Practice Group

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Premises and Retail Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2007
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Additional Biographical Details:

Florida Super Lawyer Rising, 2016-2022; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Jurisdictional Trends & The COVID-19 Impact on FL NY NJ & PA," Marshall Dennehey Virtual Client Presentation, December 2020; "Roundtable: Don't Just Roll the Dice - Hot Topics in Evaluating Personal Injury Claims," Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - Casino Royale, Tampa, FL, September 20, 2018; "Social Media in Claims Investigations," Orlando Claims Association, January 14, 2016; "Ethical Use of Social Media by Lawyers, Law Firms and Investigators, Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - The Best Defense is a Good Offense," Orlando, FL, September 17, 2014

Memberships:
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Publications:
  • Author: "Incident Prevention and Response Hits Close to Home," Multi-Housing News, May 19, 2021
  • "Guarding the Details: Before Claims Become Lawsuits," NUClaims Magazine, Covering the Business of Loss, Jan/Feb 2021
  • "Smile, You're on Camera: Are You Ready For Your Close-Up? How Video Footage Can Help Mitigate Risk," Leisure & Hospitality International, October 2018
  • "Incident Inside a Resident's Unit? Here's the Landlord's Obligation," Multi-Housing News, January 16, 2018
  • "Podlucky: 'Let the Meat Speak For Itself' - Orlando Lawyer Goes Hog-Wild For BBQ," profile feature in Florida Bar News, October 2017
  • "How Restaurants Can Protect Themselves From Slip and Fall Claims," FSR Magazine, July 2017
  • "Both Sides of the BBQ Bench," Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, June 2017
  • "Only You Can Help Prevent Preservation Issues," Claims Journal, October 24, 2016
  • "Restaurant Liability: The Best Defense is Following the Rules - Your Rules," Modern Restaurant Management, February 2016
  • "How Social Media Savvy Can Help You Investigate Claims," Claims Journal, May 29, 2015
  • "Avoiding Frequent Liability Pitfalls in Common Areas," Multi-Housing News, November 2014
  • "Upping Security - Negligent Security Claims Liability is No Joke," Leisure & Hospitality International, Fall 2014
  • "Dodging Liability: Strategies for Avoiding Costly and Consuming Injury Claims," Chain Store Age, April 28, 2014
  • "Negligent Security Claims - What Every Biz Owner Should Know," Orlando Business Journal, September 27, 2013
  • "Slips Happen: What Every Restaurant Should Know About Slip-and-Fall Incidents," FSRmagazine, September 10, 2013
Education:
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. (magna cum laude), 2004
  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2007
Law Review:
Staff Writer and Managing Editor, Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal

Born: 1982

Dante C. Rohr

Orlando, FL

Practice Areas
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
  • Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
  • Architectural, Engineering and Construction Defect Litigation
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Intellectual Property, Technology and Media Litigation
  • Maritime Litigation
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
  • Consumer Financial Services Litigation & Compliance
Admitted
  • New Jersey, 1998
  • Pennsylvania
  • New York, 2021
  • Florida, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1999
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2002
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2005
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2022
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®

Memberships:
  • Maritime Law Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
Publications:
  • Author: "The Need for Clarity in Counseling Customers," Legal Updates for Insurance Agents & Brokers, November 2018
  • Contributor: "IP Claims Quarterly," 2017-Present
Education:
  • Drexel University, B.S., 1992
  • Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, J.D., 1998

Resident Associates


  • Randy A. Bock
  • Oliver A. Corp
  • Nicholas A. Ferreiro
  • Alexander S. Lloret
  • Frank L. Madia
  • Tiffany Moore-Silverman
  • Megan J. Nelson
  • Catherine B. Norris
  • Carolin A. Pacheco
  • Heather Cain Truitt

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