Ron Podolny is a Lead Attorney in the Complex Litigation Group of Morgan & Morgan PA. He joined the Complex Litigation Group after practicing for 15 years in Canada, 10 of which were dedicated exclusively to representing the plaintiffs in class actions and mass torts. In that capacity, he represented plaintiffs in numerous securities, antitrust, consumer and privacy class actions, and was trial counsel in several class action trials.
At Morgan & Morgan, Mr. Podolny’s practice is focused on representing the plaintiffs in class actions arising out of data breaches, defective consumer and pharmaceutical products, misleading advertising, misconduct by financial institutions, and other matters. Among others, he represents plaintiffs in several class actions against vehicle manufacturers and data brokers arising from alleged consumer vehicle tracking. In this capacity, he routinely conducts and defends lay and expert witness depositions and appears in trial and appellate courts across the U.S. and Canada.
Most recently, Mr. Podolny was appointed to the Executive Committee in In re WEL Companies Data Incident Litigation (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin), Plaintiffs’ Interim Executive Committee in Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. data breach litigation (United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas), the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in On Q Financial data breach litigation (United States District Court for the District of Arizona), the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in In re Continuum Data Security Incident Litigation (Superior Court of New Jersey), and the Patient Track Steering Committee in In re: Change Healthcare Customer Data Security Breach Litigation (United States District Court for the District of Minnesota).
Mr. Podolny has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. In that capacity, he was recognized with the Osgoode Hall Law School Faculty Teaching and Service Award for contribution to legal education as an Adjunct Professor (2022).
Mr. Podolny’s work has been repeatedly recognized by industry publications, including:
•Precedent Setter Award for excellence and leadership in practice and community (2018),
•Lexpert Rising Stars Award: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2019),
•Recognized by Best Lawyers in the category of Securities Law (2023),
•Recognized as Repeatedly Recommended (Class Actions) in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2024).
Mr. Podolny speaks frequently in professional conferences on matters relating to class actions and commercial litigation. Mr. Podolny has presented repeatedly on cross-border class actions at the American Association for Justice conferences, across the U.S. He has been interviewed on legal matters in television, radio and print media.
Mr. Podolny has authored articles on a variety of topics in class actions and commercial litigation in leading industry and academic publications in the U.S., Canada and UK. His articles have been cited with approval by the courts.
Mr. Podolny is admitted to practice in New York and Ontario, and practices in Morgan & Morgan’s Tampa office.
Awards & Recognitions
•Precedent Setter Award for excellence and leadership in practice and community (2018)
•Lexpert Rising Stars Award: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2019)
•Osgoode Hall Law School Faculty Teaching and Service Award for contribution to legal education as an Adjunct Professor (2022)
•Recognized by Best Lawyers in the category of Securities Law (2023)
•Recognized as Repeatedly Recommended (Class Actions) in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2024)
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