John Hare

Chair, Appellate Advocacy & Post-Trial Practice Group

John is chair of Marshall Dennehey’s Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice Group and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He has litigated more than 500 appeals in state and federal appellate courts. As litigation counsel, John has represented individuals, insurers, and corporations in some of the most high-profile litigation in recent Pennsylvania history, including dozens of cases with verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million.

John serves by appointment of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as the co-chair of the Court’s Historical Commission and on the Commission on Judicial Independence, a group of state and federal judges, academics, and attorneys who work to promote public awareness of the importance of a strong, independent judiciary in a free society. He also spent six years on the Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee, the last two years as chair, and served on the Board of Governors of the Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit and as co-chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. He also serves on the advisory board of Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence (Lexis-Nexis) and regularly speaks at appellate court events and continuing legal education seminars.

Princeton University
Ph.D. Coursework
1999

University of California, Berkeley
M.A.
1998

Duquesne University School of Law
J.D.
1993

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B.A.
1990