Dennis P. Mulvihill | Attorney

Dennis P. Mulvihill

Dennis P. Mulvihill

Mass Torts, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Accident & Injury, Litigation, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Business, Corporate, Insurance, Tax

Language(s): English

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About Dennis

Dennis is a partner in the firm. His practice is primarily in the area of products liability and medical negligence. He is a frequent lecturer on matters relating to civil litigation, including such topics as: how to communicate effectively with juries, how to identify and develop product liability claims, and how to select an unbiased jury, among others. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Ohio Association for Justice (OAJ), the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys (CATA), and the Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Dennis currently serves as President-elect for the OAJ (a state wide association of trial attorneys), and will be sworn in as President in May of 2010. He was the Chairman of the Products Liability Section of the OAJ from 2000 to 2005, and has been on the Board of Trustees since 1999.

 

Dennis has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine for 2008 and 2009, honoring the top five percent of all lawyers in Ohio; and prior to that, was named a Rising Star by Cincinnati Magazine, honoring the best young lawyers in the state. He was named one of the top 50 lawyers in Cleveland by Northern Ohio Live Magazine in its Jan./Feb. 2009 issue, based on the results of the 2009 Super Lawyers, which utilizes a statewide survey of lawyers and peer evaluation.  Dennis has had recent verdicts of $950,000.00 against Motorist Mutual Insurance Co. for a client who developed fibromyalgia after being struck by a drunk driver; $10,375,000.00, along with partner James Lowe, against Ford Motor Company for a client who was paralyzed by a defective seat in a Ford Explorer; and $2,500,000.00 in a medical malpractice case against a surgeon who pierced the patient's heart during a Greenfield Filter procedure, causing the patient to bleed to death during the surgery.

 

Dennis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated from Kenyon College in 1988. In college he was an all-American swimmer and participated in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic swimming trials. He taught high school history for two years at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, and graduated from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, cum laude, in 1994.

 

Admission

Verified Ohio

1994

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Education

Kenyon College

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