Daniel W. Munley is an award-winning personal injury lawyer and a champion of plaintiffs’ rights. For decades, Dan has fought to win over $48 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, an individual plaintiff’s most prominent settlement on record. In 2024, Daniel was instrumental in securing a $20 million case for an injury victim who suffered life-altering injuries in a commercial vehicle accident.
Daniel is among 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 nationwide. His presentations have helped hundreds of truck accident attorneys learn how to handle and litigate trucking cases successfully.
Daniel has been named 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 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 coached Little League baseball, basketball, and softball. Dan and his wife, Valerie Munley, are the proud parents of three children. A graduate of the College of Law at the University of Tulsa, Daniel received his undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton.
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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. […]
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