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Unparalleled Growth

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, a professional corporation, 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 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 have handled many litigation matters in neighboring states including West Virginia, Connecticut, 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. 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 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. The lawyers of our firm are also recognized in BEST’S Directories of Recommended Insurance Attorneys, as published by the A.M. Best Company, and in Chambers USA. We also have in our ranks lawyers who have been elected as Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Litigation Counsel of America and 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, our firm and dozens of our lawyers have been recognized in Best Law Firms in America and 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.

Alternative Risk Transfer

Our firm is very familiar with the unique needs of the members of the alternative risk transfer communities, including risk retention groups, captives and specialized insurance and reinsurance programs.

Internal Stability

We are very proud of the remarkable level of our internal stability. Many of the attorneys among our shareholders have been with us for a considerable number of years. In numerous instances, this is the only law firm for which these men and women have chosen to work.

Recognized for Service and Leadership

Our firm’s commitment to leadership and client service has been recognized by the Delaware Valley Total Quality Consortium. Other recipients of this award include such companies as Ametek, Bell Atlantic, Boeing, Independence Blue Cross, Lockheed Martin and Subaru of America, Inc.

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.

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 to 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 Director of Legal Research and Legal Information Services is a practicing attorney well-versed in law firm technology, e-discovery 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 and Law Alerts. We 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

Our attorneys demonstrate their professional knowledge by publishing articles in national and regional publications on an ongoing basis. Outlets in which our attorneys regularly author articles include: The Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, New Jersey Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Daily Business Review, For The Defense, CLM Magazine, Claims, Claims Journal, National Underwriter Property & Casualty, Best’s Review and PLUS Journal, among others. Additionally, our attorneys share their subject matter expertise with sector publications such as the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, Western PA Healthcare News, Compliance Today, Workers’ Compensation, Travel Agent magazine, REP magazine, Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Bulletin, Law Enforcement Technology, Multi-Housing News, and many more. Articles may be accessed via our Publications page.

Community Dedication

Marshall Dennehey is dedicated to numerous civic and charitable causes in the communities where our offices are located. Annual, firmwide support to the United Way provides a collective way for our attorneys and staff to make an impact on local and state levels. The firm additionally supports the charitable arms of state and local bar associations in many of the regions where we have offices. In our headquarters city of Philadelphia, for example, we partner with the Philadelphia Bar Foundation in its fundraising mission to support local public interest work. We are additionally active in the Philadelphia Bar Association’s “Save Our Schools” initiative to help improve the Philadelphia Public School System. Our attorneys’ pro bono activities include the Veteran’s Law Clinic of Widener University School of Law, Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia, Legal Clinic for the Disabled and Wills for Heroes, to name a few. Many lawyers also serve on the boards of non-profit organizations such as the Breath Believe Foundation, Philadelphia VIP, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Northside Common Ministries in Pittsburgh, the Humane Society of Broward County, FL and many more.

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.pricing are also available.

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