Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys Ranked Among 2013 ‘Best Law Firms’ by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers®

The Pennsylvania law firm of Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys, has received a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (Allentown) in the newly released 2013 “Best Law Firms” rankings from U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers.®

The firm has also received a Tier 2 ranking in the area of Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants (Allentown) in the third edition of the rankings, which can be found online at http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com.

The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.

In addition to the firm’s practice area rankings, four lawyers from Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys, […]

Marion Munley Inducted To International Society of Barristers

Scranton, PA, May 04, 2012 — Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer Marion Munley was inducted as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers during the organization’s recent annual convention in Newport Beach, California.

Munley is a board-certified civil trial lawyer with more than 24 years of experience in complex personal injury litigation, including representing victims of truck accident and car accident cases in Pennsylvania, New York and across the Northeast.

She joins two other attorneys from the Pennsylvania personal injury firm of Munley, Munley & Cartwright, P.C., as Fellows of the prestigious society of civil trial lawyers – Robert W. Munley and Matthew A. Cartwright.

The International Society of Barristers (ISOB) was created in 1965. The organization is dedicated to preserving trial by jury, the adversary system and an independent judiciary. The organization also promotes civility by bringing together members of both the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ side of the bar. […]

Court Initiatives Earn Pennsylvania a Prestigious National Award

We’re proud to practice in Pennsylvania’s courts, and we’re delighted to see Pennsylvania’s Court Administrator Zygmont Pines win the prestigious 2010 Warren E. Burger Award for Excellence in Court Administration—the highest award presented by the National Center for State Courts.

The Burger Award is named for the former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the improvement of court operations with application to courts nationwide.

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille in a January 3 press release praised Pines’ leadership in “introducing numerous cost-effective solutions to problems facing the Commonwealth’s 67 trial courts and more than 500 district courts.” Recent initiatives include:

• The installation of more than 300 video conferencing units in courts, which not only strengthens court security, but has the potential to save counties millions of dollars in prisoner transportation costs — […]

Top Trial Lawyers Share Their Winning Strategies

Attorneys Marion Munley and Matt Cartwright attended the American Association for Justice’s annual Weekend with the Stars in New York City December  9-11, where they joined with the nation’s preeminent trial lawyers, sharing winning strategies and techniques.

This year’s Weekend with the Stars “kicked-off” with a seminar devoted entirely to the DePuy Hip Implant Recall. This past August, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc. (A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) recalled the ASR Hip Resurfacing and the ASR XL Acetabular Systems, which came on the market in July 2003.

About 93,000 of the medical devices have been recalled due to increased rates of failure and elevated levels of cobalt and chromium, which leads to metallosis. It is estimated that one in 8 patients who received one of these DuPuy hip implants may need revision or a second hip replacement surgery.

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Cartwright Receives Boy Scout’s Silver Beaver Award

Silver Beaver award presented to volunteer of exemplary service to youth

The lawyers of Munley, Munley & Cartwright take pride in serving the community both as skilled legal advocates and as dedicated community volunteers.

In recognition of distinguished volunteer service, attorney Matthew Cartwright, a partner in Munley, Munley & Cartwright, has received the prestigious Silver Beaver Award. The award is the highest honor given by the National Council of Boy Scouts to a volunteer for exceptional and noteworthy service to youth.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of the Boy Scouts of America presented the award to Cartwright and two other volunteers at its council recognition dinner in November.

Matt has served for a number of years on the Executive Board of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He currently volunteers on the Council Advisory Board.

As a personal injury lawyer and partner at Munley, […]

Pennsylvania’s Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys Ranked Among America’s Best Law Firms

Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys, a prominent Pennsylvania personal injury law firm with more than 40 years of experience, has won a coveted place on a list of the nation’s best law firms, published in September jointly by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers magazine.  “To make this highly competitive list is an honor and a reward for years of intensive and quality work by our lawyers on behalf of our clients,” said Robert W. Munley, the founding partner of the firm.

The rankings are presented in tiers both nationally and by metropolitan area or by state, and they showcase 8,782 different law firms ranked in one or more of 81 major practice areas. Peer surveys combined with more than 3.1 million evaluations of individual lawyers in the most recent Best Lawyers survey of leading lawyers are used to develop the rankings.

“U.S. […]

Matt Cartwright Recognized for Pro Bono Efforts

Attorney Matt Cartwright of our firm was one of four attorneys who received awards for exceptional legal leadership during a gathering of the 700-member bar association of Luzerne County, the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association.

