Ron Motley
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Ronald L. Motley is an American trial attorney whose Mount Pleasant, South Carolina based law firm of Motley Rice LLC focuses on plaintiff's litigation involving occupational disease (mesothelioma), plane crashes, securities and consumer fraud. Mr. Motley, a 1971 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, has over his three-decade career won major judgments for his clients against the asbestos and tobacco industries. Mr. Motley was portrayed by Bruce McGill in director Michael Mann's 1999 film The Insider, starring Russell Crowe. Today, Mr. Motley is lead counsel for more than 6,500 family members and survivors of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks seeking justice against al-Qaeda’s financiers.
In 1998, he was named Harry M. Philo Trial Lawyer of the Year by the 50,000-member Association of Trial Lawyers of America and received the President’s Award of the National Association of Attorneys General. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids gave him their Youth Advocates of the Year Award in 1999. BusinessWeek magazine characterized Motley’s courtroom skills as “dazzling.” American Lawyer dubbed him “The man who took on Manville,” and The National Law Journal has ranked him, “One of the most influential lawyers in America.”
