Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Marshall Dennehey, P.C.

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

50 Glenmaura National Boulevard, Moosic, Pennsylvania 18507

Established: 1992

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

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
  • Orlando, Florida
  • Landmark Center One
  • 315 East Robinson Street, Suite 550
  • Orlando, Florida 32801-1948
    • Telephone: 407-420-4380
    • Fax: 407-839-3008
  • 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

Personnel Information

Managing Attorney


John T. McGrath, Jr.

Shareholder; Co-Chair, Automobile Liability Practice Group

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Automobile Liability
  • General Liability
  • Health Care Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County and Luzerne County Bar Associations
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
Publications:
  • Author: "The Relationship Between the Handling Attorney and the Claims Professional in Auto Liability," Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2016
Education:
  • The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1985
  • Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1995

Born: 1961

Special Counsel


Patricia A. Lafferty

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • Long-Term Care Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2003
Additional Biographical Details:

Lackawanna Bar Association Peggy Gavin Award; Northeast Child Advocate Award presented by the Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern PA

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County (Board of Directors (2022); Past President of Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.S., 1996
  • Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2003

Resident Shareholders


Robert J. Aldrich, III

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • Long-Term Care Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2013
  • New York, 2020
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2013
  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2021
Additional Biographical Details:

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch©, Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (2021-2023); Classes/Seminars Taught: "It Is Not All About the Virus: Defending "Other COVID-19" Pandemic Claims," ASHRM Annual Conference, Boston, MA, September 13, 2022; "Artificial Intelligence and Dentistry: Protecting Yourself From Liability," Client Webinar, June 16, 2022; "21st Century Cures Act: The Do's and Don'ts and Ways to Ensure Compliance, "WVSHRM 2022 Spring Conference, May 20, 2022 and Client Webinar, January 27, 2022; "Legal Marketing on LinkedIn: Learn How Law Firms are Leveraging LinkedIn's Unique Data and Environment to Engage Clients and Prospects to Grow Their Business," Pennsylvania Defense Institute Annual Conference, Bedford Springs, PA, July 15, 2021; "21st Century Cures Act," Webinar, Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management Spring Conference, April 15, 2021; "Jury Trials in the Era of COVID-19," Webinar, September 24, 2020; "Preparing A Claim for Trial: How Recent Issues, Decisions and Trends Are Impacting Litigation Outcomes," Client Webinar, June 4, 2020; "A Recurring Nightmare: Department of Health Citations and Their Impact on Corporate Liability and Punitive Damages," Marshall Dennehey Health Care and Health Law Seminar, November 7, 2019; "2018 Update: The EMR, Audit Trails and Mobile Devices: How to Narrow Your Professional Liability Exposure," 14th Annual Medical Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT, October 17, 2018; "The Impact of Department of Health Violations on Corporate Liability," PAHCRM Spring Conference, Wilkes Barre, PA, April 13, 2018

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute (At-Large Board Member)
Publications:
  • Author: "A Civil Jury Trial During the Pandemic: Observations From Those Who Know," The Legal Intelligencer, August 7, 2020
  • "Pennsylvania Superior Court Reinforces Evidentiary Issues Commonly Raised in Medical Malpractice Trials," Defense Digest, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2020
  • "The Whole Is NOT Greater Than Its Parts - Third Circuit Applies Component-Level Analysis To Preemption of Hybrid Medical Devices," CounterPoint, April 2018
  • "Negligent Advice of a Class III Medical Device Sales Rep," The Legal Intelligencer, Medical Malpractice Supplement, April 11, 2017
Education:
  • The Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 2009
  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2013

Sarah E. Argo

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
  • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Hospitality and Liquor Liability
  • Premises and Retail Liability
Admitted
  • New Jersey, 2009
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Additional Biographical Details:

Classes/Seminars Taught: "Boardable and Recoverable Economic Damages," CLE Seminar, 2018; "Punitive Damages in Trucking Litigation," CLE Seminar, 2015; "The Social Media Age and Your Auto Claim," Client Seminar, 2014

