Attorney Profiles
Cynthia E. Banks Scranton, Pennsylvania
| Shareholder | |
| phone | (570) 496-4616 |
| fax | (570) 496-0567 |
| cebanks@mdwcg.com | |
Cynthia E. Banks is a 1992 graduate of Santa Clara University where she obtained her B.A. in English and a minor in Theater. She continued her studies at Santa Clara University School of Law and obtained her Juris Doctorate in 1995. During her legal studies, Ms. Banks participated in the Oxford University Summer Law Program in Oxford, England studying Public International Law.
Prior to joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, Ms. Banks practiced for an insurance defense firm in the Bay Area, California for four years where her practice focused on motor vehicle and general liability.
Ms. Banks moved to Pennsylvania in 1999 and joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin as a litigation associate. She became a Shareholder in 2004. Having practiced for several years doing almost exclusively automobile law, Ms. Banks now concentrates her practice on Retail Liability, Civil Rights, Municipal Liability, Education Law and Products Liability.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1999
- Areas of Practice:
- Retail Liability
- Civil Rights
- Education Law
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Municipal Claims
- Professional Claims
- Construction
- Land Use
- Appeals
- Education:
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California,
1995
J.D.
Honors: National Member of the Order of Barristers
Law Review: Santa Clara Law Review, Comments Editor - Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California,
1992
B.A.
Major: English
- Representative Clients:
- Schindler Elevator Corporation
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Cinemark
- Great Wolf Lodge of the Poconos, LLC
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Premises Liability - Hills & Ridges Doctrine
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Luzerne County Bar Association
- Lackawanna County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- California Bar Association
- Past Employment Positions:
- McNamara, Dodge, Ney, Beatty, Slattery, Pfaltzer, Borges & Brothers, LLP, Walnut Creek, California, 1995 - 1999
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Lackawanna County Pro Bono
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Delta Phi









