| Admission Details | 1974, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio |
| Education | Taylor University, B.S., English, 1968; The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1973 |
| Birth Information | Champaign, Illinois, November 4, 1945 |
| Associations & Memberships | Columbus Bar Association; Defense Research Institute.
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Board of Directors (2001-2007)
Fellow of The American Board of Trial Advocates
Fellow in the Columbus Bar Foundation
Ohio State Bar Association
Society of Ohio Hospital Attorneys of the Ohio Hospital Association |
| Awards & Recognition | AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Certified for Nursing Home Defense by Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation (2006-2011)
Selected as an "Ohio Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine, Cincinnati Magazine and Columbus Monthly (2004-2011)
Voted by peers as one of central Ohio's leading lawyers in "The Verdict" special section of Business First magazine (March 2005)
Voted by peers as "Tops of Litigation" in Business First magazine (March 2004) |
| Speaking Engagements | "Handling Ohio Insurance Claims" - Professional Education Systems, Inc.
"Pre-litigation and Pretrial Procedures and Strategies" - Professional Education Systems, Inc.
"Cross Examination of a Human Factors Expert" - Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
"Status of Phen-fen Litigation, Telemedicine, and Y2K Exposure to Health Care Providers" - American Reinsurance Company Health Care Symposium |
| Representative Clients | Served as lead trial counsel and secured defense verdicts in approximately 50-75 jury trials.
Defense of hospitals and physicians in medical negligence matters.
Successfully tried cases to verdict in Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Business Disputes, Insurance Coverage/Declaratory Judgment, and Defamation, as well as other miscellaneous areas. Regularly handles matters with multi-million dollar exposure. |
| Additional Bio Details | Mr. Dillon focuses his practice on medical defense, commercial litigation and products liability. Mr. Dillon's clients include hospitals, physicians, and nursing homes, as well as businesses and companies in various industries. |