Ronald Motley

Ronald L. Motley is a noted American trial attorney, and a principal of Motley Rice LLC, a Mount Pleasant, South Carolina-based law firm.

Career synopsis

Motley, a 1971 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, has over his three-decade career won major judgments for his clients against the asbestos and tobacco industries. Mr. Motley was portrayed by Bruce McGill in director Michael Mann's 1999 film The Insider, starring Russell Crowe.

Current activities

Today, Mr. Motley is lead counsel for more than 6,500 family members and survivors of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks seeking justice against al-Qaeda’s financiers. His chief European investigator is noted terrorism financing expert Jean-Charles Brisard.

Industry recognition

In 1998, he was named Harry M. Philo Trial Lawyer of the Year by the 50,000-member Association of Trial Lawyers of America and received the President’s Award of the National Association of Attorneys General. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids gave him their Youth Advocates of the Year Award in 1999.

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References

• Jennifer Senior, "A Nation Unto Himself", New York Times March 14, 2004

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