Six attorneys from Marshall Dennehey’s Mount Laurel and Roseland, New Jersey offices have been selected to the 2027 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected as Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent are selected for Super Lawyer Rising Stars. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection-process/. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
2027 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Robert T. Evers, Personal Injury: Medical Malpractice Defense (Roseland). As the supervising attorney for the Health Care Department, Robert focuses his practice on medical malpractice, hospital liability, nursing home liability and state board disciplinary actions. He has handled hundreds of medical malpractice actions and has represented physicians, nurses and physical therapists at state board disciplinary hearings. He has successfully obtained favorable trial verdicts in medical negligence and wrongful death cases, including matters involving anesthesiology, radiology, dental, emergency medicine, orthopedics, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and general/vascular surgery.
Justin F. Johnson, Personal Injury: Medical Malpractice Defense (Roseland). Justin practices in medical malpractice, nursing home liability, and state board disciplinary matters. A licensed pharmacist in Iowa and Illinois, he brings deep knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, physiology, and anatomy to the firm’s Health Care Liability Practice Group. He has handled several hundred medical malpractice cases and tried nearly 120, with 90% resulting in defense verdicts and roughly 30 concluding with verdicts or mid‑trial settlements far below the demands. His work includes representing numerous physicians and pharmacists in disciplinary proceedings and securing favorable outcomes in high‑exposure cases involving limb loss, organ injury, wrongful birth, and wrongful death, as well as representing a physician in the Ortho Evra patch mass litigation.
2027 New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Stars
Stacey R. Gorin, Creditor Debtor Rights (Mount Laurel). Stacey is a member of the Professional Liability Department where she focuses her practice on the defense of public entities, public officials, municipal and county governments, and school districts in the areas of civil rights and employment law. She represents and advises clients in matters involving civil rights, labor and employment, special education, student discipline, and compliance with the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, and the School Ethics Act. Stacey also litigates employment, labor, and civil rights claims before governmental agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.
Nataliana A. Guida, Personal Injury: Medical Malpractice Defense (Roseland). Nataliana (Talia) devotes her practice to medical malpractice litigation, defending the interests of physicians, dentists, nurses, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and institutions. Talia is also experienced in handling licensing and disciplinary board matters. She is a member of the New Jersey State and Bergen County Bar Associations.
Kiara K. Hartwell, Workers’ Compensation (Mount Laurel). As a member of the Workers' Compensation Department, Kiara devotes the entirety of her practice to workers' compensation litigation on behalf of employers, insurance carriers and self-insureds. She authors the New Jersey updates for the firm’s monthly newsletter, What's Hot In Workers' Comp, and she has been published in CLM Magazine. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Executive Committee, a group charged with studying and developing beneficial changes in the administration and procedures pertaining to workers' compensation.
Kimberlin L. Ruiz, Professional Liability Defense (Roseland). Kimberlin is a member of the firm's Professional Liability Department and focuses her practice on the defense of attorneys, accountants, insurance producers, real estate professionals, public entities, corporate directors and officers, and financial institutions, among other clients. She is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.
