Daniel W. Munley
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Scranton, PA
Selected to Rising Stars: 2005 - 2006
For 20 years, Daniel Munley has been fighting for his clients in personal injury cases throughout northeast Pennsylvania. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in PA by the National Trial Lawyers Association, listed in "Best Lawyers in America," and is a board-certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Daniel is a past chairperson of the American Association of Justice's Trucking Litigation Group and is a current executive board member of the AAJ's Trucking Litigation Group. Daniel holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law where he won the American Jurisprudence Award of Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Daniel also holds a Bachelor of Sciences from the University of Scranton.
Certificates and Credentials
About Daniel W. Munley
First Admitted: 1996, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: http://www.munley.com/our-attorneys/daniel-munley/
Pro bono/Community Service
- Member, Trial Lawyers Care, the largest pro bono effort in the United States fol...
- Board of Directors, Black and Blue Ball, Muscular Dystrophy Association 2007, 2008, 2009
- Boys Basketball coach
- Solicitor, Board of Directors, Abington Little League
- Little League Baseball coach
- Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
- Board Member, Forum Towers
- Girls softball coach
Special Licenses/Certifications
- Certification by the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
- Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Bar/Professional Activity
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Small Business Litigation Group
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lackawanna Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- Member, Public Relations Committee, American Association of Justice
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- American Association for Justice
- Member, American Association of Justice PAC
Verdicts/Settlements
- $26 Million settlement stemming from a truck accident that resulted in traumatic brain injuries, 2018
- Malti v. Joseph, PennDOT, the borough of Honesdale, et al.Practice Area:Personal Injury Outcome:$2,050,000 victory for plantiff Description:A woman crossing the street died after being hit by a pickup truck. The family of victim said the change to the one-way street configuration and misplacement of crosswalks led to the accident, 2014
Honors/Awards
- , LawDragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, LawDragon, 2022
- Recognition, French Consulate, NYC, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Trial Lawyers Care for representation of Dening Lohez whose husband died on 9.11.2001 in the Twin Towers
- Recertification, Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2019
- Listed in “Best Lawyers in America”
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer in PA, National Trial Lawyers Association
Scholarly Lectures/Writings
- Presenter, Atlas Lawyers Conference, Las Vegas, 2022
- AAJ conference, Presenter, Fortune Favors the Brave, 2021
- Presenter, AAJ, Las Vegas, NV, “Cross-Examining Defense Experts”
- Presenter, St. Louis, MO, “Violations as a Path to Justice”
- Presenter, Atlanta, GA, “Spoliation of the Log Books – How Trucking Companies Try to Hide the Truth”
- Lecturer, University of Scranton, Nursing Home Litigation
- Presenter, Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America Super Summit, St. Louis, MO, “Discovery in a Trucking Litigation Case”
- Presenter, Nashville, Tennessee and Lexington, KY, “Early Discovery in Interstate Trucking Litigation Cases”
- Speaker, Kentucky Justice Association, “How To Litigate That Big Truck Case”
- Presenter, AAJ, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, “Why a Truck Collision Case Must Be Handled Differently Than an Auto Collision Case”
- Presenter, AAJ, Seattle, WA, “Discovery in a Tractor-Trailer Case”
Videos
- , Meet Dan Munley, 2022
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FPG2mlHpwPM
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Last Updated: 7/28/2022