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    Marion Munley

    Partner | Munley Law

    Marion Munley is a trucking accidents, personal injury and wrongful death trial lawyer and partner at Munley Law in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Admitted in New York and Pennsylvania; J.D., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law.

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    Meet Marion

    Contact

    (888) 619-5381
    227 Penn Ave
    Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503

    Marion K. Munley is a partner at Munley Law in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she represents people catastrophically injured in truck crashes and other serious accidents, along with families who have lost loved ones. She is triple board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in civil trial, civil practice and truck accident law.

    Munley is the 2026-2027 president-elect of the American Association for Justice. In 2018 she became the first woman to chair AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group, and she is a past chair of the AAJ Women Trial Lawyers Caucus and a past president of the Melvin M. Belli Society. She was the second woman in Pennsylvania certified as a civil trial advocate by the NBTA and the first in the state certified in truck accident law.

    Her recorded results include a $32.25 million settlement in an airplane crash case and a $26 million recovery for a truck crash victim with a traumatic brain injury. She earned her law degree from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International Society of Barristers and the Summit Council, and she was inducted into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame in 2026.

    Experience and Expertise

    Qualifications

    Timeline

    • Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
    • Board Certified in Civil Practice, National Board of Trial Advocacy
    • Board Certified in Truck Accident Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy
    • J.D., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law
    • B.A., cum laude, University of Scranton
    • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Marywood University
    • Admitted in Pennsylvania and New York
    • U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania and Southern District of New York
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    Practice Areas

    Trucking Accidents
    40%
    Personal Injury
    20%
    Wrongful Death
    15%
    Medical Malpractice
    10%
    Product Liability
    10%
    Insurance Bad Faith
    5%
    • American Association for Justice (President-Elect, 2026-2027)
    • AAJ Trucking Litigation Group (Past Chair)
    • AAJ Women Trial Lawyers Caucus (Past Chair)
    • Melvin M. Belli Society (Past President)
    • American Board of Trial Advocates
    • International Society of Barristers
    • Summit Council
    • Million Dollar Advocates Forum
    • Lawdragon Hall of Fame (2026)
    • Top 10 Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania (2023-2026)
    • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2004-present)
    • The Best Lawyers in America (2012-present)
    • Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Northeastern Pennsylvania (2017, 2019, 2022, 2024)
    • AAJ Board of Governors Outstanding Achievement Award (2022)
    • Marie Lambert Award, AAJ Women Trial Lawyers Caucus (2020)
    • Robert W. Munley Pursuit of Justice Award, AAJ Trucking Litigation Group (2020)
    • Athena Award, Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce (2021)
    • Pennsylvania Trailblazer, The Legal Intelligencer (2019)
    • $32.25 Million Settlement: Settlement for a tragic airplane crash.
    • $26 Million Recovery: Truck accident victim who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
    • $20 Million Settlement: Pedestrian accident settlement.
    • $19.8 Million Recovery: Family of three killed by a distracted truck driver.
    • $17.5 Million Verdict: Jury verdict in teens’ deaths caused by a car accident.
    • $12 Million Recovery: Bad faith case.
    • $11 Million Recovery: Woman rear-ended in road construction by a tractor-trailer.
    • $9.95 Million Recovery: Mother hit head-on by a tractor-trailer.
    • $8 Million Recovery: Family of a U.S. Marine killed in a truck crash.
    • $6.9 Million Recovery: Child brain-injured following a collision with a garbage truck.

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