MARION MUNLEY

Scranton, PA

EDUCATION

  • University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude - 1983
  • London School of Economics, London, England (Junior year abroad 1981-1982)
  • Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (1980)
  • Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Juris Doctorate - 1986

CERTIFICATIONS / FELLOWSHIPS

Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy 1996; recertified 2001, 2006. Second woman in State to become Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy.

Diplomate, National College of Advocacy

BAR ADMISSIONS

Pennsylvania (1986)

New York (2003)

United States District County for Middle District of Pennsylvania (1986)

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1994)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Diplomate, America Board of Trial Advocacy 2007
  • Member, Board of Governors, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
  • Past President, Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
  • Past President, Association of Women Lawyers of Lackawanna County
  • Member, American Association for Justice
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Member, Lackawanna County Bar Association
  • Member, Luzerne County Bar Association
  • Member, Federal Bar Association
  • Certified Mediator, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • Former Treasurer and Member, Interest on Lawyers Trust Account Board
  • Graduate, Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College 1996

AWARDS

Named, "Super Lawyer" by Philadelphia Magazine (Top 5% of all Pennsylvania lawyers) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Named to "Law Dragon's" 500 Leading Plaintiff's Lawyers in the United States 2006

Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum

TEACHINGS / PRESENTATIONS

Member of the Staff of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College 2004; Participated on staff in regional seminars, Ohio, California, Graduate Seminar, Wyoming, Judicial Seminar, Wyoming

Frequent lecturer for Pennsylvania Bar Institute on trial practice, including opening statements, presenting expert witnesses, selecting cases, legal ethics

Frequent lecturer for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association on auto insurance issues, pleading and proving damages, trial tactics, trial strategies

Frequent lecturer Lackawanna Bar Association

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Hope Clinic

Volunteer, Hope Clinic, providing free legal services to those in need 2006-

Legal Analyst, WYOU, "The Law & You" series 2005-

Member, Board of Directors, Lake George Land Conservancy 2006-

PERSONAL

Marion is married to Matthew A. Cartwright and the mother of two children.

 

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