David Bigelow

David N. Bigelow specializes in the areas of personal injury, business torts and product liability litigation against many of America’s largest corporations, including General Motors, Sempra Energy, Wyeth, Pfizer, Merck, BMW, Coldwell Banker, Bayer, Blue Cross and Michelin. In 2004, he was co-lead trial counsel in the only case tried in California concerning the diabetes drug Rezulin. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Bigelow oversaw the firm’s mass tort litigation against the manufacturers of the pharmaceuticals Baycol, Rezulin, Fen-Phen and Vioxx. He has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts in both product liability and personal injury cases, including two recent verdicts for childhood sexual abuse by agents of the Masonic Home for Children in California. The latest verdict included the first punitive damage award in Los Angeles County under California’s recent statute reviving childhood sexual abuse claims. EDUCATION: Whittier College (B.A., 1976) University Of San Diego School Of Law (J.D., 1995, cum laude). - Winner, California State Bar Roger Traynor Competition (1995) - Order of the Barristers (1995) AWARDS/RECOGNITION: California Lawyer magazine, “Attorney of the Year, Litigation” – 2008 Lawdragon Magazine, 'The Lawdragon 3000: Leading Lawyers in America' - 2007 Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorney of the Year - 2007 Nominee, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Trial Lawyer of the Year - 2007 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: California Commission on Access to Justice, Member - 2008 Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Governors - 2006 to present Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Los Angeles County Bar Association Culver-Marina Bar Association Association of Business Trial Lawyers American Bar Association American Association for Justice Public Justice PUBLICATIONS: Articles Tackling “big pharma”: Prosecuting the pharmaceutical liability case, The Advocate Magazine (March, 2006) Published Decisions Roitz v. Coldwell Banker, (1998) 62 Cal.App.4th 716. VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS: Settlement, $1.4 million – Negligence/premises liability Kohler v. Santa Barbara YMCA SBN 214316 Verdict, $2.4 million – Wrongful death/negligence/product liability Montgomery v. BMW OCSC Case 771190 Verdict, $3.5 million – Negligent hiring and supervision/childhood sexual abuse Deutsch/Mohr-McDermott v. Masonic Home for Children in Covina LASC Case BC 306444 Verdict, $12.5 million - Negligent hiring and supervision/childhood sexual abuse Jones v. Masonic Home for Children in Covina LASC Case BC 306444 Mr. Bigelow can be reached at (213) 977-0211. More information is available about the firm at http://www.girardikeese.net