Patrick T. Reilly

Shareholder at Marshall Dennehey
Union Trust Building, 501 Grant Street, Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Patrick T. Reilly is an associate with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin. His practice is a broad one, handling various types of casualty and general liability matters on behalf of both insured and self-insured clients. He has significant experience in the areas of liquor liability, premises liability, motor vehicle warranty, and consumer fraud. He has also assisted in product liability, construction, automobile, professional liability and employment matters.
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Patrick manages the firm’s asbestos and toxic tort practice in western Pennsylvania. His practice includes serving as local counsel, trial counsel and national coordinating counsel for various insured and self-insured product manufacturers. Additionally, he represents both major corporate clients and small businesses in product liability, toxic tort and complex environmental and commercial litigation, including defending talc, asbestos, and negligence claims.

In addition to his work in toxic tort defense, Patrick is a member of the firm’s Casualty Department. In this capacity he defends all types of general and commercial liability cases, ranging from product liability cases to fall downs. He has worked defending bars and restaurants in both general liability and liquor liability matters for more than ten years.

Patrick also continues to represent automobile manufacturers, car dealerships, and automobile service facilities in claims made for breach of warranty, fraud, unfair trade practices and negligence.

Patrick has both jury and non-jury trial experience. He has tried hundreds of cases within the Commonwealth's Compulsory Arbitration system.

Honors & awards

The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
2024-2026

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star
2013-2021

Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition, Ally-Ready Training Program, 2021

Year joined

2005

Results

Claims Against Bar/Restaurant Dismissed in Dram Shop Action

Hospitality & Liquor Liability
September 24, 2024

The plaintiff spent the afternoon at our client’s restaurant/bar before driving ten minutes to his local Country Club to continue celebrating his birthday. Ninety minutes after he arrived at the Club, he fell down the stairs and suffered a severe brain injury. His Blood Alcohol Content was roughly three times the legal limit. The plaintiff had previously worked as a high-end custom wood finisher but is now unable to see color, among having other deficits, and he is alleged to be fully disabled.

Thought Leadership

On the Pulse...Navigating the New Era of Dram Shop Liability: Marshall Dennehey’s Hospitality & Liquor Liability Practice Group Steps Forward

Pittsburgh
Mount Laurel
Hospitality & Liquor Liability
September 1, 2025
Dram shop liability, or liquor liability, is civil liability-typically for bars and restaurants-for personal injuries arising out of service of alcohol to either a minor or a visibly-intoxicated patron. And it is quite the hot topic these days. Defense Digest, Vol. 31, No.

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August 20, 2025
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Protecting Your Bar From Claims in the Wake of ‘Mortimer’

Pittsburgh
Hospitality & Liquor Liability
February 15, 2023

Employers (Still) Not Liable for Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Employees

Pittsburgh
Hospitality & Liquor Liability
February 10, 2022

Assessing the Risk of Takeout Alcohol Under the Pa. Dram Shop Law

Pittsburgh
Hospitality & Liquor Liability
February 17, 2021

Classes/Seminars Taught

Serving Safely: Navigating Liquor Liability in Hospitality, Marshall Dennehey Client Webinar, September 16, 2025

Liquor Liability: The Do’s and Don’ts, Marshall Dennehey Client Event, August 2025

Serving Safely: Navigating Liquor Liability in Hospitality, Marshall Dennehey Client Webinar, May 28, 2025

Serving Safely: Navigating Liquor Liability in Hospitality, Marshall Dennehey Client Webinar, February 25, 2025

Liquor Liability Do’s and Don’ts: Implementing a Safe Alcohol Service Program for Resorts, Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, November 14, 2024

Liquor Liability: The Do’s and Don’ts, Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, August 2024

Pursuing and Defending Attorney Fee Claims, Allegheny County Bar Association, Pittsburgh, PA, August 30, 2022

The New Marketing Tool-Creating a Podcast that People Want to Hear, Pennsylvania Defense Institute (PDI) 2021 Annual Conference, Bedford Springs, PA., July 16, 2021

