Josie is a shareholder in the Casualty Department where she focuses her practice on personal injury, premises liability, product liability, retail liability, restaurant/bar liability, dram shop/liquor liability, automobile negligence, construction liability, and insurance coverage.
Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Josie served as a civil law clerk to the Honorable Thomas R. Vena. In this role, Josie was responsible for researching and writing memoranda for prerogative writs, orders to show cause, all summary judgment motions and motions with complex legal issues involving contracts, personal injury, medical malpractice and employment discrimination.
Josie received her juris doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2009. At Temple, she was a member the Rubin Public Interest Law Society and President of the Student Bar Association during her final year. Josie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005 from Lafayette College with a double major in english and government and law, graduating summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While in college, Josie was nominated by a member of the faculty to participate in the Excel Scholar program. There she had the distinct honor of co-authoring a book chapter on eyewitness confidence and accuracy for The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology.
Josie has devoted time and resources to nonprofit work, focusing on homelessness and immigration rights. As a legal intern for the Nationalities Service Center, she spent her time representing clients with asylum petitions. At the Homeless Advocacy Project, she represented clients with social security disability benefit matters and conducted legal clinics at shelters on topics such as social security and veteran's benefits, identification, and child custody and support.
Josie is admitted to practice in the states of New Jersey and New York.
Honors & Awards
•The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2021-2024)
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Published Works
•“How Do You Define Success? Four Women Lawyers Share Their Thoughts,” The Legal Intelligencer, October 15, 2024
•“Emerging Liability Theory Provides New Defense for Premises Cases - The Ongoing Storm Doctrine,” Defense Digest, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2019
Thought Leadership
Case Law Alerts
Trespasser Status Bars Recovery in Premises Liability Claim: Appellate Division Affirms Summary Judgment for Defendants
January 1, 2026
The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendants, including the Estate of Nancy Votra, Bank of New York Mellon, Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC and Cyprexx Services, LLC, in a premises liability action arising from injuries sustained during a property inspection. The property was subject to foreclosure proceedings, and warning signs indicated it was private and not open to entry. Nevertheless, the plaintiff, Konstantine Zografos, was injured when a step collapsed while he was inspecting the property on behalf of Noble Group, LLC.The trial court granted summary judgment to the estate, finding that Zografos entered the property without permission and was, therefore, a trespasser to whom the defendants owed only a limited duty of care. That reasoning was later extended to all remaining defendants.On appeal, the plaintiffs argued that summary judgment was premature and that factual disputes existed regarding Zografos’s legal status on the property and the foreseeability of his presence.The Appellate Division rejected these arguments, holding that Zografos was a trespasser as a matter of law and that the defendants owed only a duty to refrain from willful injury. The court found no evidence of willful injury or prior knowledge of trespassers, noting that the estate had posted no trespassing signs after eviction proceedings. The court also concluded that additional discovery would not have altered the outcome, affirming summary judgment in full.
Case Law Alerts
New Jersey Supreme Court Holds One-Year Statute of Limitations for Defamation Also Applies to False Light Claims
October 1, 2025
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the one-year statute of limitations for defamation claims equally applies to false light claims. Due to the similarities between these causes of action, along with practical concerns and First Amendment protections, the court held that false light claims must be governed by the same one-year time limit as defamation cases. Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, October 2025 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers. This publication is not intended to provide legal advice for a specific situation or to create an attorney-client relationship. Copyright 2025 Marshall Dennehey, all rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted without the express written permission of our firm.
