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G. Jay Habas serves as the Managing Attorney of the Erie office of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin. The areas of the law he is most active in are employment law, workers' compensation and professional liability. To date, he has represented employers in litigation and employment matters in over 300 cases. He has handled over 1,000 workers' compensation cases and defended professional liability cases for 25 years.
Jay has represented small, medium and large businesses, service agencies, and public entities in employment-related litigation at administrative proceedings and in state and federal courts. He is also experienced in employment law matters on behalf of employers, including cases involving civil rights, discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour violations and workers' compensation. He has also represented insurance agents and brokers, real estate professionals, attorneys, accountants and health care professionals in professional liability claims.
Jay has taken 10 cases to trial, all of which were tried to a jury. He obtained eight defense verdicts, and the other cases ended in a verdict or settlement favorable to his clients.
He has spoken on employment- and litigation-related topics to various industry, professional and employer groups. Recently, Jay organized and lead the discussion at a very successful Workers’ Compensation Seminar in Erie for clients involving more than 75 attendees and speakers on various workers’ compensation and related employment topics. He is the co-author of the firm’s monthly publication “What’s Hot in Workers’ Compensation” and the popular year-end summary of the "Top 10 Cases in Workers’ Comp."
Jay is actively involved in a number of professional organizations in his areas of expertise, including the Lake Erie Claims Association, Insurance Club of Erie, the Human Resource Management Association and the Pennsylvania Self-Insurers' Association.
He attended Gannon University in Erie, where he received the college's highest honor for a graduating senior, the Medal of Honor. Jay graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1985, where he was on the staff of the Notre Dame Journal of Legislation.
Following graduation from law school, Jay worked for national and regional defense law firms on complex personal injury litigation, including medical and professional malpractice, products liability, premises liability, catastrophic incidents, and employment litigation.
Jay is involved in various community organizations, including the Insurance Club of Erie County, the Human Resource Management Association, Lake Erie Claims Association, American Inns of Court and the Erie County Bar Association.
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