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Motley Rice LLC has promoted seven attorneys to membership effective January 1, 2011. These new members possess years of experience within a variety of legal and management areas.

Motley Rice LLC is contributing to eight local organizations this December through monetary and supply donations from employees, colleagues and friends in the community.

Motley Rice is a proud supporter of the non-profit organization Safe Kids and its continual advocacy efforts to help eliminate preventable childhood injuries.

Motley Rice's medical practice group leader Fred Thompson will serve as a guest speaker at the 10th Annual Class Action and Mass Tort Symposium being held at the Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, La., on Friday, December 10, 2010.

Beginning on Sunday, December 5, 2010, George Mason University School of Law began its 5th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues. The symposium lasts through Tuesday, December 7, 2010, and is being held at the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel in Fairfax, Virginia.

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 771 designating September 26th as National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.

The Motley Rice aviation team has been speaking with media across the country this week as one of the year's busiest travel days approaches.

The busiest travel season of the year has approached amidst controversy surrounding the airport security procedures being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). These procedures include full body scanners and more invasive physical pat-downs using fingers and palms.

On Thursday, November 18, 2010, a federal court judge denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by local South Carolina teacher Sandie Mallard against AirTran Airways, Inc., after the airline cancelled her tickets to Mexico without notice.

In recognition of President Obama proclaiming November as National Hospice Month, Motley Rice would like to emphasize the importance of hospice care and acknowledge those who dedicate their lives to making a patient's stay comfortable and dignified. We proudly support those facilities, professionals, volunteers and family members who provide quality care for the terminally ill.