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Here's the official firm profile on Sen. Dunn, followed by a profile on th=
e=20 firm. I'll see what other background I can find. ? Ken ? =09 ?=09 ?=09Joseph L. Dunn, Partner, Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Newport Beach,= =20 CASenator Joseph L. Dunn, a partner with Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, i= s=20 a member of the California State Senate. He received his Bachelor of Arts= =20 degree Magna Cum Laude from the College of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and=20 graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School. =09 =09Senator Dunn=01,s practice is focused on product liability, mass tort a= nd=20 complex litigation. He has served as plaintiffs=01, liaison counsel in the= =20 California Coordinated Breast Implant Cases, the Coordinated UCI Fertility= =20 Litigation, the Consolidated Texaco Refinery Litigation and the California = =20 Coordinated Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) cases. He has also served as co-lead =20 counsel in the consolidated Shiley Heart Valve cases and the Hanford =20 Washington Downwinders=01, Litigation (nuclear facility radiation exposure)= . =20 Senator Dunn has participated in numerous other mass tort and complex =20 litigation cases involving medical devices, pharmaceutical products, toxic = =20 contamination, business and insurance matters, including private attorney = =20 general actions against the tobacco industry brought by Gray Davis and the = =20 County of Los Angeles. =09 =09Senator Dunn was a long time board member for the Consumer Attorneys of= =20 California, including service as vice-president and many years as Educatio= n=20 Chair. He served several years on the Executive Board of the Orange County= =20 Trial Lawyers Association, as state coordinator for the national=20 organization, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and on the Education=20 Committee for the Orange County Bar Association. He has worked extensively= =20 in the legislative arena, including drafting and editing legislation and= =20 testifying before various legislative committees, and has been an ongoing= =20 advocate of consumer issues.=20 =09 =09He is a frequent lecturer and author and served as an instructor of bot= h=20 intermediate and advanced litigation procedures for the UCI paralegal=20 program. Since his election in 1998, Senator Dunn continues to be a member= =20 of the firm and serves as co-liaison counsel for the California Coordinate= d=20 Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) cases. =09 =09? =09 =09 =09Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, the law firm of Robinson,= =20 Calcagnie & Robinson specializes in representing plaintiffs in cases=20 involving catastrophic injury or wrongful death, as well as litigation=20 arising from conduct causing substantial economic losses and damages.=20 Although known as one of the leading product liability firms in the countr= y,=20 the firm=01,s attorneys have built a reputation for success in all areas o= f=20 civil litigation, including numerous high profile cases. In 1978, Mark P.= =20 Robinson, Jr., as co-counsel with Art Hews for the plaintiff in the landma= rk=20 Ford Pinto fire case of Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, won an unprecedent= ed=20 $128 million award, which at that time was the largest jury verdict ever i= n=20 a personal injury case. =09 =09Since then Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson have become known for providi= ng=20 the highest quality legal representation, and for obtaining substantial ju= ry=20 verdicts, judgments and settlements for their clients in hundreds of major= =20 cases. The firm has been based in Orange County for over two decades, but= =20 their commitment to their clients and their record of achievement has=20 evolved into a practice handling a broad spectrum of cases venued=20 nationwide. The firm=01,s attorneys have been associated as co-counsel or= =20 admitted pro hac vice in over thirty states, and have tried cases in sever= al=20 more. =09 =09[IMAGE]The firm has an extraordinary track record in litigation which is= =20 well known in the legal community. The firm has received the highest ratin= gs=20 by Martindale-Hubbell=01,s National Law Directory, as have each of its=20 partners. They have been successful in difficult and complex cases against= =20 some of the world=01,s largest corporations, manufacturers and insurance= =20 companies, as well as government entities. While the firm=01,s practice is= =20 primarily consumer-oriented, they have represented not only private=20 individuals but businesses, corporations and government entities seeking= =20 damages for losses resulting from negligence, breach of contract and other= =20 tortious or wrongful conduct. The firm was co-counsel for the County of Lo= s=20 Angeles in its unfair business practices lawsuit against the tobacco=20 industry.=20 =09 =09In cases involving unique and complex issues or significant injuries an= d=20 damages, such as automotive crashworthiness litigation, the ultimate resul= t=20 is often dependent upon the amount of time and money a law firm can expend= =20 on case work-up. Investigation, discovery and trial preparation require=20 substantial financial expenditures, not to mention demands on the time of= =20 legal personnel. Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson has a reputation for both= =20 the willingness and the ability to invest the resources required in case= =20 preparation. Utilizing a team approach, the work of several lawyers,=20 paralegals and support personnel may be devoted to a single case if needed= . =09 =09The firm prides itself on knowledge of the law, attention to detail, an= d=20 thorough analysis. Using the latest computer software and case management= =20 systems, as well as document scanning and coding, the firm has the=20 capability of handling even the most complex cases involving hundreds of= =20 thousands, or even millions of documents. =09 =09Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson has its own warehouse for evidence =20 preservation and inspection, including indoor vehicle storage. The firm =20 regularly retains expert consultants and witnesses from around the country = =20 in a variety of fields such as mechanical engineering, biomechanics, =20 accident reconstruction, design safety, human factors, metallurgy and =20 materials analysis. Depending upon the case, the firm=01,s experts may be = =20 called upon to conduct testing and examination utilizing a wide range of = =20 cutting-edge scientific techniques, including everything from fiberoptic = =20 videography to scanning electron microscopy and energy disbursing x-ray =20 analysis, to full-scale vehicular crash testing with instrumented =20 anthropomorphic dummies. =20 =09 - jld.jpg - view.jpg
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