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
Education:
  • King's College, B.S. (summa cum laude), 2005
  • The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2009

Leo A. Bohanski

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Automobile Liability
  • Property Litigation
  • Premises and Retail Liability
  • General Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2004
  • New Jersey, 2007
  • New York, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2007
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2017; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Boardable and Recoverable Economic Damages," Marshall Dennehey Client Seminars, April 2018, March 2018, February 2017, January 2017, December 2015, June 2015; "Boardable and Recoverable Economic Damages," Marshall Dennehey CLE Seminar, April 2015; "Pennsylvania UM/UIM Law: 2014 Updates," Safeco Insurance, December 2014; "Find It Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web and Metadata Issues," National Business Institute CLE, April 17, 2013

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania (Minority Bar Committee), Lackawanna County and Monroe County Bar Associations
Publications:
  • Author: "Is the Fair Share Act Still Fair in Pennsylvania?, Defense Digest,, Vol. 27, No. 3 June 2021
  • "High Court Puts Brakes on Delay Damages for UM Claims," The Legal Intelligencer, Litigation: Auto Law Special Section, June 18, 2013
  • "Insurer's Delight: A Reduction in Delay Damages for UM Cases," Defense Digest, 2013-03, Vol. 19, No. 1
  • "Exculpatory Disclaimers Still A Downhill Battle in Pennsylvania," Defense Digest, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2007
Education:
  • The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2000
  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2003
Clerkship:
Law Clerk, Hon. Peter J. O'Brien, Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (2003-2004)
Language:
  • Portuguese
  • French

Patrick J. Boland III

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • Architectural, Engineering and Construction Defect Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
  • Non-Profit D&O
  • Real Estate Errors & Omission Liability
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1995
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2005
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2010
Additional Biographical Details:

Scranton Preparatory School Alumni (Board of Governors); AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Ensuring Local Governments Comply with the Law," Scranton, PA, April 24, 2019; "Handling the Police Liability Claim Seminar," Scranton, PA, February 22, 2011

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
Education:
  • St. Joseph's College, B.S., 1991
  • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1994

Ross A. Carrozza

Co-Chair, Medicare Set-Aside Practice Group

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Medicare Set-Aside
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1989
Additional Biographical Details:

Classes/Seminars Taught: "Medicare Update," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 27, 2022; "Navigate the Medicare Maze: A Practical Guide to Understanding Medicare Set-Asides," Marshall Dennehey Webinar, November 19, 2020; "Workers' Compensation from A to Z," National Business Institute, Wilkes-Barre, PA, April 16-17, 2019; "Workers' Compensation Case Law Update," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 18, 2018; "Workers' Compensation from A to Z," National Business Institute, Scranton, PA, April 25, 2017; "Defense Counsel Wish List," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 19, 2016; "Medicare Set-Asides: Problems and Solutions," SES Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Scranton, PA, November 4, 2015; "An Overview of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation," Nationwide Insurance Company, July 2015; "Using Return to Work as Leverage in Litigation, Mediation and For Cost Control of Your Workers' Compensation Claim," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, November 6, 2014; "General Principles of Workers’ Compensation In the Course of and Arising Out of Employment," Sterling Education Services Workers' Compensation Law & Practice Seminar, November 5, 2014; "Your Top Workers' Compensation Questions - Answered," National Business Institute, Atlantic City, NJ, December 12, 2013; "Medicare Issues in Workers' Compensation," Central Pennsylvania Chapter of RIMS, Harrisburg, PA, March 11, 2011

Memberships:
  • American, Pennsylvania and Luzerne County Bar Associations
  • Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association
Publications:
  • Author: "Employers Choked by Commonwealth Court Pulmonary Case Decision," Defense Digest, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 2015
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.S. (Dean's List), 1985
  • University of Dayton School of Law, J.D., 1989

