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Daniel S. Robinson is a partner in the Newport Beach office of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc., specializing in civil litigation. Mr. Robinson is admitted to practice law in New York, Pennsylvania and California. Mr. Robinson has conducted several trials to date, including a 17-day trial in 2010 where a Los Angeles jury returned a verdict of $14,548,350.76 for a plaintiff who became a paraplegic when defendant's SUV ran a stop sign. In 2011, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association awarded Mr. Robinson the 2011 OCTLA Young Gun Award for “exceptional trial skills, ideals of legal ethics and dedication to the principal of preserving access to a justice system for every person.” In 2012, Mr. Robinson was selected by Thompson Reuters' Super Lawyers publication as a 2012 Super Lawyers Rising Star. In 2012, Mr. Robinson was chosen by the National Trial Lawyers association as one of the "Top 40 (Lawyers) Under 40" in the United States.

Mr. Robinson currently serves as the National Co-Chair of the American Association of Justice (AAJ) YAZ/Yasmin/Ocella Litigation Group and is set to be co-lead trial counsel on the first bellwether trial for YAZ-induced blood clots in Philadelphia state court. In 2009, Mr. Robinson was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the federal multidistrict proceeding for the Contaminated Heparin Litigation, MDL 1953, by the Honorable James G. Carr, Chief Judge of the Northern District of Ohio. In 2012, Mr. Robinson was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In re Actos Product Liability Cases coordinated proceeding, JCCP No. 4696, by the Hon. Kenneth R. Freeman. Mr. Robinson was also selected to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Fosamax Femur Fracture coordinated proceeding, In re Fosamax/Alendronate Sodium Drug Cases, JCCP No. 4644

Product Liability Litigation

Mr. Robinson’s practice includes litigation of product liability cases on behalf of those harmed by defective products. Current product liability cases include:

• DePuy/Stryker/Biomet/Zimmer Hip Revisions
• YAZ/Yasmin/Ocella Blood Clots
• Contaminated Heparin
• Fosamax-related Femur Fractures
• Transvaginal Mesh Failures
• Actos-induced bladder cancer
• Fentanyl Pain Patch failures
• SSRI-related Birth Defects
• (Zoloft, Prozac, Lexapro, Effexor, etc.)
• Toyota Unintended Acceleration
• Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft (BMP) Injuries
• Zithromax Antibiotic (Z-Pack) Injuries

Privacy and Business Litigation

Mr. Robinson also handles cases involving significant privacy violations, class actions and general business litigation. On March 14, 2011, Mr. Robinson was appointed Lead Counsel in JCCP 4647, In Blue Cross of California Website Security Cases, where he ultimately secured millions of dollars in benefits for over 640,000 Wellpoint customers whose information and health records were wrongfully disclosed on the internet.

Background

Before working at RCRSD, Mr. Robinson was a civil litigator at a large, national defense law firm where he handled partnership disputes, real estate actions, securities law and other matters of general business litigation. Prior to that, Mr. Robinson served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office under the Hon. Robert M. Morgenthau. As a New York City prosecutor, Mr. Robinson conducted numerous criminal trials, investigations and grand jury proceedings in the Trial Bureau Division as well as in several of the office’s specialized units, including the Domestic Violence, Public Assistance Fraud, Counterfeit Trafficking and the Identity Theft Units.

Education

Mr. Robinson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, CA, where he was awarded both the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Graduation Award and the Hon. William M. Byrne, Sr. Graduation Award. Mr. Robinson earned American Jurisprudence and First Honors Awards in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Marital Property, Mass Tort Litigation and Property II: Future Possessory Interests. During law school, Mr. Robinson competed for Loyola’s nationally–ranked Byrne Trial Advocacy Team where he and co–counsel took first place in the 2003 National Trial Competition Regional Championship, the 2002 Byrne Trial Advocacy Competition and the 2001 William W. Daniel Mock Trial National Championship

Legal Community
Mr. Robinson has served as an assistant coach for U.C. Irvine’s mock trial team. He has helped educate attorneys on the use of expert witnesses and has lectured on various aspects of civil litigation, including:

• DePuy ASR and Pinnacle Litigation Update,” American Association of Justice, July 2012;
• Using Technology in Modern Litigation,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 2012 Winter Convention;
• Use of Internet Investigation Methods in Modern Litigation,” American Association of Justice, 2012 Winter Convention;
• Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) Litigation Update,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 2011 Annual Convention, November 2011;
• Developments and Devices in Upcoming Hip Litigation,” HB Litigation Conference, January 2011;
• Surviving Summary Judgment,” Consumer Attorneys of California, 2010 Annual Seminar, November 2010;
• Toyota Uncontrolled Acceleration Litigation,” 360 Advocacy Institute, March 2010.
• Facebook and Other Social Networking – What They’ll Find Out About Your Client,” American Association of Justice, January 2010;
• Using Private Investigators Under California Law,” Orange County Association of Business Trial Lawyers, April 2008.