MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms, has announced the addition of four attorneys to its Securities and Consumer Fraud practice group:  Mary Joyce Carlson, John C. Duane, William S. Norton and Daniel C. Rome.

Carlson joins Motley Rice with more than 25 years of experience in labor, health care and employment law. Carlson has consulted with and represented labor organizations such as the Service Employees International Union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and UNITE HERE, CLC (merged entity of the former Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and the former Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union).

Carlson will also assist the Motley Rice Anti-Terrorism and Human Rights practice group in its efforts to seek redress for victims of violent crime and terrorism in the United States and abroad. She has been actively involved in the ABA Rule of Law Project to train governments and countries in designing and administering labor and human rights accords. Additionally, she has served in a consulting role with the London-based International Trade Union Center for Labor and Human Rights.

Carlson is the former general counsel to the Heath Care Division of the Service Employees International Union, the largest health care industry union in the United States. She also served as deputy general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board under the appointment of President Clinton, as a consultant with the State Department and Ministry of Labor in Chile and was of counsel to Washington, D.C.-based litigation firm James & Hoffman P.C. Carlson earned a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law and is licensed in Georgia.

Duane is a former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, where he prosecuted a variety of cases, including white collar and violent crimes. He brings trial experience and a training background to both the securities and aviation litigation teams at Motley Rice. Duane was the 2004 Assistant U.S. Attorney of the Year for the Charleston Division. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Duane worked on criminal and civil cases for several years as a law clerk for Senior U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Charleston and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law and is licensed in South Carolina.

Before joining Motley Rice, Norton gained litigation experience representing clients in complex securities class actions, involving both SEC investigations and electronic discovery, with a large New York-based law firm. He clerked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and has been involved with multiple legal outreach and community programs. Norton earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Carolina and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. He is licensed in Massachusetts and New York.

Rome joins Motley Rice from Automated Trading Desk LLC, where he served as the compliance manager, ensuring operational compliance at a firm trading more than 300 million shares a day. During the past 12 years, he has served in various positions within the securities industry, ranging from selling securities to working in a client services capacity; however, he has spent most of his career addressing securities compliance. Rome is a member of the AML Strategic Leadership Group. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law. He is licensed in Pennsylvania.

Motley Rice LLC is one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms. With nearly 70 attorneys and hundreds of staff, the firm continues to handle complex litigation, including cases in the areas of securities fraud, shareholder rights, aviation, asbestos bankruptcy, and human rights. The securities and consumer fraud practice group, composed of attorneys, business analysts and investigators, utilizes up-to-date case analysis and litigation strategies and has been appointed lead counsel in multiple cases. For more information on Motley Rice LLC or securities fraud litigation, contact attorney Joe Rice (SC) at 1-800-768-4026 or visit www.motleyrice.com.