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Mary Ann Mullaney is an established trial and appellate attorney with considerable experience in complex litigation. In federal and state courts, as well as in arbitrations and mediations, Mary has represented businesses, governmental entities and individuals in a wide variety of complicated disputes.
Commercial litigation is a major focus of Mary’s practice, and she litigates claims of fraud, breach of contract, antitrust violations, unfair competition and related business torts. But her complex litigation practice also encompasses such diverse areas as professional malpractice, civil rights, product liability, employment, corporate governance, intellectual property, and environmental contamination, among others. Over the course of twenty years in practice, Mary has tried both jury and non-jury trials; additionally, she has briefed and argued numerous appeals.
Mary regularly lectures and writes on developments in the law or practice of litigation, including those specifically affecting the chemical industry and those in the area of electronic discovery. She has served as a guest lecturer at Temple University of School of Law and Widener University School of Law. Additionally, Mary is a former adjunct instructor at Seton Hall University School of Law, where she taught appellate advocacy.
On July 15, 2008, Mary was inducted as a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.
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In federal district court, tried, with three other trial lawyers, a $650 million fraudulent conveyance suit arising from a leading food and beverage company’s spin-off of various businesses, and achieved a defense verdict for that company on all claims, which verdict was upheld on appeal.
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In a state suit initiated by a former licensee against its licensor, obtained dismissal of contract claims seeking $200 million; that victory served as the catalyst for favorable resolution of the licensor’s contemporaneous trademark and contract suit against its former licensee in federal court.
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After a company in the trademark licensing business prevailed at trial, secured orders awarding it more than $8.3 million in attorneys’ fees and costs.
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In the representation of a state insurance commissioner in her capacity as liquidator of an insurance company, pursued malpractice litigation against that company’s outside actuaries and accountants, which litigation settled for $40 million.
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In suits concerning the operation and management of a distressed city school district by a for-profit entity, successfully defended the commission established to run that district in trial and appellate courts.
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Favorably resolved a putative Fair Labor Standards Act class action for restaurant owners.
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For a national bank, secured dismissal in state and federal courts of virtually identical actions seeking in excess of $100 million and asserting various constitutional and civil rights violations.
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On behalf of a major chemical manufacturer, authored the brief opposing the motion for class certification in a suit alleging a gasoline additive had contaminated groundwater; the trial court denied certification and its order was affirmed on appeal.
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