Michael J. Foley brings over 20 years of professional experience to the Foley Law Firm. He began his education at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, graduating with a B.A. in History in 1980. He then went on to earn his J.D. at the Duquesne University School of Law in 1983. In the year following his graduation from Duquesne, Mr. Foley served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. In 2004 he became a fellow for the National College of Advocacy. In 2002, Mr. Foley was appointed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission on Venue. Mr. Foley's excellence in law has been formally recognized on several occasions, in 1999 when he received the Special Achievement Award for the AAJ Annual Convention, and in 2004 and 2005 was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in Philadelphia Magazine. He currently focuses his practice on medical malpractice, civil litigation, and products liability. Over the course of his career, Mr. Foley has authored many highly regarded articles and papers, including "Exploiting Fear Itself" - Medical Lobby's Challenge to Patient's Rights" (the Barrister, August 2004); "Injustice in the Wake of the False Promise of Tort Reform (The Barrister, 2003); "Separation of Powers: Restrictions on Legislative Regulation of Attorneys' Fees in Medical Malpractice Actions" (The Barrister, Special Supplement, December 2002); "An Historic Overview of the Supreme Court's Rulemaking Authority" (The Barrister, Special Supplement, December 2002); "Funded Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation Shams Affecting Injured Workers (AAJ 2000 Annual Convention Reference Materials, Vol. II, pgs. 2845-2857); "The Evolution of the Right of Partially Disabled Workers to Receive Workers' Compensation Benefits Even When Laid Off" (The Barrister, 1990); "Straight Talk about the 1993 Amendments to the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act" (The Barrister, Fall 1993); and "Enforcement of the American with Disabilities Act Will Bring Equity to the Job Referral Practice in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation System" (The Barrister, Vol. XX, Number 1, Spring 1995).