Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
Marion Munley
Education
- Law school: Temple University School of Law, J.D. 1986
- Undergraduate degrees: University of Scranton, BA in History, 1983
- Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, London School of Economics (Junior year abroad)
Martindale-Hubbell and other legal ratings
- Martindale-Hubbell rating: AV Preeminent
- AVVO rating: 10/10
- Super Lawyers (2004-present)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania (2013-present), Super Lawyers
- LawDragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, 2012-present
- Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, Allentown Metro Area, Best Lawyers, 2017, 2019
- Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Allentown Metro Area, Best Lawyers, 2020
Trucking specific organizations and leadership positions and awards
- First woman chair of the AAJ Trucking Litigation Group
- Top Ten Trucking Trial Lawyers (The National Trial Lawyers)
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA)
- Board Certified Attorney, Truck Accident Law, 2019 (NBTA)
Law Organizations and leadership and awards
- International Society of Barristers
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate (NBTA)
- Certified Mediator, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Diplomat, National College of Advocacy
- Irish Legal 100
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- American Association of Justice:
- Board of Governors
- Board of Trustees, National College of Advocacy
- Vice Chair, Bus Litigation Group
- Past Chair, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus
- Past Chair, Trucking Litigation Group
- Legal Affairs Committee
- National Finance Council
- Retirement Committee
- Audit Committee
- Evergreen
- Recipient, AAJ "Above and Beyond" Award, 2018 and 2019
- Treasurer, Melvin M. Belli Society
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Board of Governors
- Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, graduate and faculty
- Pennsylvania Bar Association: Member, Commission on Women in the Profession
- Recipient, Lynette Norton Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2016
Notable Results
- $26 million - confidential settlement for a truck accident resulting in traumatic brain injury
- $8 million - settlement in case stemming from fatal truck crash
- $3.97 million - settlement for family of man killed in truck crash
Additional Information
- Author, Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, 2018-2019 ed., Volume 13, Chapter 9: Commercial Motor Vehicles. Thompson West, 2018
- Author, "Retrieving Electronic Crash Data," Trial Magazine, February 2018
- Marion travels around the United States delivering many educational presentations each year on trucking topics including: written discovery in a truck crash case; utilizating experts in preparing for depositions; punitive damages in truck cases; obtaining information from infotainment centers and electronic discovery; and "trucking litigation A-to-Z."
- Marion and Munley Law have handled cases in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
- Munley Law has offices in Scranton, Carbondale, Wilkes-Barre, Stroudsburg, Allentown, and Philadelphia.