Born: 1963

Michael J. Connolly

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2010
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Additional Biographical Details:

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2015-2020

Memberships:
  • American, Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
Publications:
  • Author: "Expert Medical Evidence Mandatory on Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claims," Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2016
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.A./B.S. (cum laude), 2007
  • Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, J.D., 2010

Melissa A. Dziak

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Product Liability
  • General Liability
Admitted
  • New York, 2004
  • Pennsylvania, 2010
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2011
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2014
Additional Biographical Details:

Classes/Seminars Taught: "Mitigating Physician Assistant Legal Liability," Marywood University, February 2022; "Mergers & Acquisitions in the Health Care Landscape," Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management, February 2020; "Mergers & Acquisitions in the Health Care Landscape," American Society for Health Care Risk Management, October 2019

Memberships:
  • American Society for Health Care Risk Management
  • Association for Health Care Risk Management of New York
Certifications:
  • Certified Mediator, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Education:
  • Le Moyne College, B.S., 1998
  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2003

Matthew P. Keris

Chair, Electronic Medical Record and Audit Trail Practice Group

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Electronic Medical Record and Audit Trail Litigation
  • Health Care Liability
  • Long-Term Care Liability
  • General Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1996
  • New York, 2011
  • Connecticut, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2000
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2020
Additional Biographical Details:

