Michael J. Sweeney, CPCU

Michael is a member of the firm's Fraud and Special Investigation Unit (SIU) group. His practice primarily involves large loss and medical provider fraud matters. Michael has litigated and filed affirmative litigation recovery actions, as well as RICO, in many states as his practice is national.  In so doing, Michael has recovered tens of millions of dollars in restitution and recovery on behalf of the insurance industry.  In addition, he has taken Examinations Under Oath in private passenger auto, commercial and first party property matters throughout the country. Michael has extensive experience in handling insurance coverage disputes, SIU investigations, bad faith allegations, and general defense litigation.

Before joining Marshall Dennehey, Michael was litigation counsel for multiple insurance carriers including a Fortune 40 company and the largest automobile insurer in the United States. His areas of practice included representation of clients in both first and third party litigation involving premises liability, automobile negligence, insurance coverage, and personal injury protection (PIP) benefits. Michael also trained insurance claims representatives, presented seminars on litigation procedures, and was selected to work on a national process management initiative for 38 offices and over 1,200 employees.

In 2018, Michael earned the “Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter” (CPCU) designation from the American Institute of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters. He is admitted to practice in the state of New Jersey.