Cartwright, a lawyer with Munley, Munley & Cartwright, P.C., was recognized for his leadership of the Juvenile Pro Bono Defense Program, which was created to guarantee pro bono counsel for juveniles that had been adjudicated by former President Judge Mark Ciavarella in the event their cases were retired.

Also honored during the celebration were attorneys Kelly Ann Bray, Matthew Muckler and Frank T. McCabe II. Bray organized volunteer lawyers to draft wills for area first responders and other public service personnel through the Young Lawyers’ Division program “Wills for Heroes” held at Luzerne County Community College in 2009. Muckler and McCabe organized the 2010 Regional Mock Trial Competition at the Luzerne County Courthouse over several nights. […]

Vote and Pay Tribute to the U.S. Constitution

Constitution Day will be celebrated on Sept. 17 during this presidential election year – as the nation’s voters ponder the election of the country’s first black president or its first woman vice president.

Therefore, it is worth looking back on the crucial roles our Constitution and Bill of Rights have played in ensuring electoral fairness and voting rights for all Americans, regardless of race or gender.

Since the Constitution was ratified on Sept. 17, 1789, and the Bill of Rights ratified some two years later, issues related to voting have been the most predominant subject of subsequent amendments, with at least six that directly affect the electoral process. Article I, Sections 4 and 5, and Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution set forth the processes for choosing U.S. representatives, senators and the president and vice president.

But the election of 1796 and the hotly contested election of 1800, […]

Dan Munley in St Louis for Presentation

Dan Munley, a partner in Munley, Munley & Cartwright, will be speaking the Association of Interstate Trucking Attorneys in St. Louis, MO today. He will present Spoilage in Tractor Trailer Case.

Dan, a member of the Executive Board of the American Association for Justice’s Interstate Trucking Group, was invited to speak because of his growing reputation as a stand-out in commercial vehicle litigation.

He will also present Discovery in a Tractor Trailer Case to the Kentucky Justice Association next month.

Dan is a Civil Trial Specialist, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates; he is also an active member of the American Association for Justice and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. He has been recognized as a Million Dollar Advocate, a Pennsylvania Rising Star Super Lawyer and received the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. […]

3 Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys Attorneys Named PA Super Lawyers

Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics Inc. have named three Munley Law attorneys “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers” for 2008.

Robert W. Munley, Marion Munley, and Matthew Cartwright were recognized for their outstanding reputation in personal injury litigation for the fifth consecutive year! Recently, the firm’s managing partner, Caroline Munley, was named a “Rising Star Super Lawyer.”

The Super Lawyers designation, which recognizes only 5% of PA attorneys, is compiled through peer review and independent research by Law & Politics. The stringent selection process is widely hailed throughout the legal field for its multi-step evaluation utilizing data gathered through balloting, critical assessment of the attorneys and independent research. The potential nominee’s professional achievements, experience, impact on the industry and peer evaluations determine the final listings.

All of us at Munley Law are proud of Robert, Marion, and Matt for this outstanding accomplishment. To learn more about Super Lawyers, […]

Marion Munley in Philly for Seminar

Attorney Marion Munley is a featured speaker at the Lorman Education Services seminar, Trucking Litigation: Handling Various Issues Unique to Trucking in Pennsylvania today in Philadelphia.

Marion was chosen to lead the forum because of her expertise in trucking and commercial vehicle litigation. The purpose of the seminar is to educate attorneys, trucking industry officials, safety professionals and insurance representatives on the complex and changing issues surrounding catastrophic trucking cases.

Marion Munley is a partner here at Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys. She is a graduate of Temple University School of Law, and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New York. Munley is a Civil Trial Specialist, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates, and is a named Diplomate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is an active member of the American Association for Justice and serves on the Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. […]

Marion Munley at Gerry Spence Trail Lawyers College

Marion Munley will be spending the rest of the week in the great state of Wyoming. She, along with the rest of the teaching staff at Gerry Spence Trail Lawyers College, will be meeting with the one and only, Gerry Spence and his team, to learn his freshest techniques, in order to educate and inspire incoming classes of trial attorneys.

Marion is an alumnus of TLC. After graduation, she was invited onto the teaching staff and has taught nearly a dozen seminars at Spence’s Wyoming ranch and across the country. TLC is truly something else; it molds everyday trail lawyers into warriors of justice and enables its students to more successfully try cases on behalf of ordinary people- not insurance companies, banks, or big business.

The Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College was founded as a not-for-profit institution dedicated to the preservation of justice and the protection of the jury-trial system through the education of legal professionals. […]