Daniel defends clients in all areas of civil litigation, ranging from individuals, to owners of small businesses, to major corporations. Daniel's primary focus in his practice is defending physicians and other health care providers, as well as physician's offices, nursing homes, outpatient centers, hospitals and health systems in all types of litigation matters. He is routinely consulted outside of formal litigation to implement best practices and to identify issues and potential areas of liability. If a lawsuit is initiated against his clients, Daniel works closely with them to defend against the claims, identify end goals and craft an effective strategy to reach them.
In addition to his clients in the health care industry, Daniel also defends corporations in multi-party, catastrophic injury cases in the general casualty, product liability, construction injury, dram shop and premises liability fields.
Working with a team of accomplished trial attorneys, Daniel has handled every stage of litigation from routinely drafting successful dispositive motions that dismiss his clients entirely from lawsuits to vigorously questioning adverse parties on the stand at trial.
Daniel received his undergraduate degree in English from the Pennsylvania State University in 2010. He went on to attend the Widener University School of Law, now Delaware Law School, in Wilmington, Delaware, where he graduated magna cum laude with a certification in trial advocacy. Daniel was an active participant in many societies and organizations while pursuing his juris doctor. He served as the copy editor for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. He competed in the Allegheny County Academy of Trial Lawyers annual mock trial invitational as a member of Widener's civil trial team. Daniel also participated in the Veterans Law Clinic, counseling retired military members and their families and representing veterans' interests in appeals before the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Honors & awards
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star
2023-2025
Year joined
2012
Thought Leadership
Marshall Dennehey Announces 2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
May 22, 2025
Thirty-three attorneys across Marshall Dennehey's five Pennsylvania offices have been selected to the 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine.
Attorney’s Representation of Treating Physician Prohibits Ex Parte Communication When the Attorney’s Firm Already Represents a Named Defendant
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
September 1, 2024
Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 30, No.
Marshall Dennehey Announces 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
May 17, 2024
Twenty-eight attorneys across Marshall Dennehey's six Pennsylvania offices have been selected to the 2024 edition of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine.
New Guidance from Pennsylvania’s Superior Court for Establishing Factual Basis to Transfer Venue
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
October 17, 2023
Since the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s August 25, 2022, order changed the venue rules in medical malpractice cases-from requiring that cases be filed “only in a county in which the cause of action arose” to applying the same venue standards tha Legal Updates for Health Care Liability - October 17, 2023, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey.
Marshall Dennehey Announces 2023 Shareholder Class - Largest in Firm's 60-Year History
December 8, 2022
Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that 20 attorneys, 12 men and eight women, have been elevated to shareholder effective January 1, 2023.
CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT
An Update on Venue Transfer Practice in Philadelphia, Marshall Dennehey Trends in Health Care and Health Law Seminar, May 9, 2024
Publications
“A Law Firm Defending a Named Physician Cannot Also Represent a Non-Party Treating Physician for Purposes of a Subpoenaed Deposition,” Defense Digest, Vol. 28, No. 12, December 2022
'Consider Retaining Multiple Experts to Opine on the Standard of Care to Increase Your Chances of Securing a Defense Verdict,' Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2016
Case Law Alerts, regular contributor, 2015-present
'Advice For Attorneys Starting Their First 'Real' Law Firm Job,' The Legal Intelligencer, April 3, 2014
Pro Bono Activities
Veteran's Law Clinic at Widener University School of Law
AV Preeminent®: The highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him
or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
