Audrey L. Copeland

Audrey Copeland, who joined the firm in 1986, is a member of the Post-Trial Appellate Advocacy Practice Group. She concentrates her practice in the state and federal appellate courts and has litigated matters involving a wide range of substantive and procedural issues including professional liability, civil rights claims, land use, coverage, medical malpractice, products liability, workers' compensation and premises liability.

Honors & awards

AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
2018-2019

Year joined

1986

Results

Successful resolution of premises liability action.

General Liability
July 25, 2019

We successfully tried a premises liability action to a defense verdict in favor of a resident’s association in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, and also successfully defended against the plaintiff’s appeal. The plaintiff, who was a community resident (formerly married to a unit owner but not an owner herself), claimed that she tripped and fell on a tree branch on common area steps at night as a result of a burned out PECO-owned lamp, and that the Association failed to ensure that the light was fixed.

Appellate Decision Renews Viability of Course and Scope Defense in Workers’ Compensation

Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice
April 21, 2016

Marshall Dennehey’s appellate and workers’ compensation team successfully defended a major Pennsylvania transportation authority in the four-year litigation of a claim petition arising out of an altercation between the claimant, a bus driver, and a bus patron. The claim was first brought before the Workers’ Compensation Judge and the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, garnering a finding that the claimant was not in the course and scope of employment at the time of the altercation. Our appellate attorneys handled the appeal before the Commonwealth Court of

Thought Leadership

Did the Commonwealth Court Decide the Retroactive Effect of Protz?

Harrisburg
Workers Compensation
October 12, 2017

‘Protz’: Problems for Practitioners and Politicians

King of Prussia
Workers Compensation
August 17, 2017

Special Workers Compensation Alert - What Now? A Protz Primer

King of Prussia
Workers Compensation
July 18, 2017
by Audrey J. Copeland, Esq. & Francis X. Wickersham, Esq. This Special Alert has been prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.

On the Pulse...Marshall Dennehey Is Happy to Celebrate Our Recent Appellate Victories*

King of Prussia
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice
June 1, 2017
Defense Digest, Vol. 23, No. 2, June 2017

Land Use Litigation - Trends, Exposures and Moral Hazards

Roseland
King of Prussia
Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
September 1, 2016
By Howard Mankoff, Esq. and Audrey Copeland, Esq.*Key Points:

Classes/Seminars Taught

In a Pickle: The Implications of Protz, Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 19, 2017