Marion Munley

Senior Partner

Marion Munley

Senior Partner

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 570-983-3846

Widely recognized as one of the nation’s most prominent and respected truck accident lawyers, Marion Munley is known for her compassionate approach to representing the catastrophically injured and her tireless devotion to her clients and their families. Through her advocacy, she has won many multimillion-dollar recoveries for her clients including one of the largest trucking accident settlements in history. Marion is Triple Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Civil Trial, Civil Practice, and Truck Law. Since 2023, Marion has been named a Top 10 Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers.

Serving injured individuals who need help navigating the legal system requires empathy and passion, characteristics that inform her daily practice. Marion treats each client like a member of her family. Today, Marion keeps photos of her clients on her office door to remind her that her victories are not merely symbolic—they represent real outcomes that can potentially change lives.

A leader in the legal community, Marion is an active member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and is currently the AAJ Secretary. She was the first woman to become Chair of the AAJ Trucking Litigation Group in 2018 and is a past chair of the AAJ Women Trial Lawyers Caucus. Marion has also served as President of the Melvin M. Belli Society.

Marion is the second woman in Pennsylvania to become Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is the first woman in Pennsylvania to become Board Certified in Truck Accident Law by the NBTA. Among her other professional affiliations are the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International Society of Barristers, and the Summit Council, an exclusive group of today’s top civil justice attorneys committed to the highest levels of trial advocacy, to obtaining justice for individuals and families who have been hurt by corporate wrongdoing, and to the protection of the civil justice system.

During her career, Marion has received some of the highest honors a lawyer can receive. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2012, Marion has been named the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Marion holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and she has been consistently recognized as one of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania” in Super Lawyers Magazine.

A graduate of Temple University School of Law, Marion received her undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton. When she’s not at work, Marion enjoys time with her husband, former U.S. Representative Matthew Cartwright, their two sons, Jack and Matt, and their dog, Yankee Doodle Dandy. She golfs, travels often, and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Awards & Recognition

Super Lawyers Top 10

Top 10 Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania

Super Lawyers, 2023-2024
NBTA Truck Accident Law

Board Certified in Truck Accident Law

National Board of Trial Advocacy
NBTA civil trial law

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law

National Board of Trial Advocacy
NBTA civil trial advocacy

Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy

National Board of Trial Advocacy
Best Lawyers

Best Lawyer in America

Best Lawyers, 2012-2025
Lawdragon

Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers

Lawdragon, 2019-2025
Lawdragon

Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America

Lawdragon, 2007, 2019
best lawyers lawyer of the year

Lawyer of the Year, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Northeastern Pennsylvania

Best Lawyers, 2023, 2021
best lawyers lawyer of the year

Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs, Northeastern Pennsylvania

Best Lawyers, 2022, 2017, 2019
best lawyers lawyer of the year

Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers, 2020
AAJ

American Association of Justice Board of Governors Outstanding Achievement Award

American Association of Justice, 2022
Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Trailblazer

Legal Intelligencer, 2019
Marion Super Lawyers

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers, 2004-2024
AAJ

Marie Lambert Award

American Association for Justice Women Trial Lawyers Caucus, 2020
AAJ

Distinguished Service Award

American Association for Justice Board of Governors, 2020, 2021
AAJ

Robert W. Munley Pursuit of Justice Award

American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group, 2020
AAJ

Above and Beyond Award

American Association for Justice, 2018, 2019, 2021
Pennsylvania Bar Association

Lynette Norton Award

Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, 2016
Irish Legal 100

Irish Legal 100

Irish Legal 100
AV Rating

AV-Preeminent Rating

Martindale-Hubbell
Chamber of Commerce

Athena Award

Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, 2021
Chamber of Commerce

Woman of Excellence Award

Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce
AAJ

Diplomat

National College of Advocacy
Trucking Trial Lawyers

Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers Association
National Trial Lawyers

Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania

National Trial Lawyers Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Member
Legal Intelligencer

Recognition of the Largest Awards and Settlements in Pennsylvania in 2018

The Legal Intelligencer
National Law Journal

Recognition for a Truck Accident Case Settlement

National Law Journal, 2015

Education

  • Marywood University
    Honorary Doctorate, Humane Letters
  • Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law
    Juris Doctor
  • University of Scranton
    Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
  • London School of Economics
  • Trinity College
  • Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Notable Settlements & Verdicts

