Motley Rice Law Firm Expands Mass Tort Practice in Philadelphia Area
June 21 2024 - 4:41PM
Business Wire
Seasoned Litigator Mike Daly Joins Firm
One of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ civil litigation firms,
Motley Rice LLC, has expanded its class action and multidistrict
litigation practice by adding seasoned litigator Mike Daly to the
firm’s Philadelphia office as a member. As a lead of the
Philadelphia office, Daly will help grow Motley Rice’s class action
and mass tort litigation for products liability claims involving
defective medical devices and harmful pharmaceuticals, as well as
environmental hazards, asbestos-related injuries such as
mesothelioma and other toxic torts.
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Motley Rice Philadelphia Litigator Mike
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“Mike’s extensive mass tort leadership experience and industry
knowledge coupled with his Philadelphia legal community
relationships make him a perfect fit for Motley Rice and our
expanding presence. Having him deepen our growing bench of mass
tort litigators and helping us open a larger office at Three Logan
Square is a real benefit to our current and future clients,” stated
Motley Rice Co-founding Member Joseph F. Rice.
“As a born and bred Philadelphian, our city’s rich legal history
is of the utmost importance to me. I am confident that Motley
Rice’s growth here will only add to our exceptional community of
lawyers,” said Mike Daly. “I am thrilled to be the attorney of
choice to help lead this expansion of legal talent, clients and
co-counsel relationships for such an established and nationally
recognized plaintiffs’ firm.”
Mike Daly
Daly brings a wealth of experience to Motley Rice clients in the
Paraquat litigation, Roundup® herbicide litigation, the Abbott baby
formula recall, the necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) MDL, the
Elmiron vision loss MDL, and the Bard and Covidien hernia mesh
litigations. A founder of the AAJ Hernia Mesh and Ozempic
litigation groups, he has been very active in the Ozempic®, Wegovy®
and other GPL-1 RA litigations, including the MDL since its
consolidation, and will add great insight to the Motley Rice
clients harmed by these diabetic and weight-loss medicines. He also
serves on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Complex Litigation
Center’s Mass Tort Working Committee.
A leader in a crowded field, Daly was co-lead counsel of the
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Ethicon hernia mesh mass tort
multicounty litigations (MCL) in New Jersey. He was lead counsel
for lawsuits in state and federal courts related to Injectafer®
intravenous iron. Earlier in his career he was bellwether counsel
in the multidistrict litigations related to pelvic mesh, GranuFlo®
dialysate, Zofran® birth injuries and testosterone replacement
therapy.
Daly’s experience also extends to consulting with foreign
litigators on their overseas products and environmental cases. He’s
also pursued discovery on behalf of foreign litigants in U.S.
courts via Section 1782 discovery actions, and recently secured
U.S.-based discovery on behalf of litigants in some of the largest
mass action cases in the world.
Immediately prior to joining Motley Rice, Daly was a plaintiffs’
litigator at an international civil law firm for a decade, most
recently serving as managing partner of its Philadelphia office. He
is a frequent speaker on mass torts and other litigation topics at
state, regional, national, and international conferences, including
those hosted by AAJ, Perrin, HarrisMartin, and internationally at
Oxford University. He holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Villanova
University Charles Widger School of Law and a Bachelor of Science
in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University. He is
licensed in NJ and PA.
Motley Rice
With a tradition of representing those whose rights have been
violated, Motley Rice attorneys gained recognition for their
pioneering asbestos lawsuits, their work with the State Attorneys
General in the landmark litigation against Big Tobacco, and their
representation of 9/11 families in the ongoing lawsuit against
terrorist financiers. Today Motley Rice attorneys represent
thousands of clients in multidistrict litigations, class actions
and individual lawsuits in state and federal courts.
The firm represents clients in complex litigation in numerous
areas, including securities fraud; antitrust; consumer protection;
environmental contamination; prescription and over-the-counter
drugs; medical devices; human rights; aviation disasters; and
wrongful death. Motley Rice is headquartered in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.,
and has additional offices in Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; New
Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; and West Virginia.
For more information, contact Motley Rice attorney Mike Daly (PA,
NJ) at 1.800.768.4026 or visit www.motleyrice.com.
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Motley Rice LLC, a South Carolina Limited
Liability Company, is engaged in the New Jersey practice of law
through Motley Rice New Jersey LLC. Esther Berezofsky is the
attorney responsible for New Jersey practice.
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