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Motley Rice member attorney Marlon Kimpson will serve as a guest speaker at the annual National Public Safety Employees Pension & Benefits Conference being held by the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS).

Motley Rice, is proud to announce that one of its members, Don Migliori, has been named Roger Williams University School of Law's first "Distinguished Practitioner in Residence" for the 2010-11 academic year.

A subclass of 38 plaintiffs in the lawsuit Brown v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. has reached a proposed settlement with defendant Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. If the court approves the settlement, these class members will receive the remaining portion of claimed investment losses not recovered from the court-appointed receiver for Al Parish and his various investment vehicles.

Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on the White House to ensure justice for scores of American victims of Libyan terrorism through "the prompt nomination of two qualified and capable individuals to be commissioners on the Department of Justice Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)" in a letter released yesterday.

Attorney Kevin Dean comments on Sofa Super Store lawyers who are demanding that the city of Charleston be reprimanded for failing to release documents resulting from the investigation into the June 2007 Sofa Super Store fire that killed nine Charleston, SC firefighters.

On September 10, 2010, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, plaintiff Mary Bavis requested a status conference to consider an appropriate case management order for trial in <i>Bavis v. United Airlines, Inc.,</i> a case under <i> In re September 11 Litigation.</i>

As a strong advocate for mesothelioma research and education, Motley Rice supports MARF's efforts to educate Americans on the impact mesothelioma has had on families all over the U.S.

Motley Rice environmental attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick will speak on Tuesday in a panel discussion entitled, "Establish and Refuting Damages- Battles of the Experts."

Former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation and Motley Rice aviation attorney Mary Schiavo appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto on September 16th, 2010, to discuss substance abuse and other health issues with regards to active airline pilots.

Motley Rice, one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' litigation firms, announces today that <i>U.S. News & World Report</i> has named the firm to its 2010 Best Law Firms list, an annual list showcasing law firms in 81 practice areas throughout the United States.