Attorney Profiles

Michelle L. Wilson began employment with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin while still in law school and joined the firm as an associate upon her graduation with honors in 1995. She practiced in the firm's New Jersey office through December 2000, when she transferred to practice in our Pennsylvania offices. Primarily, her practice has concentrated on the defense of legal malpractice, medical and nursing home malpractice, other professional liability, and premises liability claims.

Michelle has prepared the defense of over 100 medical malpractice cases, as well as numerous matters in other practice areas. She has represented a number of hospitals, physicians and their practices, as well as nurses, physicians' assistants, and physical therapists in health care liability matters.

On numerous occasions, she successfully protected documents under the Peer Review Protection and Patient Safety Acts.

In most of the medical malpractice cases she was involved in, she coordinated with multiple experts to direct a comprehensive defense on the issues of liability, causation, and damages in order to achieve success either through verdict or settlement.

Michelle is a graduate of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following her graduation, she worked in sales for the transportation industry before returning to attend Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, New Jersey. There, she served as a lead editor for the Rutgers Law Journal.

Michelle devotes time to the Lower Nazareth PTA and is a coach for the Nazareth Soccer Club.