Litigating Attorney
John A. Dalimonte
John A. Dalimonte is a nationally experienced mass-tort attorney whose practice focuses on complex product liability, toxic torts, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. A Marquette University Law School graduate, he has represented thousands of clients in litigation involving asbestos, IVC filters and other major pharmaceutical and medical-device claims.
Professional biography
Mr. Dalimonte has a national reputation for his success pursuing civil actions involving complex products liability, toxic torts and mass torts. He has recovered substantial compensation for thousands of clients nationally against the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
Mr. Dalimonte serves as leader for a number of large-scale mass torts and was instrumental in bringing about claims against the medical device industry for the manufacture and sale of IVC filters which, to this day, have no established clinical benefit. Mr. Dalimonte has further represented many clients in asbestos litigation, as well as complex cases involving Vioxx, Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents, Yaz and Yasmin, and DePuy Hip Implants.
Mr. Dalimonte has unique insight to his practice in the field of pharmaceutical and medical devices. Early in his career, as the president of a closely held export company, he was invited by George H. W. Bush and the then Soviet Union to participate in a medical products trade mission to Moscow and Kiev. As part of this mission, Mr. Dalimonte represented his company in discussions with American and Soviet officials and with business leaders from around the world.
He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of University of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Mr. Dalimonte has served on the board of directors for The Bridge Center, a charitable organization that provides the opportunity for severely disabled and autistic children to attend therapeutic camp, which has recently merged with Easter Seals.
Experience
National mass-tort practice including asbestos, IVC filter, pharmaceutical, and medical-device claims; has represented thousands of clients.
Education
1989 graduate of Marquette University Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. While an undergraduate, Mr. Dalimonte studied the British criminal justice system at Oxford University.
Bar admissions
Massachusetts; Washington D.C.; Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts; Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; and the United States Court of Claims.
Professional memberships
Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, American Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, American Association for Justice and National Trial Lawyers Association.
Professional background
Former member of the Board of Trustees of University of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; served on the board of directors for The Bridge Center.