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About Rayna McCarthy
Prior to joining Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Rayna worked as an ADA for the District Attorney’s Office in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Linda Cartisano, where she assisted in resolving child custody disputes and helped litigants seeking Protection from Abuse Orders. There, Rayna proudly drafted the initial stages for implementing the first Domestic Violence Court in the county. She also worked as a congressional legal intern for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as for Georgoulis & Associates PLLC , a law firm that specializes in construction, corporate, and real estate law. Outside of the law firm, Rayna is passionate about giving back to her community.
She serves as the director of communications for Hellenic Hearts, a non-profit organization, which provides financial support to local families who have suffered hardship or require immediate assistance. She is an active member and mentor for the Educational Guidance Program, which provides free SAT tutoring, scholarships and counseling to young students living in Delaware County and the surrounding area. Rayna pursued her undergraduate studies at Boston College and New York University. She then obtained her law degree from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University, where she won several academic awards, including two CALI Excellence for the Future awards for Best Student Performances in Risk Management and Legal Compliance.
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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