Joanna provides legal counsel to insurance carriers throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As an associate in the Casualty Department, she handles a variety of litigation matters, including premises liability, construction liability, automobile liability and product liability.
Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Joanna was an associate for two years at Bolognese & Associates, where she handled large antitrust class action and securities cases.
Joanna received her juris doctor from Temple University School of Law's Evening Division while working full time at Dechert LLP as a litigation paralegal. Prior to graduation, Joanna served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Seamus P. McCaffrey in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Published Works
· "What's Your Active Malfunction? Insured Denied Coverage For Contractual Claims Of Poor Workmanship," Defense Digest, Vol. 15, No. 3, September, 2009
Significant Representative Matters
· Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of chair supplier client in a case where the Plaintiff was injured after falling from a broken folding chair at a concert.
· Obtained an arbitration verdict for a client against a plaintiff claiming water damage to her condominium. The plaintiff claimed damages in excess of the limits of the arbitration.
· Obtained summary judgment and dismissal of client in a case where Plaintiff was shot in the client's home.
Associations & Memberships
· American Bar Association
· Justinian Society
· Pennsylvania Bar Association, Women in the Profession Committee and Young Lawyers Division
· Philadelphia Bar Association
Honors & Awards
· Cambridge Who's Who of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Year Joined Organization: 2007
Publications
What's Your Active Malfunction? Insured Denied Coverage for Contractual Claim of Poor Workmanship
Defense Digest Article · September 1, 2009
Pennsylvania - Insurance Coverage , Every day sellers of goods and services negotiate with customers for sales contracts. What if a seller was not forthright with a customer during these contract negotiations and the product failed to meet the customer's expectations of good..., Defense Digest, Vol. 15, No. 3, September 2009