• After serving in the US Air Force from 1950 to1954, Dana attended local schools and received his Juris Doctorate from USC School of Law in1963.
• Dana has tried approximately 100 cases before juries involving personal injury, business fraud, insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, product liability, etc.
• He has obtained numerous 6- and 7-figure verdicts.
• Was President of the Consumers Attorneys Assn. of Los Angeles (1982); former Officer, California Trial Lawyers Assn.
• He has been identified annually in the national publication Best Lawyers In America from 1987 to 2010.
• Has held the Martindale-Hubbell AV rating since the mid-1970s.
• Has taught civil trial tactics at a Los Angeles law school.
• Appellate work includes pleading and arguing before the United States Supreme Court.
• Has lectured frequently and authored numerous articles on trial and ethical issues.
• Cross-examination of insurance company
employees in bad faith case was excerpted
for publication by American Jurisprudence PROOF OF FACTS 2nd. [See 49 POF 2nd 503]
• Expert testimony is approximately 50/50 plaintiff and defense.