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Marshall Dennehey announced that it has added the majority of the talent and existing business of Pittsburgh-based civil defense litigation firm Walsh Barnes, P.C. The move brings seven attorneys, including former Walsh Barnes named partner Adam M. Barnes and two other shareholders, to Marshall Dennehey's Pittsburgh office. Paul J. Walsh, III, founder and managing partner of Walsh Barnes, is stepping away from active litigation after 35 years and will devote his full attention to mediation. Walsh Barnes will be closing as of July 31, 2025.

Jason Banonis, shareholder in Marshall Dennehey’s King of Prussia office, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Bowie State University Maguire Academy for Risk Management and Insurance. He will also serve on its Education, Curriculum and Program Committee.

Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that Blake J. Hood, a shareholder in the Jacksonville office, has been appointed co-chair of the Social Security and Workers’ Compensation Law Committee of the Jacksonville Bar Association for the 2025-2026 Bar year. In this role, Hood will play a key role in shaping the committee’s goals and priorities for the year as well as planning and executing programming.

Experienced litigator Randall S. Watts has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Roseland office as a shareholder in the firm’s Professional Liability Department. He previously was a founding partner and managed his own law firm in New Jersey for seven years. 

Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that Michael A. Packer has been named a Florida Trend Legal Elite NOTABLE - Managing Partner. 

The annual Florida Trend Legal Elite NOTABLE awards recognize attorneys who have made a measurable and specific impact not only in their legal practice but also in their community. Honorees have been practicing law for at least 10 years.

Eight attorneys from the Florida offices of Marshall Dennehey have been selected to the 2025 edition of Florida Super Lawyers magazine. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.