Year Joined Organization: 1988

Lawyer Overview

Representative Cases

• Paylor v. Hartford Ins. Co., 536 PA. 583, 640 A.2d 1234 (1994)
• Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services, 784 A.2d 196 (PA. Super. 2001)

West Practice Categories

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2003
• Pennsylvania, 1986

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Trial, National board of Trial Advocacy, 1996
• Member, Circle, Certified Mediator, US District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors)
• Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Past President)
• Association of Women Lawyers of Lackawanna County (Past President)
• Interest on Lawyer's Trust Account Board (Former Treasurer)
• Interest on Lawyer's Trust Account Board (Member)
• Lackawanna County Bar Association (Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Peckville Business and Professional Women's Club (Member)
• Peckville Business and Professional Women's Club (Past President)
• United Way (Former Member, Allocations Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, National College of Advocacy, 1995 - Present
• Young Careerist Citation of Honor, National Professional Business Women's Club, 1990
• Appreciation Award, LAWPAC, 1990
• Appreciation Award, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1994
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates
• "Superlawyer", 2004
• "Superlawyer", 2005
• "Superlawyer", 2006

Classes and Seminars

• Faculty Member, Selecting, Investigating, Evaluation and Settling a Personal Injury Case, Pennsylvania Bar Insitute, March 30, 2005
• Legal Ethics, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1993
• Fundamentals of Pennsylvania Auto Insurance, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1993
• 13th Annual Auto Insurance Seminar, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1995
• Pennsylvania Automobile Insurance Act/Under and Uninsured Motorists, 1996
• 14th Annual Auto Insurance Seminar, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1996
• Pleading and Proving Damages in Personal Injury Cases/Damages in Death Cases, 1997
• 15th Annual Auto Insurance Seminar, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1997
• Automobile Insurance Issues, Lackawanna County Bench/Bar, 1997
• 16th Annual Auto Insurance Seminar, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1998
• Establishing a Gratifying Practice, Lackawanna Bar Association, 1998
• Lecturer, Lackawanna Bar Association
• Lecturer, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
• Rules of Civil Procedure/Trial, 1998
• Selecting, Preparing and Presenting the Expert Witness, Lackawanna Bar Association, 2001
• Trial Tactics - Opening Statements, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2002
• "Trial Strategies", Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 2005
• Weekend with the Stars, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, DC, 1991
• Litigation Collision Courses, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, DC, 1991
• Emerging Trends in Litigation, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Philadelphia, PA, 1991
• Proof and Argument on Damages, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, San Francisco, CA, 1991
• The Woman Advocate, American Bar Association, New York, NY, 1994
• Taking Control in the Courtroom, Act of Communication, Palm Springs, CA, 1995
• Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1995
• Trial Advocacy Course, Association of Trial Lawyers of America - Washington, DC, 1989
• Developments in Tort Law, Dickinson School of Law, 1989
• Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer, 1999

Past Employment Positions

• Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Law Clerk, 1986 - 1987

Education

• Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Juris Doctorate
• London School of Economics, London, England
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
  Honors: cum laude

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Theta
• Pi Sigma Alpha

Address

Forum Plaza
227 Penn Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503

Phones

(570) 346-7401
(800) 346-7401 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(570) 346-3452

Emails

Contact Us

Websites

http://www.munley.com