Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Year Joined Organization: 1995

Lawyer Overview

Principally a trial lawyer, Bill devotes much of his practice to the defense of insurance bad faith litigation and insurance coverage matters, and he is also engaged in appellate cases in the state and federal systems. Several of his appellate cases have resulted in published opinions involving various insurance coverage matters. As well, he has presented several seminars and classes concerning insurance bad faith and coverage issues.

Bill began his work as a lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1986 where he maintained a general civil practice in his firm Bartley, Johnson & Conkin. He ultimately concentrated his practice on the then developing law of insurance bad faith. Bill relocated to Philadelphia to be closer to his two sons.

Significant Representative Matters 

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Appellate Advocacy

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Bad Faith Insurance, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1986
• Pennsylvania, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Texas State Bar

Honors and Awards

• AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

Classes and Seminars

• Insurance Bad Faith - January, 2008 (among others)
• Insurance Coverage Issues - multiple occasions

Education

• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1985
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1972
  B.S., Bachelor of Science

Published Works

• Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege in First Party Cases;, seminar material for Insurance Bad Faith Claims, January 30, 2008
• Experts In Bad Faith Cases;, seminar material for Insurance Bad Faith Claims, January 30, 2008
• Superior Court Limits Expert Testimony In Insurance Bad Faith Cases, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, May 29, 2000
• Expert Testimony in Insurance Bad Faith Cases Limited, Defense Digest, Apr. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2000
• Doctor's Negligent Exposure of his Sexual Perversion to Patient Does Not Constitute Professional Health Care Services & Not Covered by Professional Liability Policy, Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1999
• Appraising Loss Under Homeowners Insurance Policies (co-author with Howard P. Dwoskin, Esq.), For the Defense, April, 1999
• Limiting the Exhaustion of Limits Clause, Defense Digest, August, 1995

Address

1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

Phones

(215) 575-2761

Faxes

(215) 575-0856

Emails

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Websites

http://www.marshalldennehey.com