Maggie Roney is a shareholder in the firm’s Memphis office. A native Memphian, Ms. Roney has a diverse litigation practice throughout West Tennessee, with particular emphasis in representing defendants in healthcare liability, transportation, product liability, and personal injury litigation. Ms. Roney has successfully defended numerous cases prior to trial and through verdict, and she routinely obtains favorable results for her clients at the appellate level as well. Ms. Roney regularly litigates in both state and federal courts. She is also frequently retained before litigation to assist in evaluating and controlling her clients’ exposure to potential lawsuits.

Ms. Roney was a summer associate at the firm in law school and has worked with the firm for the entirety of her career. She serves on the firm’s recruitment committee and is responsible for interviewing and hiring candidates for the firm’s summer associate program.

 AFFILIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• American Bar Foundation
• Memphis Bar Association
• Memphis Bar Foundation
• Tennessee Bar Association

 PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• Appointed to the Executive Committee of the Memphis Bar Association
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
• Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 50 in Memphis
• Named to The Best Lawyers in America®, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Ranked AV, Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
• Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association, 2018 – present
• Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star
• Graduate, American Bar Association TIPS Leadership Academy, 2015
• Graduate, Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law (“TBALL”), 2013
• Appointed to American Bar Association TIPS Section Task Force on Outreach to Corporate Counsel
• Appointed to American Bar Association TIPS Section Products Liability Committee
• Appointed to American Bar Association TIPS Section Self-Insurers and Risk Management Committee; Chair, 2020-2021
• Finalist, Memphis Business Journal “Best of the Bar”, 2016
• CLE Committee, Memphis Bar Association, 2016 – 2017
• Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2011-2013
• Member of the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 2010-2013
• Co-Chair, Medium-Sized Firms, Committee, Memphis Area Legal Services (‘MALS”) Campaign for Equal Justice, 2020

 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Board of Directors, Memphis College Prep Elementary School (Vice-Chair, 2012-present; Governance Committee Chair, 2012-2014)
• Junior League of Memphis (Provisional Advisor, 2013-2014; 5K for Kids Secretary, Promotions Chair, 2014-2015; Committee, Memphis Women’s Summit, 2015)
• Member, Sponsorship Committee, Children’s Museum of Memphis, “Cirque du CMOM” 2016 -2017
• American Cancer Society Junior Executive Board (Social Fundraising Co-Chair, 2012-2013)

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