American Legal Connections; Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform; AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; The Best Lawyers in America©, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2023; Exceptional Performance Citation, Defense Research Institute (July 2015); Classes/Seminars Taught: "Recent Cases Warn Defendants Not to Become Lost on the Audit Trail," American Legal Connections Webinar, December 1, 2022; "It's Not All About the Virus: Defending "Other" COVID-19 Pandemic Claims," ASHRM Annual Conference, Boston, MA, September 13, 2022; "Legal and Technical Arguments to Manage, Explain and Defend Audit Trail Information," DRI Senior Living and Long-Term Care Litigation Seminar, Nashville, TN, September 9, 2022; "Managing Parallel Criminal and Civil Investigations," American Legal Connections Healthcare Risk and Litigation Symposium, Atlanta, GA, July 28, 2022; "Litigation Risks Associated with AI in Healthcare," Thomson Reuters Webinar, June 27, 2022; "Artificial Intelligence and Dentistry: Protecting Yourself From Liability," Client Webinar, June 16, 2022; "A New Frontier: Maintaining Transparency and Defenses Following the RaDonda Vaught Criminal Verdict," CHART Institute Virtual Conference, June 7, 2022; "New Risks With the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Medicine," Washington Healthcare Risk Management Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 3, 2022; "RaDonda Vaught: What Happened and What Can We Learn From Her Trial," Virtual Lesson, Duke University School of Nursing, June 2, 2022; "A Hard Task: Balancing Transparency While Avoiding Liability Following the RaDonda Vaught Criminal Verdict," Webinar, West Virginia ASHRM Chapter, May 20, 2022; "A Fatal Medication Error - The Future of Transparency in Medicine Following the RaDonda Vaught Criminal Trial," Client Webinar, May 18, 2022; "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Revolutionary or Risky?," Panelist, Medical Professional Liability Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 13, 2022; "The New Reality - Managing the EMR and Audit Trail," and "A Discussion on the RaDonda Vaught Criminal Trial," Panelist, New England Regional Healthcare Risk Management Conference, Groton, CT, May 2, 2022; "Best Practices for Balancing Transparency While Avoiding Liability Following the RaDonda Vaught Criminal Verdict," American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, National Webinar, April 15, 2022; "Liability Issues with Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Litigation," American Legal Connections, National Webinar, January 27, 2022; "Anticipated Liability Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare," ASHRM Annual Conference, October 4 (Live Session) and October 26, 2021 (Virtual Session); "Healthcare Acquired Infections in Nursing Homes and Hospitals: Standards of Practice, Claims, Defenses, Damages," Strafford Legal Publications National Webinar, October 19, 2021; "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare," Client Webinar, October 4, 2021; "Coming Soon: AI Issues in Healthcare Liability Claims," Pennsylvania Association for Healthcare Risk Management, September 17, 2021; "Clinical Risks and Litigation Issues With Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare," Client Webinar, September 2, 2021; "Anticipated Clinical Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare," Client Webinar, June 12, 2021; "The Risks and Legal Aspects of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare," Hospital Insurance Federation Webinar, May 19, 2021; "The Future is Here: AI and Healthcare Claims," South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management Webinar, April 23, 2021; "The Risks of AI in Healthcare," Client Webinar, April 19, 2021; "Integrating Health Care and Technology: Apps, Medical Devices and AI," Client Webinar, February 18, 2021; "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Risk Management and Litigation Issues, Online Continuing Education Conference," Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, January 12, 2021; "It's Not All About the Medicine: The New Scrutiny on Your EMR Documentation," Presented at a Virtual Meeting of the Luzerne/Lackawanna Medical Society, November 18, 2020; "The Return of Jury Trials: The Current State of Jury Trials in the Age of COVID-19," National Teleconference for American Legal Connections (ALC), November 12, 2020; "Learn From Those Who Know: Jury Trial Tactics During the COVID-19 Pandemic," DRI National Remote CLE, September 15, 2020; "Lessons and Observations Made From a Socially-Distanced Jury Trial During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Inaugural PDI Remote CLE, September 10, 2020; "Lessons Learned in with EMR Discovery," Hospital Insurance Federation (HIF), September 9, 2020; "Managing EMR and Audit Trail Discovery," LAMMICO Defense Panel Meeting, August 20, 2020; "Preparing A Claim for Trial: How Recent Issues, Decisions and Trends Are Impacting Litigation Outcomes," Client Webinar, June 4, 2020; "'Warning Fatigue' Now a Matter of Criminal Liability: The Radonda Vaught Story," Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Webinar, May 24, 2020; "Telehealth and Documentation in the Time of COVID-19: Information and Best Practices to Protect Patients and Clinicians," Webinar, May 14, 2020; "The Defense Strikes Back: Managing EMR and Audit Trail Discovery," 2019 ASHRM Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 14, 2019; "Frankenstein's Monster: National Scrutiny on EMR Warning Workarounds," Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management (PAHCRM) Fall Conference, Penn State Berks Campus, Reading, PA, September 13, 2019; "Warning: Fatigue Now a Matter of Criminal Liability: The Radonda Vaught Story," Co-Presenter, Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management (PAHCRM), Bedford, PA, July 12, 2019; "Back to the Future: What the Proposed Venue Changes Mean for Health Care Provider Defendants, Co-Presenter, Pennsylvania Defense Institute Webinar, February 6, 2019; "Enough is Enough: Turning the Tables on EMR Discovery," 2018 ASHRM Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, October 2018; "The EMR and What to do to Avoid Scrutiny," James S. Jordan, M.D. & Stanley W. Boland, Sr., M.D. Memorial Eyecare Conference, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, March 2018; "Risk Management and Legal Issues in Health Care," Guest Speaker for Health Law Course, Penn State Master of Health Administration Program, December 10, 2017; "CRNA Documentation Issues: Practices to Embrace, Habits to Break," Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists' Annual Meeting, Bedford, PA, October 21, 2017; "The EMR, Audit Trails and Mobile Devices: How to Narrow Your Professional Liability Exposure," Medical Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT, September 20, 2017; "New Technologies for the Defense: In and Out of the Courtroom," Pennsylvania Defense Institute’s 2017 Annual Conference, July 14, 2017; "Want to Avoid a Lawsuit? Document & Disclose," Regional Hospital of Scranton, Scranton, PA, May 12, 2017; "EMR Discovery - Practices to Avoid and Lessons to Be Learned," New England Regional Healthcare Risk Management Conference (NERHRMC), Mystic, CT, May 5, 2017; "Be Careful What You Wish For: The Fair Share Act and Hospital Liability," Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management Spring Conference, Williamsport, PA, April 21, 2017; "Legally Yours: Legal Implications in the Delivery of Anesthesia," Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists Conference, October 2016; "Make Mine a Double - Why EMRs Keep us Awake at Night," Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, June 2016; "Legal Ramifications of the Electronic Medical Record," Meeting of the American College of Healthcare Trustees, Philadelphia, PA, June 2016; "Electronic Medical Records - Litigation Nightmares," Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York Fall Educational Conference, New York, NY, December 11, 2015; "Electronic Medical Records: Update on Litigation Issues," Marshall Dennehey Client Seminars, July 2015; "EMR Litigation Issues: Where We've Been and Where We’re Going," 2014 American Society for Healthcare Risk Management’s Annual Conference & Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, October 26, 2014; "The Results Are In: An Overview of the Initial Court Decisions Regarding Electronic Medical Records," Northeast Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association Regional Meeting, June 11, 2014; "Insurance and the Tripartite Relationship: Conflicts of Interests and Right to Independent Counsel," Co-Presenter, Strafford Webinar, February 12, 2014; "It's Okay to Say I’m Sorry: The How-To Workshop for Apology and Disclosure," Co-Presenter, The Hospital and Healthcare Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, January 29, 2014; "Economic Damages in the Catastrophic Case," Panelist, CLM Professional Liability Committee Meeting, Boston, MA, July 25, 2013; "The Ex-Employee: Discovery/Privilege Issues When Plaintiff's Lawyer Comes Knockin'," Moderator/Co-Presenter, Claim & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 11, 2013; "Deposition Issues Pertaining to the EMR," Co-Presenter, Lehigh Valley Health Network Annual Risk Symposium, Allentown, PA, April 12, 2013; "Working with Experts Post-Barrick and Cooper," Panelist, PDI/NEPATLA Regional CLE, Mohegan Sun Casino, Wilkes-Barre, PA, November 14, 2012; "Defending the Electronic Medical Record Deposition," ASHRM Annual Conference & Exhibition, National Harbor, MD, October 9, 2012; "The Impact of Social Media on the Tripartite Relationship," Claims & Litigation Management Alliance 2012 Pennsylvania Event, Philadelphia, PA, September 20, 2012; "OMG?!-The Impact of Social Media on the Tripartite Relationship," Moderator/Co-Presenter, Claim & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 27, 2012; "Electronic Medical Records 101: What Claims Professionals Need to Know," Co-Presenter, Council on Litigation Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 24, 2011; "E-Discovery Update," Panelist/Speaker, Pennsylvania Defense Institute Annual Conference, Omni Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, PA, September 30, 2010

