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About Michael Manara
Michael Manara is a dedicated trial attorney who focuses on representing those who have suffered catastrophic injury or death as a result of another’s inexcusable conduct. Before becoming an attorney, Michael learned the value of discipline, hard work, and tenacity while serving as an infantry rifleman in the United States Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of Sergeant. During his time in the Marines, Michael deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and participated in joint training exercises in both Mozambique and Aruba. He received numerous awards for his exemplary conduct.
The core values of the United States Marine Corps are Honor, Courage, and Commitment - the same values Michael applies to representing his clients. Michael began his legal career representing victims of crime as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia. As an ADA, Michael honed his trial skills in the Major Trials Unit, where he served as the lead prosecutor where he litigated hundreds of cases, including attempted murder, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, narcotics, and firearms offenses.
As a skilled trial attorney, Michael transitioned to civil practice, where he worked for an insurance company defending personal injury cases. There, he gained valuable insight into how defendants strategize, as well as, how insurance companies defend injury cases. He uses that invaluable experience to anticipate the defenses of the insurance companies.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky
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The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.
After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight and injuring more than 200, Kline & Specter's Thomas R. Kline led the plaintiffs' negotiations that produced a $265 million settlement fund for the victims.
A Pennsylvania-record $227 million settlement resolved claims brought by 19 victims of the June 2013 Center City building collapse, in which an improperly braced wall fell during demolition and crushed the adjoining Salvation Army thrift store, killing seven people.
A Montgomery County jury awarded the estate of Ellen Gregory Robb $124.26 million in November 2014 against her husband, a former Penn economics professor who killed her in 2006 and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Of the total, $100 million was punitive damages. The proceeds were for the couple's daughter, the estate's beneficiary. The award stood after Robb's post-trial challenge, though collection was limited to his retirement and investment assets.
Four construction workers were killed and more than 30 injured when five floors of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City collapsed in October 2003, leading to what attorneys described as the largest construction-accident settlement in U.S. history at that time.
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