Canter, Jacqueline H.

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Year Joined Organization: 1988

Lawyer Overview

Jacqueline Canter is a shareholder and serves as a co-chair of the firm's Retail Liability Practice Group. She also has a general liability practice, concentrated in the areas of retail liability, premises liability, motor vehicle liability, dog bite liability, and product liability. Jacqui has handled the defense of hundreds of personal injury actions ranging from jury trials, non-jury trials, binding ADR hearings of various formats, and arbitration hearings. She has also represented numerous national retail liability chains in a variety of matters, ranging from alleged assault, alleged defective product displays, slip/ trip and fall, and alleged wrongful detention. 

With an extensive background in retail, Jacqui has the unique opportunity to serve as a Charter Board Member of the National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association (NRRDA). The NRRDA is a national networking organization formed to advance and protect the interests of the retail and restaurant industries.

Jacqui has been asked by several organizations to serve as a faculty member on various continuing legal education panels. She has spoken on a variety of topics ranging from negotiations, limited tort, retail liability, case handling to client relations.

Jacqui received her B.A. in 1982 from the University of Maryland and her J.D. in 1986 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

She is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association and serves regularly as a Judge Pro Temp and Arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Motor Vehicle
• Products Liability Law

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury -- Defense, Motor Vehicle, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1986

Education

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1986
  J.D.
  Law Review: University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• University of Maryland, 1982
  B.A.

Address

1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

Phones

(215) 575-2805

Faxes

(215) 575-0856

Emails

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http://www.marshalldennehey.com