Overview
Faculty
Josh J. T. Byrne, Esq.
Josh is a member of the Professional Liability Department at Marshall Dennehey, P.C. where he co-chairs the firm’s Disciplinary Board Representation Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on representing and defending professionals in a variety of professional liability matters, and regularly represents attorneys in legal malpractice, wrongful use of civil proceedings and disciplinary matters. He also represents many other types of professionals in the federal and state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and before disciplinary boards. Josh has devoted his legal career to the protection of professionals and is highly regarded in this arena throughout the state. He is the former chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Professional Liability Committee; co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Professional Responsibility and Professional Guidance Committees; and is an active member of Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Ethics Committee. He is also a co-chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Amicus Brief Committee. Josh is a former Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He serves as a Zone One delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates and as a Judge Pro Temp for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. A prolific writer, Josh publishes extensively on malpractice avoidance and authors a recurring column in The Legal Intelligencer on professional liability topics. He frequently presents to legal and business organizations throughout Pennsylvania on professional liability themes. He graduated with a dual major in Political Science and Japanese Studies From Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. After college, he worked for two years as a coordinator for international relations in Chiba, Japan. He then obtained his juris doctor from Rutgers University School of Law. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for professional competence and has been recognized by “Best Lawyers in America” for Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants, and as a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer.”

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