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania (Health Care Law Committee, Secretary, 2010-2012; Health Care Law Subcommittee on Civil Litigation, Chairman, 2011) and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
  • American Society of Health Care Risk Management
  • Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (Co-Chairman for Pennsylvania Membership Develpment, 2012)
  • Defense Research Institute (Atlantic Region Director, 2019-2021; State Membership Chairman, 2017; State Representative, 2017)
  • Defense Research Institute Foundation (President)
  • Pennsylvania Association for Health Care Risk Management (President, 2012, 2016)
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute (President, 2014; Executive Board, 2009-2013; Board of Directors, 2007-2009, 2015-Present; State Representative to the Defense Research Institute, 2017)
Publications:
  • Author: "Litigation Landscape: Your GPS for Avoiding Legal Action," In Session with Allied World, Winter 2023
  • "Sanctions Against Health System Demonstrate That It's Time to Get Serious About Audit Trail Discovery," Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, August 18, 2022
  • "Evolution of the EMR: The Integration of AI in Medicine," The Legal Intelligencer, March 28, 2022
  • "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Creates Real Risk Management and Litigation Issues," Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, September 2020
  • "A Civil Jury Trial During the Pandemic: Observations From Those Who Know," The Legal Intelligencer, August 7, 2020
  • "Report From the Trenches: Defending Patient Falls in Acute Care Settings," Becker's Hospital Review, August 28, 2018
  • "Negligent Advice of a Class III Medical Device Sales Rep," The Legal Intelligencer, Medical Malpractice Supplement, April 11, 2017
  • "A Pandora;s Box: The EMR's Audit Trail," Counterpoint, Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, February 2017
  • "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: Judge Wettick Affirms Practice of Limiting Deposition Opinions of Defendant Physicians," Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2016
  • "Wake Me Up!! I've Had Enough!! Litigation Nightmares With the Electronic Medical Record," The Risk Management Quarterly, Newsletter of the Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York, Inc. (AHRMNY)
  • "EMR's and Litigation: Issues Decided and What's Next?" The Legal Intelligencer, Medical Malpractice Supplement (Page 5), April 12, 2016
  • "Electronic Medical Records and Litigation," Published by Thomson Reuters Legal, September 2014
  • "Reducing Medical Malpractice E-Discovery Issues and Costs," The Legal Intelligencer, February 14, 2012
  • "A View From the Trenches: Discovery Issues With Electronic Medical Records," Risk Rx, Special Edition on the Electronic Health Record, University of Florida, Vol. 8, No. 1 January-March, 2011; and Florida Hospital Association's Risk Review, August 23, 2011
  • Co-Author: "OMG?! The Impact of Social Media on the Tripartite Relationship," Litigation Management Magazine, Spring 2013
  • "What's It Worth? Best Practices in Defending Economic Damages in the Catastrophic Accident," Litigation Management Magazine, Fall 2012
Education:
  • Shippensburg University, B.A., History (cum laude), 1993
  • Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Fraternity Information:
President, Phi Alpha Theta

