Molly A. Podlesny
Associate
Associate
Ms. Podlesny is a trial lawyer who focuses her practice in complex civil litigation in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defense, insurance coverage and bad faith, products liability, and personal injury matters.
Full Biography
Molly Podlesny is an associate at the firm and she focuses her practice in complex civil litigation in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defense, insurance coverage and bad faith, products liability, and personal injury matters.
As part of her insurance practice, Ms. Podlesny also handles cases on behalf of workers’ compensation insurers and third-party claim administrators involving billing disputes with medical providers arising from workers’ compensation claims. Ms. Podlesny has successfully represented parties at trials, mediations, arbitrations, and evidentiary hearings in both state and federal courts.
Molly attended Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, from which she graduated cum laude. During law school, she was a note and comment editor for Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology and a member of the inaugural executive board of the Corporate and Business Law Journal. She also served as Student Bar Association President. Molly earned CALI Awards for Academic Excellence in Evidence and Land Use Planning. She also graduated with pro bono distinction for providing volunteer legal aid at homeless shelters in the Valley.
Prior to joining the firm, Molly clerked for the Hon. Steven P. Logan in the U.S. District of Arizona.
Education
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona
J.D. – 2020
University of Maryland – College Park
B.A. – 2016
Journalism and Government & Politics
Bar Admissions
Joined Firm
September 2021
Professional Associations
Past Employment