Ronald M. Puntil, Attorney

Ronald M. Puntil Jr. joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin as a shareholder in 2005 after practicing with his own firm for 19 years. He focuses his practice on the defense of physicians and other healthcare providers, as well as representing employers and insurance carriers in workers' compensation claims.

Ron has represented a large number of physicians and long term care facilities. He has also defended employers in several hundred workers' compensation cases. He has taken over 60 cases to trial, all of which were tried to a jury. He has obtained at least 54 defense verdicts, while five of his cases ended in a verdict or settlement significantly below the settlement demands. He has also tried several products liability cases to verdict, as well as several premises liability cases to verdict.

In workers' compensation matters, Ron has represented the manufacturer of rail cars in hundreds of cases.

He successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a methadone clinic in two cases involving death and significant injuries sustained by a patient of the clinic who struck another vehicle after receiving treatment at the methadone clinic. This is believed to be a case of first impression in Pennsylvania.

Ron attended Villanova University and graduated cum laude with a degree in Economics. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1984 and has been in the active practice of defense litigation since that time.

Ron has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2006, 2009 and 2010 in the area of Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Defense.

He devotes a significant amount of time to being a coach for Mustang baseball, as well as a Den Leader for Pack 36 Cub Scouts.