Mark J. Kozlowski

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Public Sector Insurance Coverage
  • Employment Law
  • School Leaders' Liability
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2010
  • Maryland, 2011
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2010
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2014
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2019
Additional Biographical Details:

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2019-2022; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Employment Law Basics: The Basis of OSHA, FLSA, ADA & More," Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management, November 17, 2022; "Performance Management & Record Retention: Avoiding Discrimination - What is Needed to Make a Hire and be Fired," Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management, August 18, 2022; "Pay & Benefits: Overtime, Minimum Wage, Compensable Time & Legally Required Benefits," Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management, May 19, 2022; "Recruitment & Selection: Where to Find Talent & the Do's/Dont's of Interviewing," Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management, February 17, 2022; "Local Government Immunity in Pennsylvania," Client Seminar, June 8, 2021; "Essential Handbook Must-Haves and Updates," National Business Institute, October 18, 2017; "Workplace Behavior and Privacy Issues, Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now," and "Hiring/Recruiting, Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now," National Business Institute, December 2016; "Employment Law: Rights, Benefits, and Emerging Issues," Sterling Education Services, August 2, 2016; "Employment Law: Beyond the Basics," Sterling Education Services, August 4, 2015

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County (Young Lawyers Division, Board of Directors, 2016-2018) Bar Associations
Publications:
  • Contributor and Editor: Legal Updates for Pennsylvania Municipal Law, 2019-Present
  • Author: "Third Circuit Reaffirms Ripeness Doctrine in Civil Rights Claim and Need to Exhaust State Remedies Before Pursuing a Fifth Amendment Takings Claim," Defense Digest, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 2017
  • "The Fire Protection Engineer Expert," Fire Protection Contractor, April 2012
Education:
  • Kutztown University, B.S., 2007
  • Michigan State University College of Law, J.D., 2010

William J. McPartland

Co-Chair, Special Education Law Practice Group

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • COVID-19/Coronavirus
  • School Leaders' Liability
  • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Automobile Liability
  • Property Litigation
  • Fraud/Special Investigation
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2004
  • New Jersey
  • New York, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2010
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2011
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York, 2014
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2016
Additional Biographical Details:

The Best Lawyers in America©, Insurance Law (2023)

Education:
  • University of Miami, B.S., 2000
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 2004
Law Review:
University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce

John R. Nealon

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Automobile Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • General Liability
  • Product Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Memberships:
  • American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.S., 1998
  • The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2001

Born: 1976

Benjamin A. Nicolosi, Jr.

