Denise M. Montgomery is a shareholder at Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C. and focuses her practice in the area of construction defect, representing prime contractors and sub-contractors in complex construction defect claims throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She also has extensive expertise in the areas of employment law, professional liability, retail liability and general liability. Ms. Montgomery is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including discovery, mediation, contractual and non-binding arbitration, and trial. She specializes in complex construction defect claims, and transition claims and is skilled in managing claims pre-suit and ensuring appropriate risk management.

After graduating from Villanova Law, she was selected for an Equity Clerkship with the Honorable John F. Callinan (ret.) of the Cape May County Superior Court. As the Equity Clerk, she assisted in reviewing all Equity Motions, Megan’s Law designations, drafting opinions, and effectively mediated hundreds of Special Civil and Landlord Tenant actions.

Following her clerkship, she practiced at a small regional defense firm in Pennsylvania handling a wide array of matters with a concentration in defending energy companies in environmental contamination actions and general liability matters, industrial equipment distributors in catastrophic injury actions, and car dealerships in general liability matters and consumer fraud actions.

Prior to joining Sweeney and Sheehan, she worked as in-house counsel with Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company which offered a wide range of commercial and personal insurance products and successfully maintained a caseload of approximately 500 matters from intake through trial throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Denise is also a recognized leader within the defense bar.  She serves as a Steering Committee Member of DRI and the former Construction Defect Chair of its Construction Specialized Litigation Group (SLG).  In 2024, she chaired DRI’s Construction Law Conference, further demonstrating her commitment to advancing the practice and supporting the construction defense community nationwide.   She is also active with the Pennsylvania Defense Institute where she is the Committee Chair, for Civil Practice and Procedure and VP of the Eastern District. She enjoys speaking and writing for both organizations and providing CE opportunities to insurance professionals.