Sarah B. Cole Elected to Marshall Dennehey’s Board of Directors

Sarah B. Cole, shareholder and Managing Attorney of Marshall Dennehey’s Wilmington, Delaware office, was elected to the firm’s Board of Directors at its annual shareholders meeting on December 10, 2024. She replaces retiring firm leader Howard P. Dwoskin on the Board and will serve a two-year term that began on January 1, 2025. 

Cole joined the firm’s Casualty Department as an associate in 2014; was elected a shareholder in 2019; promoted to Assistant Office Managing Attorney in 2022; and became Wilmington Office Managing Attorney in 2023. In this capacity she oversees and manages the day-to-day operations for the entire office and its 18 attorneys. 

In addition to her management responsibilities, Cole maintains an active practice within the firm’s Casualty Department and oversees all casualty litigation within the office. With a primary focus on general commercial liability, premises liability and residential group home liability, she has defended hundreds of clients in personal injury litigation in the Delaware courts, with many cases tried successfully to verdict. She additionally devotes a portion of her practice to insurance coverage and insurance fraud matters, as well as property damage litigation.

Cole is recognized by the Best Lawyers in America® organization in the area of Insurance Litigation and she was selected a 2024 Top Lawyer in Tort Law by Delaware Today magazine. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and received her juris doctorate from the University of Maryland. She is admitted to practice in Delaware.