Michelle joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2008 as an associate in the Health Care Liability Practice Group. She is currently practicing out of the firm's Philadelphia office, after working in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, office for two years.
Michelle graduated from Boston University in January 2004, with a Bachelor of Science in mass communications. She majored in public relations and minored in psychology. Michelle obtained her juris doctor from the Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware, in December 2007.
During law school, Michelle served as a part-time judicial law clerk for the Honorable James J. Brown of Raleigh, North Carolina. She assisted Judge Brown in drafting a new chapter for his textbook titled Judgment Enforcement. Michelle was also a member of the Health Law Society, Jewish Law Students Association and Alternative Dispute Resolution Society.
Associations & Memberships
· American Bar Association
· Pennsylvania Bar Association
· Philadelphia Bar Association
Year Joined Organization: 2008
Publications
It is impermissible for defendants in medical malpractice actions to utilize an expert who is linked to plaintiff's treating physicians.
Law Alerts · October 1, 2010
The plaintiff, who suffers from cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy and deafness, was born three months premature. The family of the minor plaintiff alleged that Camden's Cooper Hospital, along with nine physicians, failed to take appropriate measures..., Case Law Alert - 4th Qtr 2010