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Douglas J. Kent, a shareholder in the Casualty Department, has been representing insurance companies and self-insureds for more than 25 years. Doug focuses his law practice on complex and high-exposure cases involving insurance coverage, bad faith, premises liability, construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents, products liability, marine, and inland marine.

Doug has been involved in over 50 published opinions. He has argued before the United States Court of Appeals and has been before the United States District Court on numerous occasions.  In addition to handling a full caseload, he serves as Unit Manager to the Casualty Department and as account coordinator for many insurance companies.

Doug began his legal career at Masterson, Braunfeld, Hinsworth & Maguire and then joined the law firm of LaBrum and Doak before joining Marshall Dennehey in 1995.

He has lectured for numerous clients and organizations such as the CPCU Society, the Insurance Institute of America, PLRB, and the Insurance Society of Philadelphia on such topics as insurance coverage, bad faith, and premises liability. He serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.

Currently, Doug serves as the Defense Research Institute's Pennsylvania State Co-Liaison, Insurance Law Committee.

Doug was the author of the Pennsylvania Section, 2001 DRI Unfair Claims Practices Statute Compendium of the Defense Research Institute and a contributor to AIC 35 Property Loss Adjusting for the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and Insurance Institute of America in 2003 and AIC 33 Claims Handling Practices in 2006.

In 2005, Doug was voted a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.

In addition, he has an AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

Doug is a graduate of Penn State University where he majored in history and participated in varsity athletics. He graduated magna cum laude and was named Phi Beta Kappa. He received the Penn State Superior Scholar-Athlete from Joe Paterno. Following graduation from college, he attended the Villanova University School of Law where he received his Juris Doctor in 1983 and served on the Moot Court Board.

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