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Hospitality and Liquor Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1992
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; The Best Lawyers in America©, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2023); Classes/Seminars Taught: "An Overview of Pennsylvania Premises Liability Law," Luzerne County Bar Virtual Presentation, and "An Overview of Pennsylvania Law for Auto Law & Premises Claims," Marshall Dennehey Virtual Client Presentation, February 2021; "An Overview of Pennsylvania Automobile Liability," Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, June 2015; "Auto Law Update," Lackawanna Bar Association, November 1, 2003

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
  • Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.A./M.A. (magna cum laude), 1990
  • The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 1993

Born: 1968

Victoria Crawshaw Scanlon

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Health Care Liability
  • Product Liability
  • General Liability
Admitted
  • Massachusetts, 1999
  • Pennsylvania, 2008
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2011
Additional Biographical Details:

The Best Lawyers in America©, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2023; BV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; International Association of Defense Counsel (2006 Trial Academy Attendee); Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2007; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Advanced Practice Clinicians in Health Care: What Your Facility Needs to Know," ASHRM 2018 Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, October 8, 2018; "Mock Depositions: What the Child Psychiatrist Needs to Know Before Sitting in the Hot Seat," The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 64th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 27, 2017; "Mock Trial: Lessons for Psychiatrists from the Bar and Risk Management," New York-Presbyterian Hospital Child Psychiatry Residency, New York University Child Psychiatry Residency, Weill Cornell Psychiatry Residency Programs, Allied World, August 2017; "Medical Malpractice Case Study - Suicide and the Defense of a Wrongful Death Claim," Pennsylvania Association of Health Care Risk Management (PAHCRM), Annual Conference, September 9, 2016; "Ostensible Agency and Corporate Liability Claims: What You Need to Know," Health Care and Health Law Seminar, Marshall Dennehey, November 5, 2015; "Mock Trial: Lessons for Psychiatrists From the Bar and Risk Management," American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 30, 2015; "Peer Review, Charting Pitfalls/Issues and Anticipated Legal Issues Pertaining to the Electronic Medical Record," Northeast Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Senior Services, Continuing Education Conference, April 2009

Memberships:
  • Massachusetts and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
Publications:
  • Author: "Enforceability of Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements in Pennsylvania," Defense Digest, Vol. 20, No. 4, December 2014
  • Contributor: Case Law Alerts, 2010-2012
Education:
  • University of Rhode Island, B.A., 1994
  • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1998

Michael A. Sebastian

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1991
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Additional Biographical Details:

The Best Lawyers in America©, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers, 2023; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Protecting Against Unreasonable Medical Expenses and Fee Reviews," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 27, 2022

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania (Workers' Compensation Section) and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.S., 1988
  • Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1991

Thomas A. Specht

Moosic, PA

Practice Areas
  • Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2001
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2010
Additional Biographical Details:

BV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®

Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County Bar Associations
  • Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association
  • Defense Research Institute
Reported Cases:
Shamnoski v. PG Energy, 858 A.2d 589 (Pa. 2004)
Education:
  • University of Scranton, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1993
  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Honors:
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society; Delta Tau Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Pi Sigma Alpha; All-American Scholar; Presidential Scholarship Recipient

Resident Associates


  • Mark P. Burns
  • Taryn M. Carey
  • Jordan L. Mazzoni
(See profile under Philadelphia, PA for additional information)

 Back To Top

Contact Our Team | About Best's Insurance Professional Resources | FAQs | Qualification Guidelines | Important Notice