Holli K. Archer

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Biography

Holli is a member of the Health Care Department, concentrating her practice on the defense of health care practitioners and medical providers against all manner of medical malpractice suits. Her clients include physicians, dentists, oral surgeons, podiatrists, chiropractors, cardiologists, and their practice groups. Her experience also includes representing hospitals in cases involving complex issues of medical malpractice, in addition to slip and fall suits.

Holli handles licensure matters before State Boards of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing. In addition, she has argued numerous pleadings and motions on behalf of her clients.

While attending law school at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, Holli held various leadership positions for the Association of Women Law Students, including social chair and vice president. Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Holli worked for a regional defense litigation law firm where she was selected to serve as a member of the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion.

Honors & awards

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law
2026

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Health Care Law
2024-2026

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star
2024-2025

Year joined

2021

Results

SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Second chaired a trial where a defense verdict was obtained in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a podiatrist. The plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action claiming that the podiatrist removed too much bone from the plaintiff’s right fifth toe during an arthroplasty procedure. The jury trial lasted three days and the jury returned a verdict in approximately two hours.

Secured dismissals for multiple dentists and their practice groups in malpractice cases brought by plaintiffs in Magisterial Court.

Successfully defended doctors, dentists, and nurses in Board licensure matters, where State Boards have found there was no cause to proceed with formal actions against her clients.

Thought Leadership

Marshall Dennehey Announces 2026 Shareholder Class and Special Counsel Promotions

December 15, 2025
Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been elected shareholders of the firm effective Jan. 1, 2026. Additionally, two attorneys have been promoted from associate to special counsel.

98 Marshall Dennehey Attorneys Recognized in the 2026 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

August 20, 2025
Marshall Dennehey is proud to highlight the firm’s 98 attorneys who have been recognized in the 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Less than 6% of all practicing lawyers in the U.S.

Precedential Opinion: Superior Court of Pennsylvania Upholds the Enforceability of a Venue-Selection Clause in the Context of a Medical Malpractice Case

Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
August 5, 2025
Hospitals may once again be able to control where a patient brings a medical malpractice claim through a venue-selection agreement entered into with their patients. Legal Updates for Health Care Liability - August 5, 2025

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.

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.

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Areas of Practice (1)

  • Health Care Liability

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Scranton, B.A., cum laude, 2013
Law School Attended:
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, J.D., 2016
Year of First Admission:
2016
Admission:
2016, Pennsylvania; 2021, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2021, U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
Memberships:

Associations & memberships

Luzerne County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association

Reported Cases:
SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS: Second chaired a trial where a defense verdict was obtained in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a podiatrist. The plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action claiming that the podiatrist removed too much bone from the plaintiff's right fifth toe during an arthroplasty procedure. The jury trial lasted three days and the jury returned a verdict in approximately two hours.; Secured dismissals for multiple dentists and their practice groups in malpractice cases brought by plaintiffs in Magisterial Court.; Successfully defended doctors, dentists, and nurses in Board licensure matters, where State Boards have found there was no cause to proceed with formal actions against her clients.; Published Works: 'General Admissibility of Relevant Evidence,' 'Character Evidence; Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts,' and 'Methods of Proving Character,' Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence, 2024, Contributing Author; 'Federal Court Cautions Lawyers on Pleading Affirmative Defenses,' Defense Digest, Vol. 27, No. 4, September 2021; 'Advanced Directives and Incapacity: When Should a Person's Wishes Be Overridden?,' Burns White Insights, October 2019; CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT; Cross Examination and Settlement Tactics, Marshall Dennehey CLE Program, February 5, 2024
ISLN:
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