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Melanie J. Foreman Will Serve as an Officer and Jahlee J. Hatchett is Elected to the Board of Governors

Melanie J. Foreman, shareholder in Marshall Dennehey’s Philadelphia office, has been elected an Officer of the Philadelphia Bar Association, serving as Assistant Secretary for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2024. She has served on its Board of Governors for the past three years, with that term expiring also on January 1. 

Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that 10 attorneys have been elected shareholders of the firm effective January 1, 2024. Additionally, three 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 8 of the firm's 19 offices.

Matthew S. Schorr and Jeffrey G. Rapattoni to lead firm’s largest practice department

Marshall Dennehey has been named a "2024 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 Admiralty & Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants.  

Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that John J. “Jack” Delany, III, Chair of the firm’s Catastrophic Claims Litigation Practice Group, and John J. Hare, Chair of the firm’s Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice Group, have been named 2023 Best of the Bar honorees in the area of Business Litigation by the Philadelphia Business Journal (PBJ).

Marshall Dennehey ranked #3 on the Law360 Pulse Ceiling Smashers List for law firms with 251-600 attorneys. Firms are ranked based on the number of women attorneys in equity partnerships.

According to the report, “The firms that made it onto Law360 Pulse's Ceiling Smashers list are demonstrating that strides towards gender parity at the upper ranks are possible.”