Jim is a member of the Professional Liability Department where he focuses his practice in municipal liability, civil rights law, commercial litigation, homeowners' association litigation, as well as the defense of architects and engineers and various professionals in errors and omissions cases.
Throughout his career he has concentrated in civil litigation representing businesses in various commercial matters, premises liability and products liability matters. He also has experience advising clients with respect to employment issues as well as businesses’ engagements and interactions with independent contractors. Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, he represented clients in various professional liability matters, including construction and legal malpractice.
Jim earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Business Administration of Fordham University and graduated cum laude from the Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. After completing law school, he clerked for the Hon. Irvin J. Snyder in the Superior Court of New Jersey.
Jim is involved in the local legal community, previously serving as a Board Member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Lackawanna County Bar Association since 2015, most recently as President in 2021. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania State Courts, as well as in the United States District Court for both the Middle and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Honors & awards
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star
2020
Year joined
2023
Thought Leadership
Getting the Gist: The Evolution and Application of Pennsylvania’s Gist of the Action Doctrine in Legal Malpractice Actions
Scranton
Lawyers' Professional Liability
June 1, 2025
Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 31, No.
To Read or Not to Read (Insurance Policies)? That Is the Question
Scranton
Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
August 1, 2024
The rule throughout the Commonwealth has long been that an insured’s failure to read the language of an insurance policy does not prohibit them from relying on the representations of an insurance agent in securing insurance. Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers, August 2024, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey.