Defending Liquor Liability and Hospitality Claims, “On a Roll” Podcast with Nichole Perzel, produced by W.N. Tuscano Agency, March, 2021

What's Trending in Liquor Law? Help Your Bars and Restaurants Mitigate Their Risk, Marshall Dennehey Client Presentation, February 9th, 2021

Voir Dire and Jury Selection in 2020, Allegheny County Bar Association Civil Litigation Section - Webinar, August 18, 2020

Liquor Law and Insurance Needs: Risk Management for Bars and Restaurants, Client Hospitality & Liquor Lines Team Virtual Conference, June 18, 2020

PENNSYLVANIA Liquor Law AND Insurance Needs: Risk Management for Bars and Restaurants, Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, January 13, 2020

Voir Dire and Jury Selection in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, December 4, 2019

Civil Litigation Skills Training - Conducting Voir Dire in Allegheny County, Allegheny County Bar Association Civil Litigation Section, April 8, 2019

Jury Selection Process in the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Women’s Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania, June 21, 2018

Civil Litigation Skills Training - Conducting Voir Dire in Allegheny County, Allegheny County Bar Association Civil Litigation Section, April 5, 2018

Discoverability and Proper Use of Claim Notes, Marshall Dennehey Client Seminar, October 2011

Product Liability
Hospitality and Liquor Liability
Automobile Liability
Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation
Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
General Liability

University Attended:

Saint Joseph's University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2003

Law School Attended:

Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, J.D., 2006

Year of First Admission:

2006

Admission:

2006, Pennsylvania; 2006, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Memberships:

Associations & memberships

Allegheny County Bar Association
Northside Common Ministries, Advisory Board Member (2013 - 2019)
Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition: Retention Committee Member, 2021 - Present; Survey Committee Member, 2022 - Present

Reported Cases:

Significant Representative Matters: Obtained voluntary dismissal of a dram shop death case where he was able to prove prior to the filing of a complaint that plaintiff's decedent was intoxicated as a result of liquor contained within his home, rather than alcohol allegedly purchased at the client's bar.; Prepared successful Motion for Summary Judgment in a conveyor belt death case in which we represented the company who purchased the assets of the bankrupt corporation which manufactured the conveyor belt at issue.; Prepared successful Motion for Judgment on the pleadings in a death case on behalf of a methadone clinic. Plaintiff's theory was that plaintiff's decedent was killed by a driver who had been either improperly treated at the methadone clinic or had been improperly permitted to drive following treatment. He successfully argued that no duty exists to a third party motorist under such circumstances under Pennsylvania law.; Has handled well over 50 compulsory arbitration cases in counties throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.; Has utilized ADR when appropriate, referring a number of cases to mediation where appropriate.; Has assisted in the handling of numerous cases against bars filed by plaintiffs who alleged improper service of alcohol, either to themselves or to other patrons. These cases have involved fatal motor vehicle accidents, assaults, suicide and other significant and serious injuries.; Published Works: 'Protecting Your Bar From Claims in the Wake of 'Mortimer', The Legal Intelligencer Liquor Law Supplement, February 15, 2023; 'Employers (Still) Not Liable For Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Employees,' The Legal Intelligencer Liquor Law Supplement, February 10, 2022; 'Assessing the Risk of Takeout Alcohol Under the Pa. Dram Shop Law,' The Legal Intelligencer Liquor Law Supplement, February 17, 2021; 'Should Mandatory Liquor Liability Insurance Be in PA's Future?' The Legal Intelligencer Liquor Law Supplement, February 25, 2020; 'Compulsory Arbitration Useful in Small-Exposure Cases,' The Legal Intelligencer ADR Supplement, January 20, 2015; 'Don't Bother Trying to Fix It, We'll Just File Suit!,' Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012; 'Substituted Judgment: Does Pennsylvania Law Provide an Appropriate Standard for Withdrawal of Life Support in Non-terminal Patients?' Duquesne Law Review, Volume 44, Spring 2006

ISLN:

919034509

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