Ronald
Podolny

Meet Ronald Podolny

Ronald Podolny is a Lead Attorney in the Complex Litigation Group of Morgan & Morgan PA.  He joined the Complex Litigation Group in 2024, 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 a number of significant data breaches, and 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 before trial and appellate courts across the U.S. and Canada.  

Most recently, Mr. Podolny was appointed to the following leadership roles by the federal and state courts:

• Class Counsel, In re Lemonade Inc. Data Disclosure Litigation, 1:25-cv-04106-KHP (SDNY);
• Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee Member in In re CarGurus Data Security Litigation, 1:26-cv-10996-MJJ (D. Mass)
• Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee Member in In re WEL Companies Data Incident Litigation, 1:25-CV-1851-BBC (E.D. Wis.),
• Plaintiffs’ Interim Executive Committee Member in Wilson v. Frontier Communications Parent, Inc., 3:24-cv-01418-L-BW (N.D. Tex.)
• Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee Member in Feathers et al. v. On Q Financial, LLC, 2:24-cv-00811-SMB (D. Ariz.)
• Plaintiffs' Executive Committee Member in In re Continuum Health Data Security
• Incident Litigation, BUR-L-903-24 (N.J. Super. Law Div.)
• Patient Track Steering Committee Member in In re: Change Healthcare Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 24-3108 (DWF/DJF) (D. Minn.).

Additionally, Mr. Podolny has undertaken substantial responsibility in advancing the following significant privacy cases through motion practice, expert evidence development, and/or depositions, among others:

• Sheffler v. Americold Realty Trust, 1:21-cv-01075-MHC (N.D. Ga.)
• Cabezas v. Mr. Cooper Group Inc., 3:23-cv-02453-N (N.D. Tex.)
• In re Lakeview Loan Servicing Data Breach Litigation, 1:22-cv-20955-DPG (S.D. Fla.)
• In re Aflac Inc. Data Breach Litigation, 4:25-cv-00183 (M.D. Ga.)
• Haseltine v. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Inc., 2:24-cv-01876-NIQA (E.D. Pa.)
• Whittum et al. v. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, A-21-839579-C (Nev. Dist. Ct.)
• Murray v. Connecticut College, 3:24-cv-01099-MPS (D. Conn)
• In re Monat Hair Care Products Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2841 (S.D. Fla.)
• Whalen v. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, 9:24-cv-80612-AMC (S.D. Fla.)
• In re: Data Breach Security Litigation Against Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 2:23-cv-01447-ART-BNW (D. Nev.)
• Cravens et al. v.  Gardaworld Cash Services, Inc. et al., 9:24-CV-80400-BER (S.D. Fla.)
• In re Independent Living Systems Data Breach Litigation, 1:23-cv-21060-KMW (S.D. Fla.)
• Mortensen v. National Cable Communications LLC d/b/a Ampersand, 654441/2024 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)
• In re Thriving Mind Data Breach Litigation, 2024-010316-CA-01 (Fla. Cir. Ct.)
• Siefke v. Toyota Motor North America et al., 4:25-cv-00406-ALM (E.D. Tex.)
• O’Brien v. Compass Group USA, Inc. et al.; 2:17-cv-13327-JLL-JAD (D.N.J.)
• Several confidential commercial arbitrations in the cybersecurity and privacy sphere.

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 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.