Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder; Member, Executive CommitteeChief Operating Officer; Chairman, Board of DirectorsDirector, Workers' Compensation & Employment Practices Department

Year Joined Organization: 1978

Lawyer Overview

Pete serves as the Chief Operating Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Director of the Workers' Compensation & Employment Practices Department of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin. As well, Pete serves as a member of the Executive Committee, which is the governing body of the firm. In his capacity as Chief Operating Officer, Pete is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the firm.

Since 2002, Pete has also served as the Director of Workers' Compensation & Employment Practices Department, where he is responsible for the oversight of some 45 attorneys throughout the firm's offices. Prior to serving as Director of Workers' Compensation, Pete served as the firm's first Director of the Casualty Department. Over the years, Pete has developed extensive experience in the defense of a wide range of litigation matters including medical malpractice, municipal liability, employment practices litigation, motor vehicle, premises, products liability, etc.

In addition to his various duties for the firm, Pete has also lectured for various organizations such as the Pennsylvania Claims Association. He has held various offices in the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, including its President in 2002. He has served as an investigator as well as member of the Philadelphia Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention. Pete serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, as well as a mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He has been named a Best Lawyer in America from 2001 to present and designated a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2005 to present in the area of Civil Litigation Defense.

Pete is a graduate of Penn State University. Following graduation from college, he attended the University of Stetson College of Law in Florida, where he achieved his Juris Doctorate in 1974. He then entered the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army. Mr. Miller served as a Captain at Ft. Riley, Kansas, home of the Big Red "1." He tried in excess of 200 military justice matters and achieved an Army Commendation Medal while serving as the 1st Infantry Division's Chief Trial Counsel. Following Pete's honorable discharge from the military in 1977, he began his career with the Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin firm.

Areas of Practice

• Premises Liability -- Defense
• Motor Vehicle
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Employment Practices Litigation
• Municipal Liability
• Construction Law

West Practice Categories

Premises Liability -- Defense, Motor Vehicle, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Alcoholic Beverages, Municipal Liability, Construction Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1974
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Defense Institute
• Defense Research Institute
• Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, President 2001-2002
• Council on Ethical Billing

Honors and Awards

• Army Commendation Medal
• Best Lawyers In America, 2001-present
• AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2005-present

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, various organizations including the Pennsylvania Claims Association

Past Employment Positions

• United States Army, Captain, JAG, 1974-1977

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida, 1974
  J.D.
• Pennsylvania State University, 1971
  B.A.

Published Works

• Defining the Contours of an Unrecognized Duty: Tarasoff Issues Up in the Air in Pennsylvania, (Co-author), Defense Digest, March, 1996

Address

1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

Phones

(215) 575-2610

Faxes

(215) 575-0858

Emails

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Websites

http://www.marshalldennehey.com