Clancy Boylan

Biography Overview

Clancy Boylan is the managing partner of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey offices where he represents individuals and families in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that have been catastrophically injured or killed in trucking or automobile collisions, construction accidents, premises liability accidents and medical malpractice.  In 2022, Mr. Boylan was selected as a Best Law Firm Mentor by the Legal Intelligencer at their annual Professional Excellence Award Ceremony.  In 2021, he was one of nine attorneys across the state to be selected as a Distinguished Leader, due to his successful representation of clients and his efforts in overseeing the substantial growth of the Philadelphia Office.

Mr. Boylan has also been selected to the Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2016. The Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® lists are issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodologies can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

In just five years at Morgan & Morgan, Mr. Boylan has obtained over $100,000,000 in verdicts and settlements for his clients. In September of 2023, Mr. Boylan obtained a $26.2m verdict on behalf of his client Patrick Clemmons, who was injured in a trucking collision.  This verdict is believed to be the highest trucking verdict in Pennsylvania history.  Other notable recoveries include: $7,000,0000 for a client injured in a motor vehicle collision (non-surgical); $3,200,000 for a client injured in a trucking collision (non-surgical); $3,000,000 for a client injured in a New Jersey motorcycle collision; $2,850,000 for a client injured in a trucking collision (non-surgical); $2,300,000 for a client injured in a trucking collision; $1,500,000 for a client injured in a trucking collision; $1,500,000 for a client injured in a ride share crash; $1,350,000 policy limits settlement on a limited tort case (non-surgical); $1,300,000 for a client injured in a trucking collision; $1,250,000 for a client injured in a motor vehicle crash; $1,100,000 for a client injured at a mine site and numerous other $1,000,000+ settlements.

Mr. Boylan graduated from Duquesne University School of Law in 2012.  While in law school, he was a member of Duquesne’s nationally recognized Trial Advocacy Program.  In 2011, he won the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Mock Trial National Championship in Las Vegas. In 2012 he was selected as one of the top 16 trial advocates in the country to compete at Baylor Law School’s renowned Top Gun Competition.

Mr. Boylan prides himself on going the extra mile for his clients.  His mantra, which hangs above his desk for all to see is simple, “Good things come to those who hustle.”  Mr. Boylan has spent every day of his legal career fighting and hustling for the people, not the powerful.   

Outside of the courtroom, Mr. Boylan is heavily invested in his family and his community.  He resides in East Falls with his wife Abby and their two children, Bridie and Cillian.  He is on the Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and is an active member of the Make the World Better Foundation; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Big Climb; the Pete and Jameer Nelson Foundation and The Boylan Foundation.  He is a 2005 graduate of Saint Joseph’s University (BS) and a 2008 graduate of Wilkes University (MBA).

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