Victoria Crawshaw Scanlon

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Victoria is the supervising attorney for the Health Care Liability Practice Group in the Scranton office. She is an experienced litigator with more than 20 years of experience representing physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, skilled nursing facilities, personal care homes, home health care providers and physician practice groups in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Victoria is a proven trial attorney and highly successful negotiator. She also provides risk management services.

Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey in 2008, Victoria was a partner in the Boston office of a large litigation firm, where she represented health care professionals and entities in malpractice suits and manufacturers in products liability matters. She is a 1998 graduate of Suffolk University Law School. Victoria obtained her undergraduate degree in communications and political science in 1994 from the University of Rhode Island, where she was the 1994 student commencement speaker and captain of the debate team.

Victoria was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a dual citizen of the United States of America and South Africa.

Admissions
Massachusetts
1999
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
2002
Pennsylvania
2008
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
2011
Education
Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1998)
University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1994)
Honors & awards
The Best Lawyers in America®, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
2023-2025
The Best Lawyers in America®, Health Care Law; Litigation, Health Care
2025
BV® Distinguished™ by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
2006 Trial Academy, attendee
Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star
2007
Associations & memberships
Lackawanna Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Year joined
2008