O'Rourke Pennington, Carol L.

Dawn M. Chmielewski is a member of the firm's Litigation Section. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Akron in 1996 and she received her law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2004.

Prior to her employment at Climaco, Ms. Chmielewski worked at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation for eight years. She is experienced in both cardiac and emergency nursing.

Ms. Chmielewski specializes in personal injury, with a focus on defective medications and medical devices. She currently heads the firm's Department of Pharmaceuticals and Defective Medical Devices. She has handled claims involving Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Guidant Defibrillators, Serzone, Digitek, and others. She was also recently involved in the C.B. Fleet litigation, with the Climaco firm being appointed as liaison counsel. In re: Oral Sodium Phosphate Solution Based Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2066 resulted in the resolution of over 500 Fleet claims.

Ms. Chmielewski has been a faculty speaker for organizations such as Harris Martin and the American Association for Justice, most recently giving talks on propoxyphene and Actos.