Ron Motley
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Ronald L. Motley is a noted American trial attorney, and a principal of Motley Rice, LLC, a Mount Pleasant, South Carolina-based law firm focusing on plaintiff's litigation involving occupational disease (mesothelioma), plane crashes, securities and consumer fraud.
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[edit] Career Synopsis
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.
[edit] Current activities
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. His chief European investigator is noted terrorism financing expert Jean-Charles Brisard.
[edit] Industry recognition
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."[citation needed] 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."[citation needed]
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[edit] References
- PBS Frontline interview with Ron Motley
- Jennifer Senior, "A Nation Unto Himself", New York Times March 14, 2004
