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Orsini-Ford, Esq., Joan
Marshall Dennehey
Marshall Dennehey
2000 Market Street
Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-575-2656
Areas of Practice:
Health Care, Litigation, Medical Malpractice
Title:
Attorney
Practice Type:
Large Firm (Over 5 Lawyers)
Bio:
Joan Orsini Ford is a shareholder at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman and Goggin in the firm's King of Prussia Office where she focuses exclusively on medical malpractice litigation involving the defense of hospitals, doctors, nurses, physicians' assistants, nursing homes, long-term care facilities and behavioral health treatment facilities and other healthcare-related issues. Joan has handled in excess of 500 medical malpractice cases, including high-exposure cases involving catastrophic injuries and death and has taken more than 50 major jury cases to verdict in state and federal courts.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from LaSalle University in 1984, Joan attended Widener University where she earned her Juris Doctor in 1986. At Widener, she participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Her legal education also included courses at Notre Dame School of Law in London, England, and The Dickinson Law School in Florence, Italy. Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey in 1997, Joan was an Associate at O'Brien & Ryan for nine years where she also concentrated her practice in medical malpractice, primarily representing physicians.
Joan has lectured for various organizations over the course of her career, and has given presentations to nursing and medical staff at multiple hospitals on litigation related issues. She has served as an instructor in the firm's annual Advanced Trial Advocacy Mock Trial Program. She is an Associate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from LaSalle University in 1984, Joan attended Widener University where she earned her Juris Doctor in 1986. At Widener, she participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Her legal education also included courses at Notre Dame School of Law in London, England, and The Dickinson Law School in Florence, Italy. Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey in 1997, Joan was an Associate at O'Brien & Ryan for nine years where she also concentrated her practice in medical malpractice, primarily representing physicians.
Joan has lectured for various organizations over the course of her career, and has given presentations to nursing and medical staff at multiple hospitals on litigation related issues. She has served as an instructor in the firm's annual Advanced Trial Advocacy Mock Trial Program. She is an Associate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
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