$32.25 Million
Settlement for a tragic airplane crash
$26 Million
Truck accident victim who suffered traumatic brain injury
$20 Million
Pedestrian Accident Settlement
$17.5 Million
Jury verdict in teens’ death caused by car accident
$12 Million
Bad faith case
$11 Million
Woman rear ended in road construction by a tractor trailer
$9.95 Million
Mother hit head-on by a tractor trailer
$8 Million
Family of a U.S. Marine who was killed in a truck crash
$8 Million
Settlement for client struck in traffic by out of control tractor-trailer.
$6.9 Million
Child's brain injured following collision with garbage truck
$4.7 Million
Settlement for man killed as a result of tractor-trailer crash
$4 Million
Couple rear ended in road construction by a tractor trailer
$4 Million
Settlement for truck accident victims
$3.97 Million
Fatal truck crash
$3.8 Million
Seriously injured in a truck accident
$3.7 Million
Settlement for father killed in truck crash
$3.25 Million
Settlement for man while patient in behavioral unit committed suicide
$3.2 Million
Settlement for woman misdiagnosed with cancer
$3 Million
Man rear ended twice by tractor trailer
$2.8 Million
Woman hit crossing the street in a shopping mall
$2.8 Million
Settlement for father of three killed when he was struck by box truck
$2.25 Million
Settlement for driver of a van involved in accident with a truck.
$2.2 Million
Settlement for man struck by utility company vehicle which went through stop sign
$2.1 Million
Settlement for woman died during surgical procedure
$2 Million
Man suffering fatal heart event 24 hours after surgery
$1,990,000
Man killed when his vehicle rear ended a tractor-trailer that was traveling the interstate with no lights and flat tire 
$1.9 Million
Woman struck by car at a community event
$1.9 Million
Verdict for family injured by 16-year-old-driver
$1.6 Million
Man hit by tractor trailer turning left
$1.5 Million
Man pulled into industrial machine
$1.5 Million
Settlement for man electrocuted at construction site
$1.5 Million
Jury verdict against bank for breach of verbal loan agreement.
$1.5 Million
Settlement for School bus driver struck by tractor-trailer
$1.4 Million
Award for couple injured when tractor trailer jackknifed into their disabled vehicle
$1.4 Million
Settlement in ER wrongful death case.
$1.2 Million
Settlement for woman died after misdiagnosis in emergency room
$1.2 Million
Settlement for boy hit by bus at summer camp
$1,050,000 
Settlement for woman died following bariatric surgery
$1 Million
Settlement for a 43-year old man killed on construction work site. 
$1 Million
Settlement for an elderly man rear ended by truck.
$880,000
Student injured on a school trip
$850,000
Elderly women injured in transportation from nursing home

Publications & Related Work

"Punitive Damages in Truck Crash Cases: What the Courts Are Finding Persuasive"

AIEG Voice, Trucking Edition
Spring 2024

"Rule of 3: Industry Standard or Make Believe"

AIEG Voice, Trucking Edition
Spring 2023

"Chapter 9: Commercial Motor Vehicles."

Pennsylvania Rules of the Road, 2021-2022 ed., Volume 13
2021

“Building Equity in the Legal Industry from the Inside Out”

Trial Lawyer Nation
May 2018

"Charting a Course to Justice for Victims of Fertility Treatment Negligence"

The Legal Intelligencer
November 12, 2019

"Retrieving Electronic Crash Data"

Trial Magazine
February 2018

“The Liability of Hospitals and Doctors Printing 3D Medical Devices”

The Legal Intelligencer Medical Malpractice Supplement
2017

“Interconnectedness and Manufacturer Responsibility in Automated Vehicles”

The Legal Intelligencer Personal Injury Supplement
2016

“Corporate Settlement Mills and Victim Compensation”

The Legal Intelligencer
2015

“The Malpractice Risk of Electronic Health Records”

The Legal Intelligencer
2015

“Death of the Jury Trial”

Women Trial Lawyers Caucus Newsletter Connections Count
2014

“Why A-Rod Made Me Love the Constitution More”

American Association of Justice Journal of Interstate Trucking
2014

“Power-Up Your Discovery In Trucking Cases”

Trial Magazine

Pennsylvania Superior Court en banc session

Pennsylvania Cable Network
April 5, 2011

The Law and You

WYOU
2007-2013

Community Involvement

Scranton Area Foundation

Board Member

Marywood University

Past Member and Chair, Board of Trustees

Trial Lawyers Care

Member

Hope Clinic

Volunteer

Professional Organizations

Litigation Counsel of America

Senior Fellow (representing less than 0.5% of American Lawyers)

International Society of Barristers

Member, 2012-Present

American Association for Justice

AAJ Secretary, 2024-25
AAJ Treasurer, 2023-24
Parliamentarian, 2022-23
Board of Governors
Executive Committee

American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group

First woman to serve as Chair, 2017-18

American Association for Justice Women Trial Lawyers Caucus

Past Chair, 2016-17

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Board of Governors

Pennsylvania Association for Justice Executive Committee

Member

Pennsylvania Association for Justice Executive Committee Women's Caucus

Chair, 2012-2013

American Board of Trial Advocates

Advocate

The Summit Council

Member

National Board of Trial Advocacy

Board of Directors

Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys

Board of Regents

The Judicial Counsel of the Third Circuit

Lawyer Advisory Committee Member

Attorney Information Exchange Group

Member

Melvin M. Belli Society

President, 2022-2023

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 570-983-3846

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