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Motley Rice transportation and aviation attorney and former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo discusses the Dec. 1, 2013, New York Metro-North commuter train crash with a number of national media outlets.

Motley Rice LLC expands its New York City office with the addition of two antitrust attorneys and an office relocation from Chelsea to Midtown East. Antitrust lawyers Michael M. Buchman (CT, NY) and John A. Ioannou (NY) join the firm, further rounding out Motley Rice’s consumer fraud practice.

Motley Rice is proud to announce that many of its members were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014, the 20th Edition.

Motley Rice LLC has established the Ronald L. Motley Memorial Fund at the University of South Carolina School of Law in honor and memory of its co-founding member Ronald L. Motley, who passed away on Aug. 22, 2013.

A Supreme Court affirmation of the Fifth Circuit decision in Roland likely will mean that we will see more Ponzi-related class claims brought under state law.

Motley Rice has been named as one of the nation’s “Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms” in Law360’s inaugural list. Law360 included 10 other firms and says the plaintiffs firms listed “strike fear” in the hearts of opposing counsel.

Motley Rice has been selected once again for <i>The National Law Journal's</i> Plaintiffs' Hot List, highlighting the firm’s work in securities fraud and human rights cases.

In an opinion issued on Sept. 30, 2013, the First Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling and upheld the legality of two of Providence, R.I.’s city tobacco control ordinances which prohibit coupons and multi-pack discounts on tobacco products.

On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Motley Rice member Marlon Kimpson was elected to the South Carolina State Senate representing District 42, which includes Charleston and Dorchester counties.

At Charleston City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 24, Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., read a proclamation that officially declared September 26 as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in the City of Charleston, S.C. Mayor Riley also dedicated the proclamation to Motley Rice co-founder Ron Motley, a pioneer in asbestos litigation, who passed away on Aug. 22, 2013.