Motley Rice LLC

United States 2025

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Individuals recognized in Best Lawyers

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Overview

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Motley Rice is one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms. Founding members Ron Motley and Joe Rice worked together for more than 30 years. With more than 120 attorneys and hundreds of staff, the firm continues to represent consumers against wrongdoing and negligence through the use of the American civil justice system. We handle individual cases, consolidated trials, multidistrict litigation and class actions and cases involving aviation and transportation disasters; catastrophic injury; environmental contamination; anti-terrorism and human rights violations; medical drugs and devices; securities and consumer fraud; anti-trust; whistleblower and qui tam; and occupational diseases such as mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Visit www.motleyrice.com for detailed information about Motley Rice.

Rankings

Motley Rice LLC is nationally ranked in 1 practice areas and metro ranked in 9 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 1

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Metro Rankings

Charleston-SC

Tier 1 for Government Relations Practice

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 2 for Corporate Governance Law

Firm Leadership

Joseph F. Rice

Co-Founder

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 1

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Regional Rankings

Charleston-SC

Tier 1 for Government Relations Practice

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 2 for Corporate Governance Law

Hartford

Tier 2 for Antitrust Law

Tier 2 for Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions

Tier 2 for Litigation - Securities

New Jersey

Tier 3 for Environmental Law

New York City

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Rhode Island

Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Washington, D.C.

Tier 1 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.

Antitrust Law
Aviation Law
Civil Rights Law
Consumer Protection Law
Derivatives and Futures Law
Environmental Law
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
Litigation - Securities
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Qui Tam Law
Railroad Law
Transportation Law

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^®

Motley Rice LLC has 31 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Motley Rice LLC eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.

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Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.

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