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Ronald Motley

Trial attorney, lead plaintiff's lawyer, Medicaid suits

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Ron Motley is a nationally famous plaintiff's attorney. He started his successful career by suing the asbestos industry with attorney Richard Scruggs and forcing them into bankruptcy. He was contacted by Scruggs when the tobacco litigation started, and he became an integral part of the trial team. He is a courtroom lawyer, famous for swashbuckling courtroom antics. His law firm in Charleston, South Carolina, has gathered the legal battle tools necessary to defeat the tobacco industry, including hundreds of thousands of documents, whistleblowers, and damaging depositions. If the national settlement does not succeed, Ron Motley will be trying the state Medicaid cases around the country.

Ronald Motley
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