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Melanie J. Foreman, shareholder in Marshall Dennehey’s Philadelphia office, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. She will serve a three-year term, effective January 2023.

Marshall Dennehey announced today that shareholders Robin B. Snyder and Donna M. Modestine have been appointed leaders of the firm’s Health Care Department, effective January 1, 2023. Snyder, formerly Assistant Director of the Department, was elevated to Director and Modestine is now Assistant Director. In this capacity, they will manage and supervise the firm’s 65+ health care attorneys throughout 14 of the firm's 19 offices.

Josh J.T. Byrne, shareholder and Chair of the Disciplinary Board Representation Practice Group at Marshall Dennehey, has been appointed to the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He will serve a 3-year term, effective January 1, 2023. 

Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that 20 attorneys, 12 men and eight women, have been elevated to shareholder effective January 1, 2023. The class is the largest in the firm’s 60-year history and all but one were previously associates of the firm.  These new shareholders represent the firm's four core departments – Casualty, Professional Liability, Health Care and Workers' Compensation – and come from 12 of the firm's 19 regional offices.

BTI Consulting Group, the leading provider of strategic market research to the legal community, has recognized Marshall Dennehey as a law firm that top legal decision makers frequently recommend. In its report, BTI Most Recommended Law Firms 2022, Marshall Dennehey is among 77 firms that are frequently recommended by corporate counsel. 

“These firms separate themselves by exceeding client expectations, earning the coveted unprompted client recommendation,” stated the BTI report.

Marshall Dennehey has been named a 2022 “Tipping the Scales” law firm by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance, as reported in the organization’s New Partner Report. Each year the Alliance compiles data from the nation’s largest and top-grossing law firms to examine the gender breakdown of attorneys promoted to partnership in their U.S. offices.