Marshall Dennehey Bolsters Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Team With Strategic Additions of Perry D. Merlo and Andrew W. Maffett in Harrisburg
Marshall Dennehey is strengthening its Pennsylvania workers’ compensation practice with the strategic additions of Perry D. Merlo as shareholder and Andrew W. Maffett as special counsel in the firm’s Harrisburg office. Both attorneys join from Lavery Law in Harrisburg, bringing deep experience and proven litigation success to the team.
“We’re excited to welcome Perry and Andrew to Marshall Dennehey,” said Michele R. Punturi, Director of Marshall Dennehey’s Workers’ Compensation Department and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. “Perry’s extensive litigation experience and Andrew’s sharp legal insight enhance our ability to deliver exceptional results for clients across Pennsylvania.”
Merlo has nearly 35 years of experience representing employers and insurers in workers’ compensation matters across Pennsylvania. His clients span a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, retail, national restaurant chains, higher education, and health care.
An accomplished litigator, he has successfully defended clients before Workers’ Compensation Judges, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Among his professional memberships, he is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations. Merlo earned his J.D. from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and a B.A. from Elizabethtown College.
Maffett has been practicing workers’ compensation law in Pennsylvania for over a decade. He represents employers and workers’ compensation carriers before Workers’ Compensation Judges, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth and Supreme Courts. A member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Dauphin County Bar Association, he is a graduate of West Virginia University College of Law and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
