Butler Buchanan

About Butler Buchanan

I oversee the operations, functions and initiatives of Marshall Dennehey\'s 130-attorney…

Experience

1. Senior Counsel Managing Attorney, Philadelphia, Pa Office Chair, De & i Committee Hiring Attorney

   Marshall Dennehey

   Jan 1999 — Present

   A former Bucks County Deputy District Attorney, I was engaged in private practice with a defense litigation firm before joining Marshall Dennehey\'s Professional Liability Department in In that capacity, I devoted a significant portion of my practice to the defense of insurance agents and brokers, securities dealers and attorneys. I also handled environmental and insurance coverage matters, in addition to generic insurance defense work.I was promoted to Hiring Attorney in 2003; to lead the Diversity Committee in 2009; and as Philadelphia Office Managing Attorney in 2014. During my tenure with the firm, I have also served two terms on Marshall Dennehey\'s Board of Directors.I am active in a number of legal and insurance organizations and am currently a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. I am active in the Philadelphia Bar Association where I have served as Co-Chair of the State-Civil Litigation Committee and as a member of the Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention. I am currently a member of the Large Law Firm Management Committee and a member of its Board of Governors. I am a current member and a past president of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel and I serve on the Board of Directors of the Insurance Society of Philadelphia. I am also a member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Defense Research Institute, where I have served on its Board of Directors.

Education

• Duquesne University School of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  1976 — 1979

• Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), cum laude

  1972 — 1976

Skills

• Commercial Litigation
• Trials
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Insurance
• Courts
• Civil Litigation