Daniel J. Ryan, Jr. Selected the Philadelphia 2021 "Lawyer of the Year" for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants by The Best Lawyers in America©

Daniel J. Ryan, Jr., Chair of the Asbestos Litigation Practice Group and co-chair of the Environmental and Toxic Tort Practice Group in the Philadelphia office of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman, has been selected the 2021 Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants "Lawyer of the Year” in Philadelphia by The Best Lawyers in America© organization.

Best Lawyers began designating "Lawyers of the Year" in high-profile legal practice areas in 2009. Only a single lawyer in each legal practice specialty per designated metropolitan area is selected, based on voting averages received during peer-review assessments. The designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Mr. Ryan has 30 years of trial experience in toxic tort litigation on behalf of asbestos manufacturers. He is extensively involved in lead paint litigation on behalf of building owners and has also tried auto, premises, exercise equipment and various other product liability claims, representing manufacturers and insurers. As an alternative to litigating matters, he is highly experienced in various types of mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

Mr. Ryan is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®. Among his numerous professional activities, he is a member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Defense Research Institute and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. He is a graduate of Villanova University and the Hamline University School of Law.