Daniel W. Dunbar is a trial lawyer with Panish | Shea |
Boyle | Ravipudi LLP and has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in
verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death,
product liability, and pharmaceutical cases.
Over the course of his 30-year career, Mr. Dunbar has represented well over
5,000 clients involved in personal injury claims, including 1,100 women injured
by the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device.
Since joining the firm, Mr. Dunbar as secured numerous
eight-figure results on behalf of plaintiffs including a $41,864,102 jury
verdict and subsequent $46,000,000 settlement in a
case involving a United States Air Force Captain who suffered catastrophic
injuries after being struck from behind while on his motorcycle and
then dragged the length of a football field and a half by a Southern California
Gas Company truck. The parties agreed to a settlement of the case
following the punitive damages phase of the trial, but prior to the jury’s
verdict on those damages being announced.
Mr. Dunbar also obtained a $32,000,000 settlement for a
passenger who suffered paraplegia after the van he was riding in rolled over on
the Interstate. The wheel had come off an axle that had recently been repaired
out-of-state and it was later proven that a part from an oversees company that
was utilized in the repair was defective.
Additional settlements obtained by Mr. Dunbar include, but
are not limited to:
$24,000,000 for a motorcyclist who suffered a traumatic
brain injury and partial blindness when a motorist illegally exited an HOV lane
that was occupied by the plaintiff;
$17,300,000 for four minor children of a man who was killed
when his vehicle collided with a disabled Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit
Authority bus;
$6,000,000
for a man and woman injured in an apartment fire;
$6,000,000 for the family of a woman killed by a pizza
delivery vehicle;
$5,000,000 for the family of a young college student who was
killed when a tire detached from a passing freightliner and struck her vehicle;
$2,800,000 for the family of a man struck and killed as he
attempted to push a disabled vehicle out the way of traffic on the interstate.
Recognized as a Best Lawyer in America and among
the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in the country,
Mr. Dunbar is also an AV-rated
lawyer — the highest rating established by Martindale-Hubbell — and
named a Southern California Super Lawyer since 2007. He is repeatedly
recognized among his peers as a tenacious and compassionate attorney whose
dedication to obtaining justice for his clients is unparalleled.
Mr. Dunbar is a graduate of Loyola Law School and California Polytechnic State
University San Luis Obispo. He had his own practice for a number of years prior
to joining the firm and previously served as an attorney with the Beverly Hills
office of Melvin Belli, Sr., a pioneer in the field of plaintiffs’ personal
injury. Following Mr. Dunbar’s tenure with the Belli Firm, he became partners
with David S. Sabih, a prominent trial attorney throughout the state of
California.
