Maria V. Hanley
Associate
mhanley@dmclaw.com |
Direct: 412-392-5446
Four Gateway Center
444 Liberty Avenue
Suite 1000
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1225
Main: 412-281-7272
Fax: 888-811-7144
Maria V. Hanley is an associate of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. She concentrates her practice in the area of civil litigation, with a particular emphasis in railroad litigation, commercial litigation, and school district defense, in state and federal courts.
As a member of the firm’s Railroad Law, Litigation and Regulatory Counsel Group, Ms. Hanley regularly represents Class I and Short Line railroads in Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) and state tort claim litigation. Additionally, Ms. Hanley is a member of the firm’s Commercial Law and Litigation Group. In her commercial litigation practice, she focuses on business torts and contractual disputes. Ms. Hanley also handles matters in the area of school district defense as part of the Education Law Group, where she regularly represents school districts in civil rights, employment, special education, and tort litigation.
Prior to joining the firm as a lawyer, Ms. Hanley worked as a law clerk and summer associate at Dickie McCamey. While in law school, she was a teaching assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Department at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
Ms. Hanley is an active member of the firm’s Associates Committee, Compliance Committee, and Employment Committee.
Ms. Hanley has been trained by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA).
Professional Accomplishments
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America since 2025: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® – Rising Stars 2025
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, J.D. (2020)
- Loyola University Chicago, B.S. (2017)
Related Links
Representative Matters
- Ms. Hanley successfully defended a Pennsylvania school district as a second chair in a 3-week trial in which the plaintiff sued the school district, a Pennsylvania athletic association, and a Pennsylvania athletic league over a concussion sustained in a football practice 13 years prior to the trial. Plaintiff claimed that he has Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). The jury returned a verdict for all of the defendants after 2 hours of deliberation.
Speaking Engagements
- “Navigating and Understanding Pennsylvania Courts and Judicial Elections” (Presenter); Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; Pittsburgh, PA; 9/12/2023
- “Social Media and Intellectual Property: Practical and Legal Considerations” (Co-Presenter); Commercial Litigation in a Brave New World – Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia CLE; Pittsburgh, PA; 4/27/2023
- “There’s No Place Like Home: Mallory v. Norfolk Southern and the Exercise of General Jurisdiction” (Presenter); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Annual Conference; Chicago, IL; 7/26/2022
Admissions and Licenses
- Pennsylvania Bar Admission
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Duquesne Law Alumni Association
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Defense Institute
Community
- Neighborhood Legal Services (Protection From Abuse Project)
- Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership Best Interests Attorney Project
Education
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, J.D. (2020), cum laude; recipient of CALI Excellence for the Future Awards® in Civil Procedure and Drafting and Law and Neuroscience; Duquesne Business Law Journal (Executive Editor); Appellate Moot Court Board (Vice President); Outstanding Oral Advocate Award (Legal Research and Writing); Justice Louis L. Manderino Honor Society
- Loyola University Chicago, B.S. (2017), magna cum laude, Psychology, minor in Psychology of Crime & Justice; Dean’s List (all semesters); Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll; NCAA Division 1 Women’s Soccer (senior captain)