Marshall Dennehey Casualty Department Leader Matthew S. Schorr Elected to Firm’s Executive Committee
Marshall Dennehey announced today that, per his election at the firm’s annual Shareholder Meeting on Dec. 10, Matthew S. Schorr, Director of the Casualty Department and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, will replace retiring firm leader Howard P. Dwoskin on the firm’s three-person Executive Committee effective Jan. 1, 2025. Schorr joins longtime Marshall Dennehey President & CEO, G. Mark Thompson, and Craig S. Hudson, Director of the firm’s Professional Liability Department, on the committee.
“Matt brings a wealth of experience and insight to this executive leadership position,” said Thompson. “He was a named partner in his own firm before joining us and served nine years as assistant director of the Casualty Department, our firm’s largest legal department, under Howard before ascending to director. Over the past decade I have worked closely with him and observed his abilities as an outstanding attorney, leader, and problem-solver. Craig and I have every confidence that Marshall Dennehey will benefit from Matt’s contributions as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.”
Schorr is a distinguished litigator with deep expertise in premises, restaurant/bar, maritime, medical malpractice, community association, and other liability matters. A Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he joined the firm’s Roseland, NJ, office in 2008 and rapidly advanced to key leadership roles, serving as Regional Managing Attorney of the Casualty Department for the firm’s northern New Jersey and New York offices. In 2015, he was appointed Assistant Director of the department and ascended to Director in January 2024, where he is responsible for the oversight and management of more than 250 lawyers.
Hudson has served as a Senior Vice President of the firm and member of the Board of Directors since 2015. Elected to the Executive Committee in 2021, he will replace Dwoskin as Chairman of the firm’s Board of Directors. During his 31-year tenure at the firm, Hudson held numerous management roles in the firm’s Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale offices before becoming Director of the Professional Liability Department in 2021.
Dwoskin joined Marshall Dennehey as an associate in 1987 and devoted his professional life to the firm. He was appointed Assistant Director of the Casualty Department in 2002 and became Director in 2014. He was elected to the Executive Committee in 2018 and succeeded Christopher Dougherty in 2020 as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
“It’s hard to imagine Marshall Dennehey without Howard Dwoskin” said Thompson. He’s a fixture here and we owe a lot of our successes to his decades-long commitment to the firm. He’ll be missed.”
