Daniel W. Munley is an award-winning personal injury lawyer and a champion of plaintiffs’ rights. For decades, Dan has tirelessly fought to win over $50 million for injured victims of tragic motor vehicle accidents and their families. While Dan handles a range of complex personal injury cases, he is widely regarded as a national leader in truck accident and rideshare accident litigation. Through hard work and unrelenting commitment to his clients, he has won numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements. Daniel helped secure a record-breaking $26 million settlement for a truck accident case in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the largest settlement on record in the area for an individual plaintiff. In 2024, Daniel was instrumental in securing a $20 million case for a injury victim who suffered life-altering injuries in a commercial vehicle accident.
Daniel is one of the few attorneys in the United States to be triple board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is certified in Civil Trial Law, Civil Practice Advocacy, and Truck Accident Law. Daniel is also certified by the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. He is a charter member and sits on the Executive Board of the American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group, where he served as Chair from 2011-2012. In 2020, he received the Robert W. Munley Champion of Justice Award (previously the Chairman’s Award) from the organization. Daniel is a member of the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
In addition to his major tractor-trailer crash victories, Dan regularly presents cutting-edge truck accident trial techniques at conferences around the country. His presentations have helped hundreds of truck accident attorneys learn how to successfully handle and litigate trucking cases.
Daniel has been named to Best Lawyers in America since 2013 and in 2020, he was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs. He has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide annually since 2020. A Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Daniel is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Platinum-Level Client Champion. He was named one of the Top Ten Trucking Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania by the National Trial Lawyers Association.
Dan also works determinedly to improve the greater Scranton community. He served as a board member for the Everhart Museum and coaches Little League baseball, basketball, and softball. Dan and his wife Valerie Munley are the proud parents of three children. A graduate of College of Law at the University of Tulsa, Daniel received his undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton.
Speaking Engagements
Pennsylvania Practice Program: Auto and Trucking Cases
Hidden Motor Carriers: What Documents & Discovery Do I Need
Fortune Favors the Brave: Litigating Truck Accident Cases During the Pandemic
Trucking Technology: What to get, How to get it, and Why your case needs it
Why Getting the Trucker’s Cell Phone is the Key to Punitive Damages
How to Use Discovery to Turn a Simple Trucking Case into a Multi-Million Dollar Case
Demystifying Your First Truck Trial
Using Injunctions and Legal Process to Get Access to the Truck and Obtain the Data and the Cell Phones/Tablets/Telematics
Maximizing Settlement Dollars in Trucking Cases
Cross-Examining the Crash Reconstruction Expert
Winning the Tough Liability Truck Crash Case and Igniting the Big Bang Verdict: Putting it All Together for the Big Verdict
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys 2017 Annual Symposium
Spoliation and Preservation of Evidence
Successfully Handling and Litigating the Commercial Truck Case
Trucking Rules of the Road: Essential FMCSA Regulations and the CDL Manual,
Major Highway Crash Investigation and the Preservation of Evidence
How to Win Trucking Cases
Truck Collision Case Litigation
Discovery Issues in Tractor Trailer Litigation
Professional Organizations
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Lackawanna Bar Association
Luzerne County Bar Association
American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group
Past Chair
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
