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A. Judd Woytek, Shareholder in the Workers’ Compensation Department in Marshall Dennehey’s King of Prussia office, has been named a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. He was inducted into the College at a celebratory event held at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona on April 18, 2026. 

Marshall Dennehey has been recognized as a finalist in four categories of The Legal Intelligencer and Law.com’s 2026 Pennsylvania Legal Awards, including the prestigious Attorney of the Year honor, for which John J. Hare, Chair of the firm’s Appellate Advocacy & Post-Trial Practice Group, and Executive Committee member, is a co-finalist. The categories are:

Marshall Dennehey announced today that James H. Cole has been appointed Director of the firm’s 140+ attorney Professional Liability Department and Sunny Marie Sparano has been appointed Assistant Director. Cole is succeeding Craig S. Hudson as department director as well as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. Hudson will remain with the firm in an Emeritus role.

Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been elected shareholders of the firm effective Jan. 1, 2026. Additionally, two attorneys have been promoted from associate to special counsel. These new shareholders and special counsel represent the firm’s four core departments – Casualty, Professional Liability, Health Care and Workers’ Compensation – and come from 11 of the firm’s 19 offices. 

Marshall Dennehey has been named a "2026 Best Law Firm" in multiple practice areas, both nationally and across numerous regions of the country, by Best Lawyers®. Nationally, the firm ranked in the practice areas of Litigation- Construction, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants, Insurance Law, and Commercial Litigation.    
 

Marshall Dennehey is honored to accept the External Law Firm Partner of the Year Award from Liberty Mutual Insurance. The award is bestowed upon law firms Liberty Mutual considers to have consistently delivered pragmatic legal solutions in defending and advancing the interests of their customers, policy holders and the company itself. 

According to Liberty Mutual, “Marshall Dennehey distinguished itself from its peers by focusing on quality and service, achieving exceptional outcomes in a cost-effective and innovative manner, and fostering inclusion.”