Mr. Bartholomew J. Dalton

Mr. Dalton graduated from St. Joseph’s College (now St. Joseph’s University) in Philadelphia, PA with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He then graduated from the University of Tulsa Law School in 1977. Returning to the East Coast, he moved to Delaware.

Mr. Dalton was admitted to the bar in 1978. He served as Deputy Attorney General at the Delaware Department of Justice from 1978-1981. He served as Chief Deputy Attorney General from 1983-1987. He is also a member of the DC Bar and the bars of the District of Delaware, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Dalton began his Delaware practice as Deputy Attorney General for the Delaware Department of Justice. As a Deputy Attorney General, from 1977-1981, Mr. Dalton was placed into various special units and was Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit. He spent time in Juvenile/Family Court, the Trial Division and the Rape Unit. He left the Department of Justice in 1981 for private practice as an Associate at Brandt & Benson, P.A. After a brief term in private practice, he returned to become the youngest Chief Deputy Attorney General in Delaware’s history. Serving from 1983-1987, Mr. Dalton was involved in the day-to-day supervision of the criminal, civil and appellate divisions of the Attorney General’s Office while continuing to try some of the most serious cases in that office. After serving as the Chief Deputy Attorney General until 1987, Mr. Dalton moved to private practice as a partner in the firm of Brandt and Dalton.

In 2000, the firm was renamed and became Dalton & Associates. Although he continues to represent the victims of medical negligence and personal injury, the firm has expanded to represent clients in various areas of trial practice and appeals. Those areas include business litigation, white-collar defense, clerical sex abuse, and civil rights. Mr. Dalton has tried cases to juries that have resulted in the largest medical malpractice and largest automobile accident verdicts in the state’s history. He has also been involved in cases involving significant business, white-collar defense and civil rights litigation.

Mr. Dalton is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is the Immediate Past President of the College. He was inducted as President of the College in September 2016. He was recently elected as a Trustee to the Board of Trustees on the Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers. This foundation funds projects throughout the US and Canada which concern Access to Justice Issues. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer in areas of trial and appellate law and is on the adjunct faculty of Drexel Law School and Widener Law School.

He has received numerous awards including being listed in Best Lawyers in America for 24 consecutive years. He has been named Lawyer of the Year for both personal injury and medical malpractice litigation for Delaware four different years. He has been named Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer by Delaware Magazine several times and has been listed by Philadelphia Magazine, Top 10 Lawyers in Delaware several times, most recently in 2018.Currently, he is serving as Co-Chair of the Delaware Chief Justice’s Access to Justice Committee – Subcommittee on Fairness in the Criminal Justice System.

American College of Trial Lawyers

- 2003: Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers

- 1977: University of Tulsa Law School, Order of the Curule Chair for Academic Excellence

- 1976 - 1977: University of Tulsa Law Review

Memberships

- Delaware Bar Association;

- Delaware Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2002-2003; 1998 - 00 State ATLA Delegate, 1998 - 99 Board Member, 1991 CLE Chairman, 1990 Board Member);

- American Association for Justice;

- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers;

- State Chair 2005 - 2007: American College of Trial Lawyers;

- Board of Regents, 2009 - Present: American College of Trial Lawyers;

- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers;

- American Association of Justice;

- Supreme Court Historical Society;

- Litigation Counsel of America.

Biography

Practice

- 2000 - Present: Dalton & Associates, P.A., Plaintiff Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Clerical Sexual Abuse;

- 1987 - 2000: Partner, Brandt and Dalton, P.A., Plaintiff Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury;

- 1983 - 1987: Chief Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice;

- 1981 - 1983: Associate, Brandt and Benson, P.A., General Civil Practice;

- 1977 - 1981: Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice (1977: Juvenile/Family Court, 1978: Trial Division, 1980 - 81: Rape Unit).

Career History and Related Activities

- 2011 - The Superior Court Civil Rules Advisory Committee

- 2006 - Present: Adjunct Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law;

- 2004 - Present: Board of Directors, Wilmington Head Start;

- 2007 - 2008: Special Committee of the Superior Court on Toxic Torts;

- 2002 - 2006: Member, Delaware House of Representatives Task Force on Medical Malpractice Liability.

- 2000, 1996: Chairman, Governor's Task Force on Gander Hill Prison;

- 1983 - 1987: Member, Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee;

- Member, University of Tulsa Law Review, 1976-1977.

- Volunteer, Guardian Ad Litem Office of the Child Advocate.

Publications

- Co-Founder and Publisher, Delaware Law Monthly, 1978-2000;

- Editor, Delaware Corporate Law Monthly Packard Press, 1986-1988;

- Author: "Representing Plaintiffs in Cancer Cases," Advocate (DE), Winter 1994-95;

- Editorial Board, Delaware Law Weekly, 1999

- "Closing Argument," Advocate (DE), Summer 2000;

- "Representing Plaintiffs in Medical Malpractice Litigation," Inside The Minds: Domestic and International Litigation Strategies. Asparatore Book, 2007. 7 - 15;

- "Courtroom Strategies in Medical Malpractice Cases," Inside the Minds: Courtroom Strategies. Aspatore Books, 2008. 49 -62.

- "Reflections on Expert Witnesses," Trial Magazine, May 2008.

- "Disastrous Experts - and How to Avoid Them." Trial Magazine. May 2008. 66-67.

