Matthew S. Schorr, Esq. Email & Phone Number

Matthew is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and serves as Director of the Casualty Department, the largest of the firm’s four legal departments. As Director, he is responsible for administrative oversight and management of the more than 250 lawyers who comprise the department among the firm's 19 offices. An experienced litigator with a broad legal background gained from working at specialized firms in New York and New Jersey, Matthew brings the perspective of having defended individuals, insurance companies, and major corporations in complex litigations within a variety of practice areas.Matthew joined Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin as a shareholder in June of 2008. He and his litigation team routinely handle high-exposure cases in the fields of premises liability, product liability, restaurant/bar liability, marine, inland marine, construction accidents, automobile, insurance coverage, condominium/community association law, medical malpractice and subrogation.Based upon his experience, skill, and effectiveness at trial, Matthew has been Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, an achievement attained by less than two percent of lawyers in New Jersey. He has 10 published opinions and has argued before the Supreme Court of New Jersey on multiple occasions. Matthew began his career at Donovan, Parry, Walsh & Repetto in New York where he handled a variety of challenging matters involving Jones Act seaman claims, insurance coverage disputes, hull and cargo liability actions, consumer fraud, premises liability, subrogation, product liability, and various commercial cases. In 1996, Matthew joined the defense firm of McDonough, Korn & Eichhorn where he was made partner in 1999. During his 12 years there, he managed and helped the firm develop maritime, insurance, community association law, and casualty practices. He became a seasoned trial lawyer taking dozens of malpractice and casualty cases to trial with a success rate of approximately 95 percent.Specialties: Restaurant/Bar LiabilityAdmiralty and Maritime LitigationInland MarineConstruction AccidentsCondominium/Community Association LawMedical MalpracticeSubrogationCo-chair, Maritime Litigation Practice GroupCertified Civil Trial Attorney, New Jersey Supreme CourtProctor in Admiralty

Listed skills include Product Liability, Litigation, Civil Litigation, Public Liability, and 15 others.