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Mr. Dean was the Chief Trial Counsel for the plaintiffs in the Agent Orange Class Action, representing more than two million Vietnam Veterans in their claims against seven chemical companies. His work was described in published Federal Court decisions as “extraordinary” and of “exceptional quality.” David’s exceptional trial skills were evident in the trial of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. All the plaintiffs’ lawyers in that case directed that David should be the lead trial attorney and as a result, David obtained an unprecedented verdict against the Port Authority for its failure to take steps to prevent the terrorist attack. In a suit against New York City, Mr. Dean recovered a $41 million dollar verdict for our client. A technicality caused the judge to order a new trial and the resulting $92 million dollar verdict was the largest jury verdict in the New York State for that year. David won a $25 million verdict for a laborer injured at a worksite, $24.5 million for a man, allegedly intoxicated, who tripped and fell, and $19 million for a motorcycle driver whose leg was badly injured as a result of a County's failure to install a safe traffic light. He won verdicts against the Transit Authority in the sum of $28.5 million for a woman whose leg was severely injured when she was struck by a train, $19.5 million for a man who was caught and dragged by a subway car, and $14.6 million for a woman who damaged her hand when she was run over by a City subway train. Over the years he has had many seven and eight figure verdicts. Such results are only a small sample of his work, which has earned him a respected and feared trial reputation. A 1961 graduate of Georgetown Law Center, David joined the firm of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo in 1997. He has often lectured at various national, state and local bar associations, and law schools on all aspects of trial practice.

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