Lectures and Presentations

- 2011 - Superior Court Judges Retreat: Joint and Several Liability

- 2010 - Johns Hopkins Hospital "Grand Rounds" - Radiology Department: "Medical Malpractice"

- 1987 - Present: Various lectures and seminars sponsored by the Delaware Trial Lawyers, National Business Institute, Delaware Bar Association, Malpractice Insurance Adjusters Conference, Update in Cardiology Conference, American Association of Nurse Consultants and University of Delaware, on topics relating to medical malpractice, trial practice and personal injury law.

- 2004 - 2005, 2007: Delaware Healthcare Association- Medical Liability

- 2002: Delaware Society of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Conference - "Medical Malpractice from a Plaintiff's Perspective"

- 2000: American Association of Nurse Consultants' Annual Convention in St. Louis - "Litigating Birth Trauma cases"

- 1999: Update in Cardiology Program - "Malpractice from a Plaintiff's Perspective"

- 1998: Malpractice Insurance Adjusters Conference - "Perspectives from the Enemy"

.Member:Delaware State Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar; District of Delaware; Third Circuit Court of Appeals; Supreme Court of the United States. Fellow: Delaware Bar Association; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association (Board Member, 1990; CLE Chairman, 1991; Board Member, 1998-1999; State ATLA Delegate, 1998-2000; President-Elect, 2001; President, 2002); American Association of Justice; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 2005-2007); American College of Trial Lawyers (Board of Regents, 2009-Present); American College of Trial Lawyers Supreme Court Historical Society Litigation; Counsel of America Superior Court Civil Rules Advisory Committee..Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

- 2003: Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers

- 1977: University of Tulsa Law School, Order of the Curule Chair for Academic Excellence

- 1976 - 1977: University of Tulsa Law Review

Memberships

- Delaware Bar Association;

- Delaware Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2002-2003; 1998 - 00 State ATLA Delegate, 1998 - 99 Board Member, 1991 CLE Chairman, 1990 Board Member);

- American Association for Justice;

- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers;

- State Chair 2005 - 2007: American College of Trial Lawyers;

- Board of Regents, 2009 - Present: American College of Trial Lawyers;

- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers;

- American Association of Justice;

- Supreme Court Historical Society;

- Litigation Counsel of America.

Biography

Practice

- 2000 - Present: Dalton & Associates, P.A., Plaintiff Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Clerical Sexual Abuse;

- 1987 - 2000: Partner, Brandt and Dalton, P.A., Plaintiff Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury;

- 1983 - 1987: Chief Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice;

- 1981 - 1983: Associate, Brandt and Benson, P.A., General Civil Practice;

- 1977 - 1981: Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice (1977: Juvenile/Family Court, 1978: Trial Division, 1980 - 81: Rape Unit).

Career History and Related Activities

- 2011 - The Superior Court Civil Rules Advisory Committee

- 2006 - Present: Adjunct Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law;

- 2004 - Present: Board of Directors, Wilmington Head Start;

- 2007 - 2008: Special Committee of the Superior Court on Toxic Torts;

- 2002 - 2006: Member, Delaware House of Representatives Task Force on Medical Malpractice Liability.

- 2000, 1996: Chairman, Governor's Task Force on Gander Hill Prison;

- 1983 - 1987: Member, Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee;

- Member, University of Tulsa Law Review, 1976-1977.

- Volunteer, Guardian Ad Litem Office of the Child Advocate.

Publications

- Co-Founder and Publisher, Delaware Law Monthly, 1978-2000;

- Editor, Delaware Corporate Law Monthly Packard Press, 1986-1988;

- Author: "Representing Plaintiffs in Cancer Cases," Advocate (DE), Winter 1994-95;

- Editorial Board, Delaware Law Weekly, 1999

- "Closing Argument," Advocate (DE), Summer 2000;

- "Representing Plaintiffs in Medical Malpractice Litigation," Inside The Minds: Domestic and International Litigation Strategies. Asparatore Book, 2007. 7 - 15;

- "Courtroom Strategies in Medical Malpractice Cases," Inside the Minds: Courtroom Strategies. Aspatore Books, 2008. 49 -62.

- "Reflections on Expert Witnesses," Trial Magazine, May 2008.

- "Disastrous Experts - and How to Avoid Them." Trial Magazine. May 2008. 66-67.

Lectures and Presentations

- 2011 - Superior Court Judges Retreat: Joint and Several Liability

- 2010 - Johns Hopkins Hospital "Grand Rounds" - Radiology Department: "Medical Malpractice"

- 1987 - Present: Various lectures and seminars sponsored by the Delaware Trial Lawyers, National Business Institute, Delaware Bar Association, Malpractice Insurance Adjusters Conference, Update in Cardiology Conference, American Association of Nurse Consultants and University of Delaware, on topics relating to medical malpractice, trial practice and personal injury law.

- 2004 - 2005, 2007: Delaware Healthcare Association- Medical Liability

- 2002: Delaware Society of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Conference - "Medical Malpractice from a Plaintiff's Perspective"

- 2000: American Association of Nurse Consultants' Annual Convention in St. Louis - "Litigating Birth Trauma cases"

- 1999: Update in Cardiology Program - "Malpractice from a Plaintiff's Perspective"

- 1998: Malpractice Insurance Adjusters Conference - "Perspectives from the Enemy"

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