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Matthew S. Schorr

Chairman, Board of Directors

Director, Casualty Department

MSSchorr@mdwcg.com

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Marshall Dennehey Casualty Department Leader Matthew S. Schorr Elected to Firm’s Executive Committee

December 16, 2024

Marshall Dennehey announced today that, per his election at the firm’s annual Shareholder Meeting on Dec. 10, Matthew S. Schorr, Director of the Casualty Department and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, will replace retiring firm leader Howard P. Dwoskin on the firm’s three-person Executive Committee effective Jan. 1, 2025. Schorr joins longtime Marshall Dennehey President & CEO, G. Mark Thompson, and Craig S. Hudson, Director of the firm’s Professional Liability Department, on the committee.

“Matt brings a wealth of experience and insight to this executive leadership position,” said Thompson. “He was a named partner in his own firm before joining us and served nine years as assistant director of the Casualty Department, our firm’s largest legal department, under Howard before ascending to director. Over the past decade I have worked closely with him and observed his abilities as an outstanding attorney, leader, and problem-solver. Craig and I have every confidence that Marshall Dennehey will benefit from Matt’s contributions as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.”

Schorr is a distinguished litigator with deep expertise in premises, restaurant/bar, maritime, medical malpractice, community association, and other liability matters. A Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he joined the firm’s Roseland, NJ, office in 2008 and rapidly advanced to key leadership roles, serving as Regional Managing Attorney of the Casualty Department for the firm’s northern New Jersey and New York offices. In 2015, he was appointed Assistant Director of the department and ascended to Director in January 2024, where he is responsible for the oversight and management of more than 250 lawyers. 

Hudson has served as a Senior Vice President of the firm and member of the Board of Directors since 2015. Elected to the Executive Committee in 2021, he will replace Dwoskin as Chairman of the firm’s Board of Directors. During his 31-year tenure at the firm, Hudson held numerous management roles in the firm’s Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale offices before becoming Director of the Professional Liability Department in 2021. 

Dwoskin joined Marshall Dennehey as an associate in 1987 and devoted his professional life to the firm. He was appointed Assistant Director of the Casualty Department in 2002 and became Director in 2014. He was elected to the Executive Committee in 2018 and succeeded Christopher Dougherty in 2020 as Chairman of the Board of Directors. 

“It’s hard to imagine Marshall Dennehey without Howard Dwoskin” said Thompson. He’s a fixture here and we owe a lot of our successes to his decades-long commitment to the firm. He’ll be missed.” 

Matthew S. Schorr

Firm Highlights

Event

Pennsylvania Appellate Update 2025-2026

On August 21, 2026, Casey will serve as a panelist for the live webcast program, “Pennsylvania Appellate Update 2025-2026” presented by the Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Institute. The program is divided into three parts—Criminal, Civil, and Administrative. Casey will serve as a panelist for the Civil portion, along with Christina McKinley of Blank Rome, Ben Baer of Injury Law Partners, John Masslon of Keller Postman, Jonathan Bruno of Bruno Litigation LLC, and moderator, Ezza Ahmed of Buchanan Ingersoll.  Registration and more information: https://www.pbi.org/product/pennsylvania-appellate-update-2025-2026/

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Result

Defense Verdict in Complex Medical Malpractice Trial

Result

Summary Judgment Secured, Preserving $750,000 in Coverage for Insured in Major Trucking Liability Dispute

Ray Freudiger and Michael A. Roberts (both of Cincinnati) successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of their client in a coverage dispute arising from a May 19, 2022, motor vehicle accident. A permissive driver operated a box truck for an interstate trucking company and caused severe injuries to two tort victims. Prior to the accident, the insured had procured a commercial auto policy for the trucking company with stated limits of $1,000,000. Following the accident, the insurer initiated a declaratory judgment action asserting that only reduced bodily injury limits of $25,000/$50,000 applied and later counterclaimed, alleging it would not have insured the driver had he been properly submitted for approval under the policy. After extensive discovery, briefing, and oral argument, the court rejected the insurer’s attempt to shift responsibility for the $750,000 in coverage it was legally required to provide for permissive drivers under Ohio law, granting summary judgment in favor of the insured and preserving $750,000 in liability exposure.

