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One Citizens Plaza, 8th Floor
Providence RI 02903-1345
TEL: 401.274.7200
FAX: 401.751.0604
Practice Areas
Education
  • Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1979)
  • University of Connecticut (B.A., 1975)
Bar & Court Admissions
  • 1979, Connecticut; 1980, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania; Rhode Island
  • U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
  • U.S District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Third and Fourth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court

Trial counsel in noted national Superfund cases and toxic tort and environmental insurance coverage litigation, Mark Denehy has successfully represented manufacturers and others in a wide range of complex, high-stakes product liability matters involving asbestos, Silica, DES, radiation exposure, toxic shock litigation and more.

Author of the Toxic Tort Law Desk Reference’s Rhode Island Section, Mark gives his insurance, Superfund and industrial clients informed, connected and accomplished counsel in critical matters that require regional and national management and coordination.  

Mark also serves as Adler Pollock & Sheehan’s managing partner and has won recognition from his peers and professional organizations for his high ethical and legal standards and performance.

Significant Matters

  • Mark served as trial counsel in Violet v. Picillo, one of the leading Superfund cases in the nation.
  • He acted as liaison counsel to 130 defendants in the Davis Landfill Superfund case.
  • He has represented owners, operators, generators, and transporters in numerous Superfund Sites, including
    • the Cannons Engineering Site (Massachusetts and New Hampshire),
    • the Kingston Steel Drum Site (New Hampshire),
    • the Union Chemical Site (Maine)
    • the Western Sand&Gravel Site (Rhode Island),
    • BestFoods Site (Rhode Island), and
    • the Rose Hill Landfill Site (Rhode Island).
  • Mark has successfully represented numerous industrial clients in litigation against their insurance carriers to obtain coverage for environmental claims.
  • Mark serves as national coordinating counsel for several clients in toxic tort matters.

Honors & Distinctions

  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, highest rating given to attorneys.
  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2007-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of commercial litigation, environmental law and mass tort litigation. 
  • Recognized in the Chambers USA America’s Leading Business Lawyers as one of the state’s best in litigation/general and commercial law.
  • Selected as a Rhode Island Super Lawyer, 2007-2009, an honor that recognizes him as a leader in the legal community.

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Rhode Island Bar Association Committee on Environmental Law.
  • American Bar Association's Torts and Insurance practice section member.
  • Member, ABA's section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.

Community & Civic Activity

  • Member, Board of Directors of the R.I. Public Expenditure Council.

News

Publications & Seminars

  • Annually Mark authors the Rhode Island Section of the Toxic Tort Law Desk Reference manual, a 50-state compendium of toxic tort laws.
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