DAVID L. CONN
Attorney at Law
**** ******** **** ● Pittsburgh, PA 15241
Phone: 412-***-****
PROFILE
• Licensed attorney since 1994 (Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania).
• Extensive experience in the preparation and trial of personal injury claims resulting from auto collisions, medical negligence, product defects, and premises liability.
• Exceptional knowledge of Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Evidence and Trial Advocacy.
• Able to communicate clearly and concisely with people of diverse backgrounds and authority.
• Exceptional referral base of lawyers and acquaintances which have resulted in significant revenue to employer (see attachment).
EXPERIENCE
• Since 1994, have maintained a sole focus on personal injury litigation.
• Have prepared and presented to conclusion either by settlement or trial, cases involving significant physical and economic injury.
• Interviewed witnesses, propounded and responded to interrogatories, requested productions, taken depositions, briefed and argued motions and requested instructions in jury trials.
EXPERT WITNESSES
• Defined case issues and facts, then determined what type of expert witnesses would be needed.
• Located highly competent and persuasive experts in the required field.
• Consulted with and prepared the experts based on the definition of the issues and facts.
• Examined and cross-examined all types of fact witnesses and expert witnesses from nearly all areas of medicine and many scientific fields.
EDUCATION JURIS DOCTOR
Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1994
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania 1991
Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Division III All-American - Football
REFERENCES
John A. Caputo, Esquire, 100 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 – 412-***-****
Arthur L. Schwarzwaelder, Esquire, 336 4th Ave. 8th Fl., Pittsburgh, PA – (412) 394 - 6842
Allan M. Cox, Esquire, 429 S. Dallas Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15208 – 412-***-****
DAVID L. CONN, ESQUIRE
Significant personal injury claims
prepared and presented to conclusion
(1994-2014)
1. Allegheny County - $4.8 million settlement - death of bank executive in auto collision.
2. Trumbull County, Ohio - $2.5 million settlement - leg amputation of worker drawn into a coil slitting machine.
3. Washington County - $2.25 million settlement - leg amputation of worker on conveyor.
4. Allegheny County - $1.775 million settlement - death of worker crushed on conveyor.
5. Armstrong County - $1.1 million verdict – death of young woman from gunshot wounds.
6. Allegheny County - $900,000 settlement - brain injury to contractor struck by work vehicle.
7. Lawrence County - $850,000 settlement - instantaneous death in motor vehicle collision.
8. Allegheny County - $800,000 settlement - loss of chance to extend life from late diagnosis of cancer.
9. Allegheny County - $750,000 settlement - death during a biopsy procedure.
10. Washington County - $450,000 settlement - burned arm and armpit from electrocution.
11. Washington County - $450,000 settlement – intrauterine death of full-term infant.
12. Allegheny County - $400,000 verdict - injury to arm caught in closing elevator doors.
13. Westmoreland County - $300,000 settlement - sciatic nerve injury following injection.
14. Allegheny County - $200,000 settlement – brain hemorrhage and death following over-anticoagulation with Coumadin.
15. Allegheny County - $150,000 settlement - bile duct injury following laparoscopic surgery.