Martina Walsh McLaughlin joined Raynes McCarty in 2004 after nearly a quarter century at the firm Litvin Blumberg Matusow & Young. She has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of major civil cases, particularly medical malpractice and products liability. She has received, through Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in legal ability and ethics. She is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, having represented several clients awarded settlements and jury verdicts of seven and eight figures.
Ms. McLaughlin has important experience representing clients with claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Working on behalf of workers seeking pension benefits under a special early retirement package, Ms. McLaughlin organized several class action lawsuits that garnered national attention from the media and the legal community. Also noteworthy is Ms. McLaughlin’s representation of a child who had been abused while in foster care.
A noted lecturer for both the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Ms. McLaughlin has made presentations on the law of damages, evidence in dram shop cases, taking depositions, and other topics. She is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers, and the Philadelphia Bar Associations. From 1986 through 1991, she was a member of the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.
Education
- Kings College—magna cum laude
- University of Notre Dame Law School—cum laude
Affiliations
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association—Board of Directors, 1986-1991
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association