From: ken@kdscommunications.com
To: jeff.dasovich@enron.com
Date: 2001-07-31 12:30:00+00:00
Subject: Sen. Dunn

Here's the official firm profile on Sen. Dunn, followed by a  profile on the 
firm. I'll see what other background I can find.
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Ken
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?	Joseph L. Dunn, Partner, Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Newport Beach, 
CASenator Joseph L. Dunn, a partner with Robinson,  Calcagnie & Robinson, is 
a member of the California State Senate. He  received his Bachelor of Arts 
degree Magna Cum Laude from the College of  St. Thomas (Minnesota) and 
graduated cum laude from the University of  Minnesota Law School.
	
	Senator Dunn,s  practice is focused on product liability, mass tort and 
complex  litigation. He has served as plaintiffs, liaison counsel in the 
California  Coordinated Breast Implant Cases, the Coordinated UCI Fertility  
Litigation, the Consolidated Texaco Refinery Litigation and the California  
Coordinated Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) cases. He has also served as co-lead  
counsel in the consolidated Shiley Heart Valve cases and the Hanford  
Washington Downwinders, Litigation (nuclear facility radiation exposure).  
Senator Dunn has participated in numerous other mass tort and complex  
litigation cases involving medical devices, pharmaceutical products, toxic  
contamination, business and insurance matters, including private attorney  
general actions against the tobacco industry brought by Gray Davis and the  
County of Los Angeles.
	
	Senator Dunn was a long time board member  for the Consumer Attorneys of 
California, including service as  vice-president and many years as Education 
Chair. He served several years  on the Executive Board of the Orange County 
Trial Lawyers Association, as  state coordinator for the national 
organization, Trial Lawyers for Public  Justice and on the Education 
Committee for the Orange County Bar  Association. He has worked extensively 
in the legislative arena, including  drafting and editing legislation and 
testifying before various legislative  committees, and has been an ongoing 
advocate of consumer issues. 
	
	He is a frequent lecturer and author and served as  an instructor of both 
intermediate and advanced litigation procedures for  the UCI paralegal 
program. Since his election in 1998, Senator Dunn  continues to be a member 
of the firm and serves as co-liaison counsel for  the California Coordinated 
Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) cases.
	
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	Headquartered in Newport Beach, California,  the law firm of Robinson, 
Calcagnie & Robinson specializes in  representing plaintiffs in cases 
involving catastrophic injury or wrongful  death, as well as litigation 
arising from conduct causing substantial  economic losses and damages. 
Although known as one of the leading product  liability firms in the country, 
the firm,s attorneys have built a  reputation for success in all areas of 
civil litigation, including  numerous high profile cases. In 1978, Mark P. 
Robinson, Jr., as co-counsel  with Art Hews for the plaintiff in the landmark 
Ford Pinto fire case of  Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, won an unprecedented 
$128 million award,  which at that time was the largest jury verdict ever in 
a personal injury  case.
	
	Since then Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson have become  known for providing 
the highest quality legal representation, and for  obtaining substantial jury 
verdicts, judgments and settlements for their  clients in hundreds of major 
cases. The firm has been based in Orange  County for over two decades, but 
their commitment to their clients and  their record of achievement has 
evolved into a practice handling a broad  spectrum of cases venued 
nationwide. The firm,s attorneys have been  associated as co-counsel or 
admitted pro hac vice in over thirty states,  and have tried cases in several 
more.
	
	[IMAGE]The firm has an extraordinary track record in litigation which is  
well known in the legal community. The firm has received the highest  ratings 
by Martindale-Hubbell,s National Law Directory, as have each of  its 
partners. They have been successful in difficult and complex cases  against 
some of the world,s largest corporations, manufacturers and  insurance 
companies, as well as government entities. While the firm,s  practice is 
primarily consumer-oriented, they have represented not only  private 
individuals but businesses, corporations and government entities  seeking 
damages for losses resulting from negligence, breach of contract  and other 
tortious or wrongful conduct. The firm was co-counsel for the  County of Los 
Angeles in its unfair business practices lawsuit against the  tobacco 
industry. 
	
	In cases involving unique and complex issues or significant injuries  and 
damages, such as automotive crashworthiness litigation, the ultimate  result 
is often dependent upon the amount of time and money a law firm can  expend 
on case work-up. Investigation, discovery and trial preparation  require 
substantial financial expenditures, not to mention demands on the  time of 
legal personnel. Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson has a  reputation for both 
the willingness and the ability to invest the  resources required in case 
preparation. Utilizing a team approach, the  work of several lawyers, 
paralegals and support personnel may be devoted  to a single case if needed.
	
	The firm prides itself on knowledge of the law, attention to detail,  and 
thorough analysis. Using the latest computer software and case  management 
systems, as well as document scanning and coding, the firm has  the 
capability of handling even the most complex cases involving hundreds  of 
thousands, or even millions of documents.
	
	Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson has its own warehouse for evidence  
preservation and inspection, including indoor vehicle storage. The firm  
regularly retains expert consultants and witnesses from around the country  
in a variety of fields such as mechanical engineering, biomechanics,  
accident reconstruction, design safety, human factors, metallurgy and  
materials analysis. Depending upon the case, the firm,s experts may be  
called upon to conduct testing and examination utilizing a wide range of  
cutting-edge scientific techniques, including everything from fiberoptic  
videography to scanning electron microscopy and energy disbursing x-ray  
analysis, to full-scale vehicular crash testing with instrumented  
anthropomorphic dummies.  
	

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