Thought Leadership

Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Legal Malpractice Counterclaim Against Martin Law Firm

In Martin v. Loury, 2026 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1617 (App. Div. July 15, 2026), Martin Law Firm represented Kirk Loury in an employment matter Mr. Loury filed against his former employer, Concord Equity Group Advisors LLC (“Concord”). The allegations included, among other things, that Loury was not fairly compensated for his employment with Concord. After a bench trial finding in Loury’s favor, the Appellate Division remanded this matter in February 2016 for a second trial. During the second trial, Concord CEO, Lee Argush, testified to lower compensation estimate than first trial. On remand, the second trial judge awarded Mr. Loury the same damages as the first judge, finding Mr. Argush not credible. After the findings during the second trial, Martin Law Firm filed an action against Mr. Loury to recover legal fees and costs of representing Mr. Loury in a second bench trial and Mr. Loury filed a counterclaim against Martin Law Firm for legal malpractice, alleging he should have received an even higher award in the second bench trial. In this allegation, Mr. Loury, through his expert, claimed that Martin Law Firm should have recalled Mr. Loury to the stand to rebut Mr. Argush’s testimony to allege an alternative theory of damages. Mr. Loury’s expert admitted that the second judge already rejected Mr. Argush's theory and accepted Loury's damages theory. The trial court barred Mr. Loury’s expert and dismissed Loury's counterclaim with prejudice before convening the collection trial, and the jury ruled in Martin Law Firm’s favor. Mr. Loury appealed the trial court's pretrial rulings barring his liability expert from testifying in support of his legal malpractice counterclaim, denying his motion for summary judgment on that counterclaim, and denying his motion to amend his counterclaim by adding attorney Joseph A. Martin as a codefendant. In affirming the trial court’s decision, the Appellate Division held that the trial court properly excluded Loury’s expert testimony in the counterclaim against Martin Law Firm because the expert could not explain how calling Loury as a rebuttal witness would have increased damages when the second judge already rejected Mr. Argush's testimony and accepted Loury's damages theory, making the expert’s causation opinion speculative. The Appellate Division also held that the trial court properly denied Mr. Loury's summary judgment motion on his malpractice counterclaim because reasonable minds could differ on whether Mr. Martin's alleged failures would have changed the second judge's damages award, given the judge already found Mr. Argush not credible, creating genuine factual disputes precluding summary judgment. Also, the Appellate Division held that the trial court properly denied Loury's May 2023 motion to add Joseph Martin individually because the statute of limitations expired in February 2022, six years after the 2016 appellate remand when Mr. Loury incurred new legal costs, and relation back did not apply because Mr. Loury knew Mr. Martin's identity throughout and strategically chose to sue only Martin Law Firm in his 2019 counterclaim.

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Marshall Dennehey Announces 2026 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Thought Leadership

A Unified, Single Claim for Damages Requires Apportionment in a Joint Proposal: What the Decision in 'Trace Elements' Means for Property Insurance Claims

Kimberly and Seth, shareholders in the Insurance Services Practice in our Fort Lauderdale office, break down the Florida Supreme Court's decision in 'Trace Elements v. MacKensen' and what it means for property insurance claims in the state. Read the article here.

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Marshall Dennehey Names Carolyn Schweizer New Philadelphia Office Managing Attorney

Jason Banonis Holds PDI Attorney of the Year Award with the PDI President

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Jason Banonis Named Attorney of the Year by the Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Thought Leadership

Fla. Workers' Comp Physician Dispensing Ruling Could Produce New Legislative Fight

In a significant decision issued on February 25, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal (DCA) ruled in Publix Super Markets, Inc., et al. v. Department of Financial Services, et al., 430 So. 3d 252 (Fla. 1st DCA 2026), that while injured workers have an absolute right to choose their own pharmacy or pharmacist, that right does not extend to physicians who dispense medications directly to their patients.  Read Blake's article in Insurance Journal: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/05/880229.htm. 

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Result

Summary Judgment Secured for Life Insurance Agent