Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Dave, a shareholder in the Casualty Department, concentrates his law practice on products warranty litigation. For the last three years, Dave has provided legal counsel to major automobile manufacturers in the areas of consumer protection and warranty litigation.

In his decade of practicing law, Dave has also gained valuable experience in other areas of the law including, dram shop liability, product liability, slip and fall cases, motor vehicle accidents, trucking litigation, asbestos litigation, and construction law.

American Suzuki Motor Corporation, a major Japanese automobile manufacturer for whom Dave has been representing for three years, recently appointed Dave as their National Discovery Counsel. His role is to facilitate a proposed National Global Discovery Program with regard to any breach of warranty litigation across the country.

Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, and after graduating from Temple University with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy, Dave spent the next several years as an entrepreneur in numerous business ventures in California and Georgia. After graduating from Memphis University's Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Dave spent a year working on the Fen-Phen litigation at Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories.

Significant Representative Matters

Areas of Practice

• Product Warranty Litigation
• Product Liability

Representative Clients

• American Suzuki Motor Corp.
• Chrysler LLC

West Practice Categories

Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Temple University, Alumni Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Compulsory Arbitration Committee
• Philadelphia County Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, 2007

Education

• Memphis State University School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, 1997
  J.D.
  Honors: American Juris Prudence Award - Juvenile Law, International Law
  Honors: Cali Award - Juvenile Law
• Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987
  B.S.

Published Works

• Facilitating Use of Recreational Land in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, July, 2000
• Pennsylvania's 'Multi-Factor' Approach in Determining Immunity Under the Recreational use of Land and Water Act, Defense Digest, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2000
• Plaintiff's Counsel's Closing Argument Analogy To A 'Drunk' Driving A Truck, Not Prejudicial To 'Funk', Defense Digest, 2007

Address

1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4797

Phones

(215) 575-2754

Faxes

(215) 575-0856

Emails

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Websites

http://www.marshalldennehey.com