MARKS, O’NEILL, O’BRIEN & COURTNEY has been at the forefront of defense litigation for two decades representing the interests of corporations, carriers and individual clients in all areas of defense litigation. With offices in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Doylestown), New Jersey, Delaware, New York (New York City and Elmsford) and Maryland, we offer our clients the benefits of a regional approach to their litigation needs.
Our firm represents and vigorously defends parties involved in construction litigation from planning and design professionals to general contractors, landowners, manufacturers and subcontractors. We are also mindful of clients’ needs in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution and offer a full range of options to help resolve matters of all levels of complexity in a cost effective fashion.
We likewise defend corporations and self insureds in the complex field of product liability, toxic tort and environmental claims. This segment of practice includes medical devices, mass tort and landfill litigation. We have experience as National Coordinating Counsel and Regional Trial Counsel for several of our clients. We have developed effective, cost efficient methods of managing mass tort and catastrophic loss claims on a regional and national basis.
In the area of Professional Liability, we provide quality defense to our clients against malpractice claims on an individual, medical care facility and group practice level. Through seasoned, experienced trial attorneys, we aggressively defend against nursing home claims and behavioral health facility lawsuits. Our team of lawyers and paralegals are also dedicated to defending non-medical professionals in negligence claims including lawyers, accountants, insurance brokers, real estate agents and architects and engineers.
In the dynamic realm of Labor and Employment, we defend companies and their employees in a multitude of areas including sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. We also represent school districts and municipalities in the defense of civil rights and administrative claims.
In the Property and Casualty litigation sector we have unparalleled experience with numerous automobile carriers and self insureds in the defense of first party , third party and bad faith claims, as well as the prosecution of insurance fraud, and analysis of coverage issues. We also represent numerous entities against premises liability litigation including personal injury and property claims. We likewise defend companies against worker’s compensation claims.