Marshall Dennehey Awarded Prestigious Litigation Department of the Year Honors for Professional Liability and Appellate Law at the 2025 Pennsylvania Legal Awards
Marshall Dennehey was awarded the prestigious Litigation Department of the Year awards for Professional Liability and Appellate Law at The Legal Intelligencer’s 2025 Pennsylvania Legal Awards, held June 12 in Philadelphia.
“These awards celebrate the strength and depth of our professional liability and appellate practices across Pennsylvania,” said G. Mark Thompson, Marshall Dennehey’s President & CEO. “From defending thousands of professional liability and medical malpractice cases annually, to serving as trusted counsel on high-stakes appeals, this recognition reflects the dedication, innovation, and results-driven advocacy that our attorneys bring to every matter.”
Nearly half of Marshall Dennehey’s Pennsylvania attorneys specialize in medical and non-medical professional liability litigation, encompassing 29 distinct practice groups. In 2024 alone, Marshall Dennehey handled 5,819 professional liability matters in Pennsylvania, spanning a broad range of industries and defending professionals including health care providers, attorneys, accountants, engineers, architects, real estate agents, financial professionals and many more.
The firm’s professional liability attorneys operate in two of the firm’s four core departments: Professional Liability and Health Care. Craig S. Hudson, chairman of our firm and a member of the Executive Committee, serves as Director of the Professional Liability Department, and Robin B. Snyder, member of the firm’s Board of Directors, leads the Health Care Department. Notably, Gary M. Samms, a finalist for the Attorney of the Year award who took more than 20 medical malpractice cases to trial over the past year, is a member of the firm’s Health Care Department.
It was a repeat victory for the firm’s Pennsylvania Appellate Advocacy & Post-Trial Practice Group, which once again claimed top honors—building on its 2024 win. Led by John J. Hare, the group has been retained to challenge many of the largest verdicts returned in Pennsylvania courts in 2024.
With many decades of combined experience, the group’s attorneys routinely handle post-trial and appellate matters, and are engaged to actively participate in and monitor trials in high-exposure cases to ensure that important legal issues are properly raised and preserved for post-trial motions and appeals. In addition to Pennsylvania, Marshall Dennehey handles appeals across the firm’s 19 offices in seven states, with additional appellate counsel located in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
In addition to these awards, Marshall Dennehey was a Litigation Department of the Year finalist for Product Liability/Mass Torts.
More information about Marshall Dennehey’s Professional Liability, Health Care, Appellate Law and all practices may be found here.